Anita Louise Nivala (born 1961) is a Canadian 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

She won a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

in the fours with Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong,

Andrea Weigand Andrea Weigand (born 1977) is a Canadian international lawn bowler. She won a silver medal in the fours with Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong, Melissa Ranger and Anita Nivala at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur , anthem ...

and Melissa Ranger at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

in Kuala Lumpur. Two years later she just missed out on a medal after losing the bronze medal play off to New Zealand at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Triples. She plays for the Regina Lawn Bowling Club in Regina, Saskatchewan. She won three medals at the

Asia Pacific Bowls Championships The Asia Pacific Bowls Championships formerly the Pacific Rim Championships was a bowls, lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Asia Pacific region. The event was inaugurated in 1985, and it was initially held ...

including a gold medal in the 1993 fours, in Victoria, Canada.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nivala, Anita Living people 1961 births Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Canadian female bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games