Helen Wong
Helen Wong was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1925 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 March 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Craigengower CC Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon}
Bowls career
Wong won a gold medal in the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs in Worthing with Elvie Chok. Four years later she won a bronze medal in the singles and a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy) at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto. In 1985 she won a third world medal when winning a silver medal in the triples at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Sandra Zakoske and Rae O'Donnell.[2]
Wong played bowls at the Craigengower CC Bowls Club and won the National singles title seven times in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1974 & 1978.[3] She died in 2012.[4]
References
- Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
- "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
- "Ladies Singles Title 1978" (PDF). Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
- "Obituary". Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.