Marina Khan (bowls)
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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Matamata BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marina Josephine Khan (born 13 December 1965 in Te Puke, New Zealand) is a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
Personal life
[edit]She is of Pakistani descent through her father, and of Yugoslav and Maori descent through her mother.[2][3] Both she and her sister Jan Khan are the daughters of lawn bowler Millie Khan.
Bowls career
[edit]At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal in the women's pairs event with her sister Jan Khan.[4][5]
She won the fours gold medal and triples silver medal at the 2007 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in Christchurch.[6]
Marina won the 2000 pairs title and the 2001 & 2002 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Matamata Bowls Club.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Longmore, Andrew (16 September 1998). "Spiritual guidance for Khan". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Ratttue, Chris (8 January 2010). "My life in sport: Jan Khan". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1965 births
- New Zealand female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- People from Te Puke
- New Zealand people of Pakistani descent
- New Zealand people of Yugoslav descent
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Sportspeople from the Bay of Plenty Region
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen