Millie Khan
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  New Zealand
| ||
| Women's lawn bowls | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1990 Auckland | Singles |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1998 Kuala Lumpur | Singles |
Millie Cecilia Khan MBE (29 July 1938 – 24 November 2003) was a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
A competitor at four Commonwealth Games; she won a silver medal in the women's singles at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the same event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[2]
She won a total of twelve national titles in lawn bowls. Two of her daughters (Jan Khan and Marina Khan) are also New Zealand representative lawn bowlers.[3]
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Khan was awarded an MBE, for services to bowls. Khan is of Māori descent through her mother, while her father was a Yugoslav emigrant. She married her husband Ron Khan, who is of Pakistani descent, when she was 16.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ HighBeam Research - Bowls NZ champion dies, aged 65
- ↑ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ↑ HighBeam Research - If anyone can Millie Khan
- ↑ Longmore, Andrew (16 September 1998). "Spiritual guidance for Khan". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ "Renowned sportswoman dies". New Zealand Herald. 24 November 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ Ratttue, Chris (8 January 2010). "My life in sport: Jan Khan". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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