Laura Daniels

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Laura Daniels
(née Laura Thomas)
Personal information
NationalityWelsh
Born (1985-05-31) 31 May 1985 (age 36)
Neath
Sport
SportLawn & indoor bowls
ClubBrynhyfryd Bowls Club
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Medal record
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Christchurch Women's pairs
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Women's singles
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Yarmouth Mixed pairs
Gold medal – first place 2014 Yarmouth Mixed pairs
Gold medal – first place 2015 Yarmouth Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Yarmouth Women's singles
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Paphos fours
British Isles Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 singles

Laura Daniels (née Laura Thomas) [1] is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career[]

World Outdoor Championship[]

In 2016, Daniels won the gold medal with Jess Sims in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[2] In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[3]

Commonwealth Games[]

She was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[4] where she claimed a silver medal in the Singles losing out to Jo Edwards in the final.

World Indoor Championship[]

Laura won the Women's singles title at the 2015 World Indoor Bowls Championship defeating defending champion Katherine Rednall in the final.[5] Daniels claimed a second singles title in 2021 by beating Katherine Rednall again, in a repeat of the 2015 final.[6][7]

Additionally she partnered with Paul Foster to win World Indoor Bowl's Mixed Pairs titles in 2013 and 2014.

National[]

After her 2016 Welsh National Bowls Championships singles success she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2017.[8] She also won the Welsh National singles title in 2018.

Personal life[]

Her brother Ben Thomas is also a multiple Welsh National Bowls Championships title winner.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "This weekend at the World Indoor Championships". Bowls International. Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  2. ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
  3. ^ "Welsh Women Selected For World Bowls". Bowls International.
  4. ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games team". Team Wales.
  5. ^ "Laura Thomas wins women's title". BBC Sport.
  6. ^ "Wales' Laura Daniels wins World Indoor Bowls final". BBC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Daniels recovers from dropping first set to win ladies singles title at World Indoor Bowls Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
  9. ^ "Two New Welsh Singles Champions". Bowls International.
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