Karen Murphy, born on 18 December 1974, is an Australian international lawn bowler and indoor bowler. After pairs silver and singles bronze at the 2000 World Championships she went on to win world golds in the fours in 2008, the triples in 2012 and the singles in both 2012 and 2016, a record that is generally agreed to make her the best female bowler since Margaret Johnston. She won Commonwealth Games pairs gold in 2006, the 2012 World Indoor title, and eight golds among her 13 Asia Pacific medals. She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2021.
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is an Australian international lawn bowler and indoor bowler
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(born 18 December 1974) is an Australian international lawn bowler and indoor bowler
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She has won a remarkable 13 medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, of which no less than eight have been gold in colour.
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is an Australian international lawn bowler and indoor bowler
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In addition she has won three Commonwealth Games silver medals, the most recent being in the Women's triples at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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is an Australian international lawn bowler and indoor bowler
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Murphy won the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in the fours
Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, Commonwealth Games
She has won gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the pairs.
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