Lynsey Reeve Clarke (née Armitage, born 6 December 1983 in

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, England) is an Australian

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Bowls career

World Championship

In 2008, she won a gold in the fours and team event and a bronze medal in the pairs at the

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. The success continued in the

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winning another gold medal in the triples and team events. 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.

Commonwealth Games

She competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games Pairs competition with Karen Murphy and won the gold medal. In 2014 under her married name of Clarke she competed in the Women's triples at the

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where she won a silver medal. In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the

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Asia Pacific

Clarke has won nine medals at the

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(two of which were in her maiden name of Armitage). The medal haul includes four gold medals, the latest at the 2019

in the

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National

In 2017 she won the pairs and fours titles at the

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and in 2021, she won her 8th & 9th

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crown, this time in the pairs and fours. In 2022, she won his 10th title at the Australian Open.

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