# Carol Ashby

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{{Short description|English indoor bowls player}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [indoor bowls](/source/Bowls)}}	
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{{MedalCompetition|[World Indoor Bowls Championships](/source/World_Indoor_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|[2002](/source/2002_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|Women's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[2003](/source/2003_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|Women's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[2004](/source/2004_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|Women's singles}}
{{MedalGold|[2005](/source/2005_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|Mixed pairs}}
{{MedalGold|[2006](/source/2006_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|Mixed pairs}}
{{MedalGold|[2010](/source/2010_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship)|Mixed pairs}}
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'''Carol Ashby''' is a retired six times world indoor [bowls](/source/bowls) champion from England but holds Australian citizenship.

==Bowls career==
Ashby won the women's singles title at the [2002 World Indoor Bowls Championship](/source/2002_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship), [2003 World Indoor Bowls Championship](/source/2003_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) and [2004 World Indoor Bowls Championship](/source/2004_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship). She gained as much press coverage for her image despite the fact that she was a three times world singles champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/bowls/4154099.stm|title=Beauty and the bowlers|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> In addition to the three singles titles she also won three mixed pairs titles in 2005, 2006 and 2010. The [2005](/source/2005_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) and [2006](/source/2006_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) wins were with [John Price](/source/John_Price_(bowls)) of Wales and during the [2010 championships](/source/2010_World_Indoor_Bowls_Championship) she partnered [Alex Marshall](/source/Alex_Marshall_(bowls)) of Scotland.

In 2014, whilst living in Australia she married Scottish international bowler [Graeme Archer](/source/Graeme_Archer_(bowls)) and in 2015 retired from bowls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bowlsaustralia.com.au/News/archer-retires-as-a-scottish-rep|title=Archer retires as a Scottish rep|publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/apn-carol-gives-lawn-bowls-a-new/13967/|title=Ashby gives bowls a new look|publisher=Northern Star}}</ref> In 2016 her relationship with Archer ended when he returned to Scotland to live.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

==References==
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Category:Living people
Category:English female bowls players
Category:1967 births
Category:Indoor Bowls World Champions
Category:20th-century English sportswomen

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