Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais (born 23 February 1989) is a Malaysian

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Bowls career

World Championships

Rais was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. He participated in the men's triples and the men'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. In the triples, his team reached the quarter final before losing to Ireland.

Commonwealth Games

Rais competed in both the men's singles and the men's pairs events at the

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. He failed to qualify from the group stages in the men's singles event, but won a

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in the men's pairs

Other events

In 2012 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Stanley Lai of Hong Kong in the final. Rais has won five medals at the

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, including a double bronze the 2019

in the

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and a gold medal in the

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. In 2023, he won the fours gold medal at the 14th

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in Kuala Lumpur before sealing a gold medal in the pairs with Izzat Dzulkeple, at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rais, Muhammad Hizlee Abdul 1989 births Living people Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Malaysian male bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games 21st-century Malaysian people Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games