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Marina Khan (bowls)
Marina Josephine Khan (born 13 December 1965 in Te Puke, New Zealand) is a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand. Personal life She is of Pakistani descent through her father, and of Yugoslav and Maori descent through her mother. Both she and her sister Jan Khan are the daughters of lawn bowler Millie Khan. Bowls career At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal in the women's pairs event with her sister Jan Khan. She won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the 2007 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch. Marina won the 2000 pairs title and the 2001 & 2002 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ... when bowling for the Matamata Bowls Club. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 (cancelled due to World War II), have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men's and women's medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men. Inspired by the Inter-Empire Championships, part of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
