Siti Zalina Ahmad

Siti Zalina Ahmad
Medal record
Competitor for  Malaysia
Women's bowls
World Outdoor Championships
2008 Christchurch Singles
Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Singles
2006 Melbourne Singles

Siti Zalina Ahmad (born 2 June 1979) is a Malaysian lawn bowler.

Siti Zalina Ahmad is from Perak, in Malaysia and is the only woman to have won two Commonwealth Games singles Gold medals.
After watching a game of hockey in 1995 she saw a lawn bowls match and decided to take up the sport.[1]
The first title came in 2002 when she won the Commonwealth Games Singles Gold medal in Manchester[2] and four years later she successfully defended her title winning the Commonwealth Games Singles Gold medal in Melbourne.
In the 2010 Commonwealth Games she won her qualifying group with a perfect 10-0 win record and 20-0 set record before losing to Natalie Melmore in the semi finals bringing her eight-year reign as champion to an end. She was also the flag bearer for the Malaysian team during the 2010 games.

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