Siti Zalina Ahmad

Siti Zalina Ahmad (born 2 June 1979) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler.[2]

Siti Zalina Ahmad
Personal information
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1979-06-02) 2 June 1979
Perak
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)[1]
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
World Outdoor Championships
2008 Christchurchsingles
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchestersingles
2006 Melbournesingles
2018 Gold Coastpairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
2003 Brisbanepairs
2005 Melbournesingles
2007 Christchurchsingles
2009 Kuala Lumpursingles
2009 Kuala Lumpurpairs
2011 Adelaidesingles
2011 Adelaidepairs
2015 Christchurchsingles
2015 Christchurchpairs
2019 Gold Coastsingles
2019 Gold Coastpairs

Bowls career

Siti Zalina Ahmad is from Perak, in Malaysia and is one of only two women to have won two Commonwealth Games singles Gold medals. After watching a game of hockey in 1995 she saw a lawn bowls match and decided to take up the sport.[3]

Commonwealth Games

The first title came in 2002 when she won the Commonwealth Games Singles Gold medal in Manchester[4][5] and four years later she successfully defended her title winning the Commonwealth Games Singles Gold medal in Melbourne.

In the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won her qualifying group with a perfect 10-0 win record and 20-0 set record before losing to Natalie Melmore in the semi finals bringing her eight-year reign as champion to an end.[6] She was also the flag bearer for the Malaysian team during the 2010 games.

She was selected as part of the Malaysian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland[7] where she claimed a gold medal in the Pairs with Emma Firyana Saroji.[8]

World Championship

Zalina has also won one world championship medal, a bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[9]

International

Zalina has won eleven medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including three gold medals and a double bronze at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[10][11] She has also won three titles at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic, consisting of the 2014 and 2018 singles title and the 2008 pairs title with Nor Hashimah Ismail.[12][13]

National

She also won the 2008 singles title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling as an overseas invitational player.[14][15]

Personal life

Her occupation is a Police Officer and is nicknamed Lina.

References
  1. "Siti Zalina Ahmad". Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. "Siti Zalina Ahmad biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "Glasgow 2014 - Siti Zalina Ahmad Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "Siti Zalina crowned singles queen". BBC Sport.
  5. "David Rhys Jones. "Donnelly denies Henry his place in history." Times [London, England] 5 Aug. 2002". The Times.
  6. "Results by Sport". 2010 Commonwealth Games.
  7. "Profile". GC 2018.
  8. "Pairs results". CG2018.
  9. "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
  10. "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  11. "2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP". World Bowls.
  12. "HK Classic winners Women's singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  13. "HK Classic winners Women's pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  14. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
  15. "Kiwi-born Australian ace wins NZ women's bowls title". Stuff.
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