Kelsey May Cottrell (born 31 May 1990) is an Australian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

World Championships

Outdoor Cottrell won three medals at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. Four years later she won the gold medal in the pairs competition with Rebecca Quail and a team gold at the

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. In 2016, Cottrell was part of the fours team with Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch and Carla Krizanic who won the gold medal at the

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in Christchurch, in addition to a team gold. 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 Australia at the

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. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team won the silver medal after losing to England in the final. One week later in the triples (partnering

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and Dawn Hayman), the team won the group undefeated and reached the final against New Zealand, going on to win the gold medal. Indoor In 2023, she won the mixed pairs gold with

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at the 2023 World Bowls Indoor Championships.

Commonwealth Games

Cottrell competed in the

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where she won a bronze medal in the

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. Four years later she won a silver in the triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Cottrell was part of the Australian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the

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where she claimed another gold medal in the Fours with Krizanic, Scott and Van Asch once again. She was a batonbearer for the

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when the baton came to Broadbeach Bowls Club in Gold Coast in March 2022.

International

Cottrell has won nine medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. The medal haul includes four gold medals, the latest at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. Cottrell has won the

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pairs title three times, twice with Julie Keegan (2009, 2010) and once with Carla Odgers (2013).

National

Although born in Auckland she became the third overseas player to have won the singles title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling as an invitational player in 2015/16. In 2018, she won the pairs title at the

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and in 2021, she won her 7th & 8th Australian Open crown, this time in the pairs and fours. A second national title was won in 2021 (in the pairs). In 2022, she won his 9th and 10th titles at the Australian Open.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cottrell, Kelsey 1990 births Living people Australian female bowls players Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Auckland 21st-century Australian women