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Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 5 May 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Clayton BC / Port Credit LBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kelly McKerihen (born 5 May 1986) is a Canadian International lawn bowler.[1][2]
In 2007, McKerihen won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3][4]
She won a bronze medal in the Women's singles at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Four years later in 2016, she won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch in the singles.[5]
In November 2017, McKerihen was named to Canada's 2018 Commonwealth Games team.[6][7]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9]
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent Canada at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[10] She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.[11][12] In the singles, McKerihen qualified unbeaten in first place in her group before advancing to the semi final stage, where she beat Katherine Rednall to set up a final against Tayla Bruce,[13] where McKerihen lost 21–18.[14]
Her father is Steve McKerihen.[15]