{{Short description|Northern Irish lawn bowler (born 2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Shauna O'Neill | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = British (Northern Irish) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|1|18}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Lawn bowls | club = Limavady BC (outdoors) | highestranking = '''29''' (November 2025)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldbowlsseries.com/female-rankings/ |title=Female rankings |publisher=World Bowls Series |access-date=7 November 2025}}</ref> | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|25px combined Ireland}} {{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2023 Gold Coast | triples }} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2019 Cardiff|triples}} {{MedalCompetition|European Bowls Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2024 Ayr|pairs}} {{MedalCompetition|British Bowls Championships}} {{MedalGold|2025 Llandrindod Wells|singles}} }}
'''Shauna O'Neill''' (born 18 January 2000) is a Northern Irish international lawn bowler.<ref name=22CG>{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/62649|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/megan-devlin-and-shauna-oneill-cite-special-bond-in-pursuit-of-gold-in-womens-bowls-pairs/41888766.html |title=Megan Devlin and Shauna O’Neill cite special bond in pursuit of gold in women's bowls pairs |website=The Belfast Telegraph |access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
== Bowls career == Shauna won the Irish U-25 singles in 2019.<ref name=IBF>{{cite web|url=http://irishbowlsfederation.co.uk/world-bowls-2020-meet-the-ireland-team/|title=World Bowls 2020 – Meet the Ireland Team|date=13 February 2020 |publisher=Irish Bowls Federation}}</ref>
In 2019, she won the triples bronze medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/event/2019-atlantic-championships/|title=2019 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> and in 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishbowlingassociation.co.uk/uncategorized/ireland-team-for-world-bowls-2020/|title=Ireland Team for World Bowls 2020|publisher=Irish Bowling Association}}</ref><ref name=IBF/>
In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=22CG/>
In 2023, she was selected by combined Ireland national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |access-date=11 August 2023}}</ref> She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811144518/https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the triples partnering Sophie McIntyre and Chloe Wilson, the team won a bronze medal after losing to Australia in the semi finals.
O'Neill finished 2023 with a double success at the IIBC Championships, winning the singles and pairs titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/double-gold-for-shauna/ |title=Double Gold For Shauna |publisher=Bowls International |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref> In 2024 she won a silver medal at the 2024 European Bowls Championships in the pairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishbowlingassociation.co.uk/uncategorized/european-championships-finals-day/ |title=European Championships – Finals day |website=Irish Bowling Association |access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
O'Neill won her first title at the 2024 Irish National Bowls Championships, when winning the singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwba.co.uk/Championships/IWBA-Championships.html |title=2024 WINNERS |publisher=IWBA |access-date=30 March 2025}}</ref> and subsequently won the singles at the 2025 British Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welshbowls.co.uk/images/BRITISH_BOWLS/Final_Results.pdf |title=Results |publisher=Welsh Bowls |access-date=26 June 2025}}</ref> She then successfully retained her Irish singles title at the 2025 Nationals in Lurgan and also picked up a triples crown with Limavady BC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iwba.co.uk/Photos/2025%20Championships/Irish%20Photos%202025.html |title=2025 Winners |publisher=IWBA |access-date=11 October 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life == O'Neill is a post office manager by trade.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidebowls.com/pdfviewer/inside-bowls-september-2023/ |title=Inside Bowls Magazine, September 2023, pages 17-18, Working hard and the secret to success |publisher=Inside Bowls |access-date=8 September 2023 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:ONeill, Shauna}} Category:Female lawn bowls players from Northern Ireland Category:Living people Category:2000 births Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century sportswomen from Northern Ireland Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland