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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1987-01-05)5 January 1987 (age 38) Gisborne, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Stoke Bowling Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shannon McIlroy (born 5 January 1987) is a New Zealand internationallawn bowler.[2]
McIlroy won abronze medal in theMen's singles at the2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.[3]
In 2016, he won a bronze medal withMike Kernaghan at theWorld Bowls Championship in theMen's Pairs competition inChristchurch before winning the gold medal in thesingles.[4]
In 2020 he was selected for the2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[5]
He was selected as part of theNew Zealand team for the2018 Commonwealth Games on theGold Coast inQueensland where he reached the quarter-finals of themen's singles.[6]
In 2022, he competed in themen's singles and themen's pairs at the2022 Commonwealth Games.[7]
McIlroy has won six medals at theAsia Pacific Bowls Championships, a fours silver in 2007, a second silver in the triples in 2009 and a fours gold and pairs bronze in 2015 but his greatest success to date was winning double gold at the 2019Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in theGold Coast, Queensland, winning the singles and the pairs withGary Lawson.[8][9]
He won the 2015/16 and 2017/18 singles title at theNew Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Stoke Bowls Club in addition to the 2004 & 2017/18 fours titles.[10]
OfMāori descent, McIlroy affiliates to theNgāti Porouiwi.[11] He married fellow lawn bowls playerAmy Brenton in January 2013.[12]
