Siti Zalina Ahmad

Siti Zalina Ahmad

Personal information
Nationality	Malaysian
Born	(1979-06-02) 2 June 1979 (age 45) Perak, Malaysia
Medal record Representing  Malaysia World Outdoor Championships 2008 Christchurch singles World Cup Singles 2015 Warilla singles 2016 Warilla singles 2019 Warilla singles World Champion of Champions 2007 Warilla singles Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours 2002 Manchester singles 2006 Melbourne singles 2018 Gold Coast pairs 2022 Birmingham singles Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 2003 Brisbane pairs 2005 Melbourne singles 2007 Christchurch singles 2009 Kuala Lumpur singles 2009 Kuala Lumpur pairs 2011 Adelaide singles 2011 Adelaide pairs 2015 Christchurch singles 2015 Christchurch pairs 2019 Gold Coast singles 2019 Gold Coast pairs Southeast Asian Games 1999 Bandar Seri Begawan pairs 2017 Kuala Lumpur pairs 2019 Philippines fours Asian Lawn Bowls Championship 2003 Kuala Lumpur singles 2005 Kuala Lumpur singles 2008 Shenzhen singles 2008 Shenzhen pairs 2016 Brunei singles 2016 Brunei pairs 2017 New Delhi singles 2017 New Delhi pairs 2018 Xinxiang pairs 2018 Xinxiang fours

Siti Zalina Ahmad (born 2 June 1979) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler.^[1]

Bowls career

Siti Zalina Ahmad is from Perak, in Malaysia and is one of only two women 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.^[2]

Commonwealth Games

The first title came in 2002 when she won the Commonwealth Games Singles Gold medal in Manchester^[3][4] 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.^[5] She was also the flag bearer for the Malaysian team during the 2010 games.

She was selected as part of the Malaysian team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland^[6] where she claimed a gold medal in the Pairs with Emma Firyana Saroji.^[7]

In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[8] In the singles she secured a bronze medal.^[9]

World Championship

Zalina has also won one world championship medal, a bronze at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.^[10]

International

Zalina has won eleven medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, including three gold medals and a double bronze at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.^[11][12] She has also won three titles at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic, consisting of the 2014 and 2018 singles title and the 2008 pairs title with Nor Hashimah Ismail.^[13][14]

In the Southeast Asian Games she has won three gold medals.^[15][16][17]

National

She also won the 2008 singles title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling as an overseas invitational player.^[18][19]

Personal life

Her occupation is a Police Officer and is nicknamed Lina.

References

1. "Siti Zalina Ahmad biography". Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. "Glasgow 2014 - Siti Zalina Ahmad Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. "Siti Zalina crowned singles queen". BBC Sport. 4 August 2002.
4. "David Rhys Jones. "Donnelly denies Henry his place in history." Times [London, England] 5 Aug. 2002". The Times.
5. "Results by Sport". 2010 Commonwealth Games.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
6. "Profile". GC 2018.
7. "Pairs results". CG2018.
8. "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
9. "Ryan's express fightback wins Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold for Australia". Inside the Games. August 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
10. "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia. 12 February 2020.
11. "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
12. "2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP". World Bowls. 28 June 2019.
13. "HK Classic winners Women's singles". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
14. "HK Classic winners Women's pairs". HKLBA. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
15. "2005 Southeast Asian Games Official Results". Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
16. "2007 Southeast Asian Games Official Results". Bowls Singapore. Archived from the original on 17 June 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
17. "History of the SEA Games". Olympic Council of Malaysia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
18. "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
19. "Kiwi-born Australian ace wins NZ women's bowls title". Stuff.

External links

• Siti Zalina Ahmad at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2010)
• Siti Zalina Ahmad at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (2014)
• Siti Zalina Ahmad at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Siti Zalina Ahmad at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Siti Zalina Ahmad at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Siti Zalina Ahmad at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games