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Jo Edwards
Edwards in 2014
Nationality New Zealander Born (1970-02-05 ) 5 February 1970 (age 54 ) Clatterbridge , England
Joanna Edwards MNZM lawn bowls competitor. She has won two world titles and three Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Bowls career
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Outdoors
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At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Sharon Sims in the women's pairs event.[1] World Outdoor Bowls Championships in the pairs events: in 2004 with Sharon Sims; and in 2008 with Val Smith .
In 2014 she won a second Commonwealth Games gold medal after winning the women's singles in Glasgow.
In 2016, she won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the singles and a silver medal with Angela Boyd in the pairs .[2]
She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland ,[3] gold medal in the Singles .
In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[4]
In addition to World Bowls and Commonwealth Games success she has won five gold medals and (nine medals in total) at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships [5] Ali Forsyth and Shannon McIlroy to win the title at Club Pine Rivers.[6]
Indoors
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Edwards has won six World Cup Singles titles (a women's record) with the latest success being in 2019. Previous wins were in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2017.[7]
Honours
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In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours , Edwards was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit , for services to lawn bowls.[8]
References
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^ "Bowls: New Zealand team named for Commonwealth Games" . New Zealand Herald.
^ "Blackjacks Selected for World Championships 2020" . Bowls New Zealand. 10 February 2020.
^ "Results Portal" . Bowls Australia.
^ Landells, Steve (17 November 2015). "Lawn bowls: Jo Edwards stars in Blackjacks triumph" . New Zealand Herald . ISSN 1170-0777 . Retrieved 30 December 2015 .
^ "World Cup indoor singles – Day 9" . Bowls International.
^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2014" . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2018 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jo_Edwards&oldid=1160078097 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● L i v i n g p e o p l e ● 1 9 7 0 b i r t h s ● N e w Z e a l a n d f e m a l e b o w l s p l a y e r s ● C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s g o l d m e d a l l i s t s f o r N e w Z e a l a n d ● B o w l s p l a y e r s a t t h e 2 0 0 2 C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s ● B o w l s p l a y e r s a t t h e 2 0 0 6 C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s ● B o w l s p l a y e r s a t t h e 2 0 1 4 C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s ● B o w l s p l a y e r s a t t h e 2 0 1 8 C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s ● M e m b e r s o f t h e N e w Z e a l a n d O r d e r o f M e r i t ● B o w l s W o r l d C h a m p i o n s ● C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s m e d a l l i s t s i n l a w n b o w l s ● M e d a l l i s t s a t t h e 2 0 0 2 C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s ● M e d a l l i s t s a t t h e 2 0 1 4 C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s ● M e d a l l i s t s a t t h e 2 0 1 8 C o m m o n w e a l t h G a m e s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m A p r i l 2 0 1 8
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
