Ellen Fife (née Ryan) (born 23 March 1997) is an Australian international lawn and indoor bowler. She reached a career high ranking of world number 3 in August 2024.

Bowls career

Ryan made her international debut during the 2017 Australia v England Test Series and won the

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singles and pairs gold medal in 2017. She was the first person to hold both the indoor and outdoor world under-25 singles titles simultaneously. In 2018, Ryan won the

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pairs title with Natasha Scott. The following year in 2019, she won the

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fours. In 2020, Ryan was selected for the

2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was to be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be e ...

in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2022, Ryan competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the

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in Birmingham. In the singles event, Ryan won the gold medal, defeating

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in the final by 21 shots to 17. In the pairs with Kristina Krstic, she secured the double gold. In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Australia at the

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. She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events. In the singles, Ryan won her group undefeated before reacing the semi final where she lost to Tayla Bruce. Later in October 2023, Ryan won the

fours title with Jamie-Lee Worsnop,

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and Karen Murphy In 2024, playing under her married name of Ellen Fife, she won the Australian Open pairs with Krstic, it was Fife's fourth Australian Open title.

Awards

Ryan was awarded the 2017 Young Player of the Year by the World Bowls Tour.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryan, Ellen 1997 births Living people Australian female bowls players 21st-century Australian sportswomen Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Goulburn Sportswomen from New South Wales Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls