Claire Anderson née Claire Walker (born 1992) is a Scottish international

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Bowls career

She has won the indoor National triples in 2015 and 2018, the indoor pairs in 2016, the British indoor triples in 2016 and the pairs in 2017. In 2020, she was selected for the

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in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Scotland at the

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. She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team won the bronze medal. One week later in the pairs partnering Emma McIntyre, she won a bronze medal, losing to Malaysia in the semi final.

Personal life

In 2019, she married former indoor world champion Stewart Anderson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Claire Scottish female bowls players Living people 1992 births