Susan Nel

Personal information
Nationality	South African
Born	(1956-08-27) 27 August 1956 (age 67)[1] Shabani, Southern Rhodesia
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	lawn bowls
Club	Rustenberg Impala BC
Medal record Representing  South Africa World Outdoor Championships 2012 Adelaide fours 2016 Christchurch triples Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi triples 2014 Glasgow fours 2014 Glasgow triples Atlantic Bowls Championships 2009 Johannesburg fours 2011 Paphos fours 2011 Paphos triples 2015 Paphos triples 2015 Paphos fours

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 Atlantic Bowls Championships^[2][3] and in 2011 she won the fours silver medal and triples bronze at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.^[4]

She competed in the women's fours and the women's triples events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games^[5] where she won a gold^[6] and bronze medal respectively. She was the 2014 pairs runner-up at the National Championships, bowling for the Rustenberg Impala Bowls Club.^[7]

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 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.^[8]

She was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.^[9]