Karina Bisson
{{Short description|British lawn bowler}}
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(née Karina Horman)
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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2004 Leamington Spa | fours }}
{{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Llandrindod Wells|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2006|singles}}
{{MedalGold|2004|pairs}}
{{MedalGold|2009|fours}}
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Karina Anna Bisson (born 1966) is an international lawn and indoor bowler representing Jersey.{{cite web|url=http://cwgdelhi2010.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=464&personid=439943|title=2010 Commonwealth Games profile|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2016-12-18|archive-date=2018-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726072126/http://cwgdelhi2010.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=464&personid=439943|url-status=dead}}
Bowls career
In 1997 under her maiden name Karina Horman she won triples silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500852516/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=af5dfd48|title=Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Hawes and Price take title for England'|date=27 August 1997 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=39 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500853993/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=fc8942ed|title=Dunwoodie, G. (1997) 'Price savours singular feat'|date=3 September 1997 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 May 2021|page=46 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }} She then just missed out on a medal in the singles at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship after losing to the legendary Karen Murphy of Australia in the bronze medal play off by a score of 21–4.
Karina was part of the fours team with Christine Grimes, Suzie Dingle and Gean O'Neil that won the silver medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa.{{cite web|url=http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=106136|title=Karina Bisson biography|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2016-12-18|archive-date=2016-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220185330/http://m2006.thecgf.com/Participants/Participants?ID=106136|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2004/09/18/bowlssilver-solace-for-jersey-quartet/|title=Bowls:Silver solace for Jersey quartet|publisher=Jersey Evening Post}}
Bisson became the first woman from the Channel Islands to win the singles at the British Isles Bowls Championships. The singles success came in 2006, two years after winning the pairs and a third tile arrived in 2009 when she was part of the fours winning team.