Anne Nunes
{{short description|United States lawn bowls international}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2023}}
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| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|May 30, 1969}}
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| club = Newport Harbor LBC
| highestranking = 40 (August 2024)
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{{MedalCompetition|World Singles Champion of Champions}}
{{MedalBronze | 2022 Wellington|singles}}
{{MedalGold | 2023 Gold Coast|singles}}
{{MedalSilver | 2024 Auckland|singles}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asia Pacific Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2001 Melbourne|pairs}}
{{MedalSilver| 2015 Christchurch|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|National Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2003 |singles}}
{{MedalGold|2015 |singles}}
{{MedalGold|2017 |singles}}
{{MedalGold|2019 |singles}}
{{MedalGold|2022 |singles}}
{{MedalGold|2023 |singles}}
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Anne Nunes (born 30 May 1969) is a United States lawn bowls international,{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsusa.us/anne-nunes.html|title=Profile|website=Bowls USA}} who is a former world champion and six-times national champion. She reached a career high ranking of world number 40 in August 2024.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}
Bowls career
In 2001, Nunes won a pairs bronze medal at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, 14 years later she won a second medal at the Championships winning a fours silver medal in Christchurch, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsusa.us/uploads/7/5/9/0/75903269/2002-01.pdf|title=2001 Asia Pacific Championships|publisher=Bowls USA}}
Nunes competed at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch and four years later in 2020, 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|date=12 February 2020 |publisher=Bowls Australia}}
In 2023, she was selected again as part of the team to represent the USA at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}} She participated in the women's singles and the women's pairs events.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}}
Shortly after the World Championships and still on the Gold Coast, Nunes was a surprise winner of the World Singles Champion of Champions title to become the first US winner of the event. She defeated Guernsey's Lucy Beere in the final, 5–2, 3–4, 6–3.{{cite web|url=https://results.mc.worldbowls.com/event/55c6ac0b-56b0-48fb-bee3-31d096bf6c86 |title=Results | publisher=World Bowls Match Center |access-date=14 September 2023}}
In late 2023, she won her sixth singles title at the United States National Bowls Championships.
{{cite web |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSWnCrtDWvBoNqB1MmbgoRuUm7jD8gpMCtaBgfF7A1fGRYSABRaKat0eSbA94l398Br9ugfAlSK0ISi/pubhtml# |title=2023 National Championships Final Results |website=Bowls USA |access-date=11 January 2024}} In 2024, Nunes narrowly failed to become the first bowler to retain the World Singles Champion of Champions title, after reaching the final she lost out to Milika Nathan.{{cite web|url=https://matangitonga.to/2024/12/03/tongan-bowler-named-world-champion |title=Tongan bowler named World Champion |publisher=Matangi Tonga |access-date=23 December 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/535436/auckland-teacher-milika-nathan-wins-world-bowls-champion-of-champions-women-s-singles-title-for-tonga |title=Auckland teacher Milika Nathan wins World Bowls Champion of Champions women's singles title for Tonga |publisher=RNZ |access-date=23 December 2024 }}
Personal life
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