Carmelita 'Carmen' Anderson (maiden name Bishop) is a
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...
er
lawn bowls international.
Bowls career
World Championship
Anderson won the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in the singles at the
1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1996 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Lockleys Bowls Club in Adelaide, Australia, from 18 to 31 March 1996.
The 1996 Women's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Victoria Park, Leamington Spa, England
...
in
Adelaide. In 2020, she was selected for the
2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was to be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be ei ...
in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent the Norfolk Islands at the
2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
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. She participated in the
women's pairs and the
women's fours events.
Commonwealth Games
She won Norfolk Island's first medal at the
1994 Commonwealth Games
The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...
in
Victoria, Canada, when she won a bronze medal. In 2022, she competed in the
women's pairs and the
Women's fours at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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.
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Asia Pacific
Anderson is one of the most successful female bowlers of all time at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
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where she has won eleven medals including five golds (four in singles competition). Her eleventh medal came at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland
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.
Personal life
She holds Australian citizenship and received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999.
References
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Living people
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Norfolk Island
Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Norfolk Island sportspeople
Australian female bowls players
Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Bowls World Champions
1955 births
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Filipino emigrants to Australia
Norfolk Island bowls players
Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games