Ellen Falkner
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12 June 1979 Wisbech, England |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
Medal record
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Ellen Marie Falkner (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England.[1]
In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Amy Monkhouse at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[2]
Ellen represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games winning gold in the fours and eight years later won another gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the woman's pairs competition with Amy Monkhouse.[3]
Ellen also competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a further gold[4] in the women's triples event with Sophie Tolchard and Sian Gordon.[5]
Falkner won a third World Indoor singles title during the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This success came ten years after her previous two victories.[6]
In 2016, she was part of the fours team with Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King and Jamie-Lea Winch who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[7] She then won a bronze medal in the pairs with Sophie Tolchard.[8]
She was selected as part of the England team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Katherine Rednall and Sian Honnor.[9]
References
- ↑ "England team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls.
- ↑ "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
- ↑ "Ellen Falkner and Amy Monkhouse celebrate Gold in women's lawn bowls pairs". Mail Online. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ "Ellen Falkner claims third gold with dominant display over Australia". Cambridge News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ↑ "World Indoor Bowls: Ellen Falkner claims women's singles title". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games.