Laura Daniels (née Laura Thomas; born 31 May 1985) is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler.

Bowls career

World Outdoor Championship

In 2016, Daniels won the gold medal with

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in the pairs at the

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in Christchurch. In 2020, she was selected for the

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in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the

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. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team reached the quarter final before being beaten by England.

Commonwealth Games

She was selected as part of the

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for the

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on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she claimed a

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in the

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losing out to Jo Edwards in the final. In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's triples at the

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World Indoor Championship

Laura won the Women's singles title at the

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defeating defending champion Katherine Rednall in the final. Daniels claimed a second singles title in

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by beating Katherine Rednall again, in a repeat of the 2015 final. 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

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in 2017. 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.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniels, Laura 1985 births Living people Welsh female bowls players Bowls World Champions Indoor Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games