Colleen Grondein is a former South African international

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Bowls career

Grondein won a gold medal in the Women's fours at the

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with Anna Pretorius, Lorna Trigwell and Hester Bekker. It was the first time that South Africa had won a gold medal since 1958, following the return from their

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Commonwealth ban enforced in 1961. In 1995 she won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the

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in her home country. She bowls for the Lahee Park Bowling Club.

References

Living people South African female bowls players Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Year of birth missing (living people) Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-bowls-bio-stub