Susanna Sophie Nel (born 27 August 1956) is a South African international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

In 2009 she won the fours silver medal at the

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and in 2011 she won the fours silver medal and triples bronze at the Atlantic Bowls Championships. She competed in the women's fours and the women's triples events at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where she won a gold and bronze medal respectively. She was the 2014 pairs runner-up at the

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, bowling for the Rustenberg Impala Bowls Club. Nel picked up two bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships held at Cyprus (30 November – 13 December 2015), in the triples (along with Anneke Snyman and Sylvia Burns) and the fours. In 2016, she won a bronze medal with Elma Davis and Sylvia Burns in the triples at the

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. She was selected as part of the South Africa team for the

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on the Gold Coast in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nel, Susan 1956 births Living people People from Zvishavane Sportspeople from Midlands Province Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa South African female bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games