Ellen Falkner
{{short description|British bowls player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2024}}
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| birth_place = Wisbech, England
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|2002 Manchester|fours}}
{{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|triples}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2004 Leamington Spa | fours }}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 Christchurch|singles }}
{{MedalSilver| 2008 Christchurch|pairs }}
{{MedalSilver | 2016 Christchurch | fours }}
{{MedalBronze| 2016 Christchurch | pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Yarmouth|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2006 Yarmouth|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Yarmouth|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Yarmouth|mixed pairs}}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Bangor|triples}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Bangor|fours}}
{{MedalBronze|2009 Johannesburg|singles}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Johannesburg|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2011 Paphos|fours}}
{{MedalSilver|2011 Paphos|triples}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Paphos|triples}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Paphos|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2012|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2009|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2013|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2018|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2008|fours}}
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Ellen Marie Falkner {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (née Alexander; born 12 June 1979) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler from Cambridge, England.{{cite web|url=https://12242-console.memberconnex.com//Englandchange.pdf|title=England team profiles|publisher=2016 World Bowls|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510103521/https://12242-console.memberconnex.com//Englandchange.pdf|archive-date=10 May 2017|url-status=dead}} Falkner was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to lawn bowls.{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B18|date=10 October 2020}}{{cite web |title= Ellen Falkner awarded MBE in Queen's birthday honours |date= 9 October 2020 |url= https://www.bowlsengland.com/ellen-falkner-awarded-mbe-in-queens-birthday-honours/ |publisher=Bowls England |access-date=3 December 2020}}
Personal life
She retired from international bowls and relocated to Australia in 2021 after being appointed as Bowls Australia’s High Performance Manager for Para Bowls.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/ellen-falkner-appointed-high-performance-manager-para-bowls/|title=ELLEN FALKNER APPOINTED HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER – PARA BOWLS|date=27 September 2021 |publisher=Bowls Australia, 27 September 2021|access-date=26 January 2023}}
Bowls career
= World Championships =
In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Amy Monkhouse at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.{{cite web|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF502885718&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|title=David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004|work=The Times}} In 2016, she was part of the fours team with Rebecca Wigfield, Wendy King and Jamie-Lea Winch who won the silver medal at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/38194221|title=World Bowls Championships: England win men's triples title|publisher=BBC Sport}} She then won a bronze medal in the pairs with Sophie Tolchard.{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/2016WorldBowlsChampionshipFinalsResults.html|title=2016 World Bowls Championship Finals|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}} In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/selection-2020-world-bowls-championships/|title=SELECTION: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=6 January 2020|publisher=Bowls England}}
= Commonwealth Games =
Ellen represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games winning gold in the fours{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49083|title=Ellen Alexander |website=Commonwealth Games Federation| access-date=19 January 2021}} and eight years later won another gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the woman's pairs competition with Amy Monkhouse.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/60424|title=Ellen Falkner |website=Commonwealth Games Federation| access-date=19 January 2021}} Ellen also competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won a further gold{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1024876/ellen_falkner.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210215/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/squash/1024876/ellen_falkner.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=17 May 2015}} in the women's triples event with Sophie Tolchard and Sian Gordon.{{cite web|title=Ellen Falkner claims third gold with dominant display over Australia|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Commonwealth-Games-Ellen-Falkner-claims-gold-dominant-display-Australia/story-22781162-detail/story.html|website=Cambridge News|access-date=17 May 2015|date=1 August 2014}} She was selected as part of the England team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she won a bronze medal in the Triples with Katherine Rednall and Sian Honnor.{{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6033377-ellen-falkner.htm|title=2018 Commonwealth Games profile|publisher=2018 Commonwealth Games}}
= World Indoor Championship =
Falkner won a third World Indoor singles title during the 2016 World Indoor Bowls Championship after defeating Rebecca Field in the final. This success came ten years after her previous two victories.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/bowls/35374168|title=World Indoor Bowls: Ellen Falkner claims women's singles title|publisher=BBC Sport}} In 2019 she won the mixed pairs gold with Robert Paxton at the 2019 World Indoor Bowls Championship.{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlstour.tv/paxton-and-falkner-are-the-new-2019-world-indoor-mixed-pairs-champions/|title=PAXTON AND FALKNER ARE THE NEW 2019 WORLD INDOOR MIXED PAIRS CHAMPIONS|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=23 January 2019|archive-date=24 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124041319/https://worldbowlstour.tv/paxton-and-falkner-are-the-new-2019-world-indoor-mixed-pairs-champions/|url-status=dead}} At the 2021 World Indoor Bowls Championship Falkner became the first female player to reach the final of the open pairs event (playing with Greg Harlow).{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102918/world-bowls-open-singles-begins|title=Skelton wins first singles match at World Indoor Bowls Championships|date=11 January 2021|website=www.insidethegames.biz}}{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/dawes-and-chestney-win-send-open-pairs-title/|title=Dawes And Chestney Win Second Open Pairs Title |website=Bowls International |date=18 January 2021 | access-date=19 January 2021}}
= Atlantic Championships =
In 2005 she won the triples and fours gold medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html|title=2005 Atlantic Rim Games|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060111132351/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results.html|access-date=23 May 2021|archive-date=11 January 2006}} After a singles bronze and pairs silver in 2009 she won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the 2011 Atlantic Championships in Cyprus.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-date=31 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php|url-status=dead}} Four years later in 2015 she won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the Championships, also in Cyprus.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2015-atlantic-championship/|title=2015 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=16 May 2021}}
= National =
After winning the 2011 National singles crown she subsequently won the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.biwbc.com/community/british-isles-women-s-bowls-council-15075/home|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council}} She also won the two wood title in 2011 and has won eleven National titles in total; two singles, three CofC, four pairs (2007, 2008, 2012, 2017 all with Sue Alexander), one triples (2007) and one junior title.
In 2023, (Falkner now living in Australia and working as the Bowls Australia High Performance Manager for Para Bowls) won the Australian National Bowls Championships fours title with Jamie-Lee Worsnop, Ellen Ryan and Karen Murphy.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2023-nationals-day-13-recap/ |title=Day 13 recap |date=19 October 2023 |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=28 June 2024}}
National titles
- 2004 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Junior Pairs)
- 2007 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2007 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Triples)
- 2008 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2011 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Four Wood)
- 2011 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Singles Two Wood)
- 2012 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2017 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Pairs)
- 2017 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
- 2019 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
- 2021 Bowls England National Championships (Women's Champion of Champions)
- 2023 Australian National Bowls Championships Fours
References
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External links
- {{Team England|ellen-falkner}}
- {{CGF profile}}
- {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|103773}}
- {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn_bowls/1024876/ellen_falkner}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6033377-ellen-falkner}}
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Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:English female bowls players
Category:Sportspeople from Wisbech
Category:Sportspeople from Cambridge
Category:Bowls World Champions
Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games