Azlina Arshad (born 26 August 1981) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler.

World Championship

Arshad has won three World Championship medals; a bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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, New Zealand, a silver medal in the fours at the

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and in 2016, a bronze medal with Nor Hashimah Ismail and Nur Fidrah Noh in the triples at the

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. In 2020 she was selected for the

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in Australia, which resulted in cancellation following the

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. In 2023, she was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals.

Commonwealth Games

Azlina won a gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in the women's triples. Eight years later she competed in both the women's triples and women's fours events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She failed to qualify from the group stages in the women's triples event but won a silver medal in the women's fours. In 2022, she competed in the women's triples and the Women's fours at the

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. She won the silver medal in the triples with Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman and Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi.

Asia Pacific Championships

Arshad has won eleven Asia Pacific Bowls Championships medals. Included in the haul of medals is four gold medals and a double

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at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland in the triples and fours.

Southeast Asian Games

Arshad has won three gold medals in the pairs and triples (twice) at the Lawn bowls at the Southeast Asian Games.

Asian Championships

In 2023, she won the triples gold medals at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur.

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* (2010) * (2014) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arshad, Azlina 1981 births Living people Malaysian female bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Sportspeople from Penang 20th-century Malaysian women 21st-century Malaysian women Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games