Anneke Scheepers
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| Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 May 1994 Cape Town, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Western Province Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 15 (September 2024)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johanna Anneke Scheepers {née Snyman, born 6 May 1994) is a South African international lawn bowler.[2]
Biography
[edit]She was born in Cape Town, South Africa and won the triples and fours bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3]
She was selected as part of the South African team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[4] where she claimed a silver medal in the Fours with Elma Davis, Esme Kruger and Nicolene Neal.[5]
In 2019 she won the fours silver medal and triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships[6] and in 2020 she moved clubs from Bredasdorp BC to Western Province Cricket Club.[7]
In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[8] In the fours the team of Snyman, Esme Kruger, Thabelo Muvhango and Bridget Calitz reached the final and won a silver medal after losing in the final 17-10 to India.[9]
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent South Africa at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[10] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[11][12]
Under her new name of Scheepers, she won the women's singles title at the South African National Bowls Championships and was selected for the national team at the 2024 African States Tournament in Botswana.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Female rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "South Africa announce Commonwealth team". Bowls International.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2015 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Profile". GC 2018.
- ^ "Medal Match". CG2018.
- ^ "2019 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Proteas Princess comes of age". World Bowls Magazine. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ "Muvhango overcomes nerves to secure silver as part of women's fours". Supersport. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "Roberts, Scheepers lead new-look SA Bowls team". SA Sports Press. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Cape Town
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- South African female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games