Leanne Chinery

Leanne Chinery

Personal information
Birth name	Leanne Marie Chinery
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1981-11-24) 24 November 1981 (age 43) Chilliwack, British Columbia
Sport
Sport	Lawn bowls

Leanne Marie Chinery[1] (born 24 November 1981) is a Canadian international lawn bowler.[2]

Bowls career

She was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia and represented Canada at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3]

She was selected as part of the Canadian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she reached the semi-finals of the fours with Joanna Cooper, Pricilla Westlake and Jackie Foster.[4]

Chinery won a triples bronze medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[5][6]

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia[7] but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[2]

In 2024, Chinery won the Australian Open fours title with Louise Cronan, Emma Boyd and Kelly McKerihen.[8]

Personal life

Her partner is fellow bowls international Tony Grantham of New Zealand.[9]

References

1. "Lawn Bowls Athlete and Team Biographies". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
2. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. "Profile". GC 2018.
5. "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
6. "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 10". World Bowls.
7. "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
8. "Day 13 recap". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
9. "Bowls: Grantham taking no chances now". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links

• Leanne Chinery at Bowls Canada
• Leanne Chinery at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Leanne Chinery at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Leanne Chinery at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Leanne Chinery at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Leanne Chinery at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games