Ellen Falkner
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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 1979 Wisbech, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ellen Marie Falkner
Personal life
She retired from international bowls and relocated to Australia in 2021 after being appointed as Bowls Australia’s High Performance Manager for Para Bowls.[4]
Bowls career
World Championships
In 2004, she won the
Commonwealth Games
Ellen represented England at the
World Indoor Championship
Falkner won a third World Indoor singles title during the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This success came ten years after her previous two victories.[14] In 2019 she won the mixed pairs gold with Robert Paxton at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship.[15] At the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship Falkner became the first female player to reach the final of the open pairs event (playing with Greg Harlow).[16][17]
Atlantic Championships
In 2005 she won the triples and fours gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[18] After a singles bronze and pairs silver in 2009 she won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the 2011 Atlantic Championships in Cyprus.[19] Four years later in 2015 she won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the Championships, also in Cyprus.[20]
National
After winning the 2011
National titles
- 2004 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Junior Pairs)
- 2007 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2007 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Triples)
- 2008 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2011 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Four Wood)
- 2011 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Two Wood)
- 2012 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2017 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2017 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
- 2019 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
- 2021 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
References
- ^ "England team profiles" (PDF). 2016 World Bowls. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B18.
- ^ "Ellen Falkner awarded MBE in Queen's birthday honours". Bowls England. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ "ELLEN FALKNER APPOINTED HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER – PARA BOWLS". Bowls Australia, 27 September 2021. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times.
- ^ "World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title". BBC Sport.
- ^ "2016 World Bowls Championship Finals". Burnside Bowling Club.
- ^ "SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Bowls England. 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Ellen Alexander". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Ellen Falkner". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "Ellen Falkner claims third gold with dominant display over Australia". Cambridge News. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
- ^ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". 2018 Commonwealth Games.
- ^ "World Indoor Bowls: Ellen Falkner claims women's singles title". BBC Sport.
- ^ "PAXTON AND FALKNER ARE THE NEW 2019 WORLD INDOOR MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONS". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Skelton wins first singles match at World Indoor Bowls Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title". Bowls International. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "2005 Atlantic Rim Games". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 11 January 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "2011 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Previous Winners". British Isles Bowls Council.
External links
- Ellen Falkner at Team England
- Ellen Falkner at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Ellen Falkner at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games(archived)
- Ellen Falkner at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games(archived)
- Ellen Falkner at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games(archived)
