Hannah Smith (born 14 July 1986) is a Scottish and former Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

Smith from Carmarthen won the fours gold medal at the 2009

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it woul ...

. She then won a bronze medal in the pairs at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

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and two years later won another bronze in the triples at the

2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowling Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 24 November to 9 December 2012. Some of the qualifying rounds were held at the nearby Holdfast Bowling Club in Glenelg North. Leif Se ...

Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The dem ...

. Smith later represented Scotland and in 2019 she won the

Scottish National Bowls Championships The Scottish National Bowls Championships is one of the oldest bowls competitions in the world. In 1892 Mr James Brown of Sanquhar BC and Dr Clark of the Partick BC formed the Scottish Bowls Association and organised the first rink (fours) champ ...

pairs title with Claire Johnston. Smith and Johnston then went on to win the 2022 pairs title at the

British Isles Bowls Championships The British Isles Bowls Championships is a tournament held between the champions of their respective nations, England Scotland, Wales, combined Ireland and more recently Guernsey and Jersey. It was first held in 1960 although the triples event did ...

in Llandrindod Wells. Smith will represent Scotland at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

. In 2022, she duly competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the Games.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Hannah 1986 births Living people Welsh female bowls players Scottish female bowls players Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games