{{short description|South African international lawn bowler (born 1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Susan Nel | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = | nickname = | nationality = South African | citizenship = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|8|27|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Nov-16.pdf|title=World Bowls Players Profiles|publisher=Bowls South Africa|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref> | birth_place = Shabani, Southern Rhodesia | death_date = | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | yearsactive = | website = | country = | sport = lawn bowls | event = | league = | league_type = | employer = | agent = | height = {{convert|5|ft|6|in|cm|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|84|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | universityteam = | club = Rustenberg Impala BC | turnedpro = | partner = | former_partner = | coach = | coaching = | retired = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{SAF}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Adelaide | fours }} {{MedalBronze | 2016 Christchurch | triples }} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|2010 Delhi|triples}} {{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|fours}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Glasgow|triples}} {{MedalCompetition|Atlantic Bowls Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Johannesburg|fours}} {{MedalSilver|2011 Paphos|fours}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Paphos|triples}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Paphos|triples}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Paphos|fours}} }} '''Susanna Sophie Nel''' (born 27 August 1956) is a South African international lawn bowler.
==Bowls career== In 2009 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|title=2009 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314062629/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/results-old.php|access-date=21 May 2021|archive-date=14 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0503964873/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=284753c0|title=Bowls |date=18 May 2009 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=21 May 2021|page=61 |via=The Times Digital Archive|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and in 2011 she won the fours silver medal and triples bronze at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031201626/http://www.worldbowlsltd.co.uk/mainresults.php |archive-date=2011-10-31 |title=2011 Atlantic Championships|publisher=World Bowls Ltd|access-date=19 May 2021}}</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/cycling_road/1000950/susan_nel.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025093406/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1000950/susan_nel.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 October 2014 |accessdate=25 October 2014}}</ref> where she won a gold<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/}}</ref> and bronze medal respectively. She was the 2014 pairs runner-up at the National Championships, bowling for the Rustenberg Impala Bowls Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlssa.co.za/index.php/updates/newsletters|title=Newsletters|publisher=South Africa Bowls}}</ref>
Nel picked up two bronze medals at the Atlantic Bowls Championships held at Cyprus (30 November – 13 December 2015), in the triples (along with Anneke Snyman and Sylvia Burns) and the fours.
In 2016, she won a bronze medal with Elma Davis and Sylvia Burns in the triples at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/2016WorldBowlsChampionshipFinalsResults.html|title=2016 World Bowls Championship Finals|publisher=Burnside Bowling Club}}</ref>
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}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{facebook|susan.nel.3386}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nel, Susan}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:People from Zvishavane Category:Sportspeople from Midlands Province Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Category:South African female bowls players Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in lawn bowls