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'''Esme Steyn''' (born 22 March 1953) is a South African international lawn bowler.
==Bowls career== In 2005 she won the pairs gold medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
She competed in the women's fours and the women's triples events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 profile |url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1000951/esme_steyn.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023220531/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1000951/esme_steyn.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=23 October 2014 |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref> where she won a gold<ref>{{cite news |last=van Jaarsveld |first=Kirsten |title=Esme's road to Glasgow gold |work=Northcliff Melville Times |location=South Africa |date=20 August 2014 |url=http://northcliffmelvilletimes.co.za/182287/esmes-road-to-glasgow-gold/ |accessdate=18 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Another lawn bowls Commonwealth Games medal for South Africa |work=The Sports Eagle |location=South Africa |date=1 August 2014 |url=http://thesportseagle.co.za/news/another-lawn-bowls-commonwealth-games-medal-south-africa/ |archive-date=23 October 2014 |access-date=18 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023014359/http://thesportseagle.co.za/news/another-lawn-bowls-commonwealth-games-medal-south-africa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and bronze medal respectively.
She was selected as part of the South Africa team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/team-south-africa-for-commonwealth-games-announced/|title=Team South Africa for Commonwealth Games announced|publisher=The South African|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054937/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/team-south-africa-for-commonwealth-games-announced/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She won the 2011 & 2012 singles at the National Championships bowling for the Linden Bowls Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.co.za/index.php/updates/newsletters|title=Newsletters|publisher=South Africa Bowls|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403215844/https://www.bowlssa.co.za/index.php/updates/newsletters|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn_bowls/1000951/esme_steyn}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steyn, Esme}} Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:South African female bowls players Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Sportspeople from Durban Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls