Kylie Whitehead
Kylie Whitehead (born 1995) is a female international Australian lawn bowler.[1]
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| Born | 1995 (age 25–26) | |||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | Wodonga BC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Whitehead is of English and Walpiri background.[2] She was raised in Chiltern in north-east Victoria by her father's parents.[3]
Whitehead is a physiotherapist and studied physioptherapy at Charles Sturt University.[4]
Bowls career
Whitehead began playing bowls in 2010 at Wodonga Bowls Club alongside her grandfather.[3]
Whitehead won the 2019 World Singles Champion of Champions beating Debbie White in the final.[5] She was the 2017 Australian National Bowls Championships singles winner and has played over 100 state matches for Victoria.[1]
References
- "Q&A WITH WODONGA BOWLING CLUB'S KYLIE WHITEHEAD". Bowls Victoria.
- "Kylie Whitehead on Acknowledging Country". Bowls South Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- Smith, Georgia (9 November 2019). "Kylie Whitehead opens up about what led to her becoming a bowls world champion". Border Mail. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- "Our staff". Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- "World Singles Champion of Champions, Adelaide Bowling Club, South Australia". World Bowls.
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