# Susan Nel

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{{short description|South African international lawn bowler (born 1956)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[World Outdoor Championships](/source/World_Bowls_Championship)}}
{{MedalBronze | [2012 Adelaide](/source/2012_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [fours](/source/2012_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalBronze | [2016 Christchurch](/source/2016_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) | [triples](/source/2016_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[2010 Delhi](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games)|[triples](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_triples)}}
{{MedalGold|[2014 Glasgow](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games)|[fours](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_fours)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2014 Glasgow](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games)|[triples](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_triples)}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Atlantic Bowls Championships](/source/Atlantic_Bowls_Championships)}}
{{MedalSilver|2009 Johannesburg|fours}}
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'''Susanna Sophie Nel''' (born 27 August 1956) is a South African international [lawn bowler](/source/Bowls).

==Bowls career==
In 2009 she won the fours silver medal at the [Atlantic Bowls Championships](/source/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](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_fours) and the [women's triples](/source/Lawn_bowls_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_triples) events at the [2014 Commonwealth Games](/source/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](/source/South_African_National_Bowls_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](/source/Johanna_Snyman) and [Sylvia Burns](/source/Sylvia_Burns)) and the fours.

In 2016, she won a bronze medal with [Elma Davis](/source/Elma_Davis) and [Sylvia Burns](/source/Sylvia_Burns) in the [triples](/source/2016_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship_-_Women's_Triples) at the [2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/2016_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship) in [Christchurch](/source/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](/source/South_Africa_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games) for the [2018 Commonwealth Games](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games) on the [Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland) in [Queensland](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{facebook|susan.nel.3386}}

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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

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