{{Short description|Scottish Lawn bowler}} {{Use British English|date=September 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Lynn Stein | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Scottish) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|1|27|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | club = Wingygates Durievale BC | highestranking = '''38''' (September 2024) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SCO}}}} {{MedalSport|Lawn Bowls}} {{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2012 Adelaide | Women's fours }} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Adelaide | Women's triples }} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Adelaide | Women's team }} {{MedalCompetition|British Isles Championships}} {{MedalGold|2019|triples}} {{MedalGold|2024|fours}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2007 Cyprus | overall }} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Cyprus | singles }} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Cyprus | team }} {{MedalBronze| 2009 Cyprus | singles }} {{MedalGold | 2009 Cyprus | team }} {{MedalSilver | 2013 Spain | mixed }} {{MedalSilver| 2013 Spain | team }} }}
'''Lynn Stein''' is a Scottish international bowls player.
== Bowls career == In 207, she won three medals at the European Bowls Championships in Cyprus and two years later won two more medals including a gold at the same Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlseurope.com/ebu-team-championships-2009/|title=2009 results|publisher=Bowls Europe|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref> She reached a career high ranking of world number 38 in September 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=9 March 2025 }}</ref>
She won a gold medal in the women's fours event (with Margaret Letham, Caroline Brown and Michelle Cooper) at the 2012 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nationwidebowler.co.uk/news/index.php/tag/lynn-stein/ |title=Women’s four on top of world down under |publisher=Nationwide Bowler |access-date=2016-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513234246/http://nationwidebowler.co.uk/news/index.php/tag/lynn-stein/ |archive-date=2016-05-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> One year later in 2013, she won her 6th and 7th medals at the European Bowls Championships in Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlseurope.com/ebu-team-championships-2013/|title=2013 results|publisher=Bowls Europe|access-date=21 April 2022}}</ref>
Stein became a British champion after winning the 2019 triples title, at the British Isles Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishislesbowls.com/history-of-the-bibc/previous-winners/|title=Previous Winners|publisher=British Isles Bowls Council}}</ref> This followed on from her triples success at the Scottish National Bowls Championships the previous year for Leven BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners|publisher=Bowls Scotland}}</ref>
In 2023, she won a second national title after winning the fours with Wingygates Durievale BC. Her son Christopher Stein won the men's fours title during the same championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidebowls.com/pdfviewer/inside-bowls-september-2023/ |title=Inside Bowls Magazine, September 2023, pages 23-26, Thrills and Spills at the Scottish nationals |publisher=Inside Bowls |access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref> Stein subsequently won the fours title at the 2024 British Isles Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsengland.com/british-bowls-championships-2024-report/ |title=British Bowls Championships report |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Bowls England |access-date=29 June 2024}}</ref>
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