Shalin Zulkifli

Shalin Zulkifli
Medal record
Women's ten-pin bowling
Competitor for  Malaysia
Asian Games
Gold 2002 Busan Masters
Gold 2006 Doha Team of Five
Silver 2006 Doha Trios
Silver 2010 Guangzhou Team of Five
Silver 2014 Incheon Doubles
Bronze 2002 Busan Trios

Shalin Zulkifli (born 28 March 1978 in Islington, London, England) is a Malaysian professional ten pin bowler and former Asian Number 1. She has played and won various national and international tournaments, and has at various points in her career ranked Number 1 of the professional ten pin bowlers in Malaysia and Asia. Bowling in the USA, she was a quarterfinalist at the 2008 US Women's Open, and currently competes in the 2008-09 PBA Women's Series.

Shalin was born in North Islington and spent her childhood in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She began bowling at the age of 9 and joined the national bowling team in the late 1980s.[1] In 1991 she was named Selangor’s Most Promising Sportsgirl of the Year, and in 1994 became the youngest player and first Malaysian to win the Ladies Open of the Kent Malaysian All-Stars.

Shalin holds a degree in Sports Science that specialises in Sports Psychology and Coaching. She currently owns and runs a Tenpin Bowling Alley at The Curve, a shopping mall located in Mutiara Damansara.

Accolades

1996

1998

1999

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

References

  1. ↑ Yusoff, Ruslina (28 March 2007), "Mutiara Damansara: What bowls her over", The New Straits Times

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