Lauren Gowen

Lauren Marie Gowen, born in 2003, is a Welsh international lawn and indoor bowler. She came to attention at the age of ten as the youngest bowler to play for Wales in the British Under-25s Championship, and she reached a career-high world ranking of fifteen in June 2024. That year she won bronze in the fours at the European Bowls Championships, took the national under-25 indoor singles title and reached the quarter-finals of the World Bowls Junior Indoor Championship. In 2025 she won the British Isles under-25 title, a silver medal in the mixed pairs with Ross Owen at the World Bowls Indoor Championships in Aberdeen, and the pairs at the British Championships. She represented Wales in the women's pairs with Amy Williams at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, reaching the semi-finals.