Abdul Kalim (11 September 1969 – 25 July 2021) was a Fijian international

lawn bowler Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

Bowls career

Kalim won the

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in the pairs with

Ratish Lal Ratish Lal (born 1962) is a Fijian international lawn bowler. Bows career Lal has won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. He was selected to represent Fiji at three Commonwealth Games; the fours at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, ...

at the 2011

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in Adelaide. He was selected to represent Fiji at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

, where he competed in the triples and fours events. In 2019, he won a gold medal at the Pacific Games in the triples event.

References

1969 births 2021 deaths Fijian male bowls players Fijian Muslims Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Fiji Sportspeople from Nadi Pacific Games gold medalists for Fiji {{Bowls-bio-stub