Rosa Crean

Rosa Crean (born Triandafilia Toprkopul; 22 March 1942) is a British Paralympian. She competed in lawn bowling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for Great Britain.[1]

Early life

Crean was born as Triandafilia Toprkopul in the Macedonian mountains of Greece[2] on 22 March 1942.[3] Growing up, her father was imprisoned in Albania while her mother and brother were abducted by communist partisans and taken to Poland. She was separated from her brother in a separate orphanage and her mother until she was eight. Due to an ear infection, she became partially deaf and visually impaired.[2]

References
  1. "Rosa Crean". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. Rawlings, Owens (19 July 2014). "Glasgow 2014: Civil war survivor Rosa Crean targets bowls gold". bbc.ca. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. "Rosa Crean Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.