Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler. She reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in June 2024.

Bowls career

World Championships

Inch was born in

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and brought up in

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. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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with Angela Boyd, Val Smith and Kirsten Edwards. In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the

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. In 2023, she won the

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fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.

Commonwealth Games

She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the

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on the Gold Coast in

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

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. In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.

Asia Pacific

Inch has won three medals at the

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, the latest being a

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at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the

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Nationals

Inch won the 2019

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pairs with Julie Keegan and the

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singles and pairs in 2020.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Inch, Katelyn 1995 births Living people New Zealand female bowls players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Rangiora Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls