Ainie Knight
{{Short description|Filipino lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2024}}
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| nationality = Filipino
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|05|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sagay, Negros Occidental
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| highestranking = 37 (September 2024){{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=World Male Rankings |website=World Bowls |access-date=5 September 2024}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 Adelaide | Women's pairs }}
{{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Kuala Lumpur|pairs}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Adelaide|pairs}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Christchurch|pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima|Triples}}
{{MedalBronze | 2017 Kuala Lumpur|Pairs}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Philippines|Triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Lawn Bowls Championship}}
{{MedalGold | 2024 Pattaya |triples}}
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Ainie Abatayo Knight (born 24 May 1986) is a Philippines international lawn and indoor bowler.{{cite web|url=http://worldbowls2016.com/Story?Action=View&Story_id=226|title=Ainie Knight|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=2016-10-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028022241/http://worldbowls2016.com/Story?Action=View&Story_id=226|archive-date=2016-10-28|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.psc.gov.ph/images/MASTERLISTOFELIGIBLENATIONALATHLETESJUNE_2022v2.pdf |title=Masterlist of eligible athletes |website=PSC.gov |access-date=21 March 2024}} She reached a career high ranking of world number 37 in September 2024.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}
Biography
Knight from Sagay, Negros Occidental, in the Philippines won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilawnbowl.com/2012/12/09/2012-world-bowls-recap/|title=2012 World Bowls Recap|date=9 December 2012 |publisher=iLawnbowl}}
She has won three medals in the pairs at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASIA-PACIFIC-RECORD.pdf|title=Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners|website=World Bowls|access-date=31 May 2021}} In 2014, she won the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic pairs title with Sonia Bruce.{{cite web | url=https://www.hklba.org/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=218&lang=en| title=HK Classic winners Women's pairs | publisher=HKLBA | access-date=10 June 2021}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-competing-countries/|title=2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES|publisher=Bowls Australia}}
Knight won the gold medal in the triples at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1221005 |title=PH lawn bowlers shine in Asian Championships |website=Philippine News Agency |access-date=21 March 2024}}
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Category:Filipino female lawn bowls players
Category:Sportspeople from Negros Occidental
Category:SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls
Category:SEA Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
Category:Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games