Loraine Victor is a South African international

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Bowls career

In 1998 Victor was part of the fours team that won gold 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 ...

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. She also won a gold medal in the Women's Triples at the

2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Northfield Bowls Complex in Ayr, Scotland, from 23 July to 7 August 2004 and Victoria Park, Leamington Spa in England one month later. Steve Glasson won the men's singles Gold defeating ...

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and four years later repeated the achievement by winning another gold medal in the Women's Triples at the

2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship The 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at the Burnside Bowling Club in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 12 to 24 January 2008. Safuan Said won the men's singles Gold. New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island coun ...

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. In 2007 she won the fours silver medal at the

Atlantic Bowls Championships The Atlantic Bowls Championships was a lawn bowling competition held between national bowls organisations in the Atlantic region. The event was a qualifying event for the World Outdoor Bowls Championships until the 2021 announcement that it woul ...

. She won the 2017 singles and two fours titles at the

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bowling for the Wingate Park Bowls Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Victor, Loraine Living people South African female bowls players Bowls World Champions 1948 births Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games