Carla Krizanic (née Odgers; born 26 April 1990) is an Australian international

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Bowls career

World Championships

In 2016, she was part of the fours team with Rebecca Van Asch, Natasha Scott and

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who won the gold medal at the

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and a gold medal in the

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with Scott and Van Asch.

Commonwealth Games

She was part of the Australian team for the

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on the

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where she two more

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s in the Fours with Cottrell, Scott and Van Asch and the

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with Scott and Van Asch.

Other major events

Krizanic has won four 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 two golds. The latest gold medal was at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. In November 2022, he won the silver medal at the

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in Wellington, New Zealand.

Personal life

Carla married Tristan Krizanic in 2015; she had previously represented Australia as Carla Odgers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krizanic, Carla 1990 births Living people Australian female bowls players Bowls World Champions Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 21st-century Australian women Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games People from Castlemaine, Victoria Sportswomen from Victoria (state)