| Nationality: | New Zealander |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Rangiora, Canterbury Region |
| Education: | University of Canterbury |
| Sport: | Lawn bowls |
| Club: | Canterbury Bowling Club and Oxford Club Bowls |
| Highestranking: | 14 (June 2024)[1] |
| Regionals: | Queensland titles 4 |
| Nationals: | New Zealand titles 2 Australian title 1 |
Katelyn Inch (born 19 August 1995) is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[2]
Inch was born in Rangiora and brought up in Oxford, New Zealand. She made her debut for New Zealand in 2015 and won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch with Angela Boyd, Val Smith and Kirsten Edwards.[3]
In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
In 2023, she won the Australian Open fours and was then selected as part of the team to represent New Zealand at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[5] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[6] [7] In the fours, her team won the bronze medal.
She was selected as part of the New Zealand team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland.[8] In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9] In the pairs she secured a bronze medal.
Inch has won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, the latest being a gold medal at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[10] [11]
Inch won the 2019 Australian National Bowls Championships pairs with Julie Keegan[12] and the New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles and pairs in 2020.[13] [14]