Siti Zalina Ahmad (born 2 June 1979) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Siti Zalina Ahmad is from

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, in

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and is one of only two women to have won two

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singles Gold medals. After watching a game of hockey in 1995 she saw a lawn bowls match and decided to take up the sport.

Commonwealth Games

The first title came in 2002 when she won the Commonwealth Games Singles Gold medal in

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and four years later she successfully defended her title winning the Commonwealth Games Singles Gold medal in

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. In the

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she won her qualifying group with a perfect 10-0 win record and 20-0 set record before losing to Natalie Melmore in the semi-finals bringing her eight-year reign as champion to an end. She was also the flag bearer for the

n team during the 2010 games. She was selected as part of the Malaysian team for the

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on the

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where she claimed a

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in the

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with

Emma Firyana Saroji Sgt. Emma Firyana Saroji (born 21 October 1986) is a Malaysian lawn bowler. Biography World Championships In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia. Commonwealth Games Emma competed in both the wo ...

. In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the

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. In the singles she secured a bronze medal.

World Championship

Zalina has also won one world championship medal, a bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in

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. In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.

International

Zalina has won eleven medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including three gold medals and a double bronze at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the

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. She has also won three titles at the

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, consisting of the 2014 and 2018 singles title and the 2008 pairs title with

Nor Hashimah Ismail Nor Hashimah Ismail (born 6 April 1971) is a Malaysian lawn bowler. Bowls career World Championships In 2008, Ismail won a bronze medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. Eight years later in 2016, she won a second br ...

. In the

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she has won three gold medals.

National

She also won the 2008 singles title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling as an overseas invitational player.

Personal life

Her occupation is a Police Officer and is nicknamed Lina.

References

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* (2010) * (2014) * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Siti Zalina 1979 births Living people Malaysian female bowls players Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Malaysia Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 1999 SEA Games Competitors at the 2001 SEA Games Competitors at the 2005 SEA Games Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games 20th-century Malaysian women 21st-century Malaysian women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Perak