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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-08-19)19 August 1995 (age 30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canterbury Bowling Club and Oxford Club Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Regional finals | Queensland titles 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National finals | New Zealand titles 2 Australian title 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 14 (June 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand internationallawn bowler.[2] She reached a career high ranking of world number 14 in June 2024.[3]
Inch was born inRangiora and brought up inOxford, New Zealand. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in thefours at the2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship inChristchurch withAngela Boyd,Val Smith andKirsten Edwards.[4]
In 2020, she was selected for the2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[5]
In 2023, she won theAustralian Open fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[6] She participated in thewomen's pairs and thewomen's fours events.[7][8] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.
She was selected as part of theNew Zealand team for the2018 Commonwealth Games on theGold Coast inQueensland.[9] In 2022, she competed in thewomen's singles and thewomen's pairs at the2022 Commonwealth Games.[10] In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.
Inch has won three medals at theAsia Pacific Bowls Championships, the latest being a gold medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in theGold Coast, Queensland.[11][12]
In November 2025, partneringSelina Goddard, she won the pairs silver medal at the2025 Bowls World Cup.[13]
Inch won the 2019Australian National Bowls Championships pairs withJulie Keegan[14] and theNew Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020.[15][16]
