Siti Zalina Ahmad Explained

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.

External links

• (2010)
• (2014)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Siti Zalina Ahmad biography. Commonwealth Games Federation.
2. Web site: Glasgow 2014 - Siti Zalina Ahmad Profile. Commonwealth Games Federation.
3. News: Siti Zalina crowned singles queen. 4 August 2002 . BBC Sport.
4. Web site: David Rhys Jones. "Donnelly denies Henry his place in history." Times [London, England] 5 Aug. 2002]. The Times.
5. Web site: Results by Sport. 2010 Commonwealth Games.
6. Web site: Profile. GC 2018.
7. Web site: Pairs results. CG2018.
8. Web site: Official Games profile. 2022 Commonwealth Games. 4 August 2022.
9. Web site: Ryan's express fightback wins Commonwealth Games lawn bowls gold for Australia. August 2022 . Inside the Games. 5 August 2022.
10. Web site: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES. 12 February 2020 . Bowls Australia.
11. Web site: Results Portal. Bowls Australia.
12. Web site: 2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP. 28 June 2019 . World Bowls.
13. Web site: HK Classic winners Women's singles . HKLBA . 10 June 2021.
14. Web site: HK Classic winners Women's pairs . HKLBA . 10 June 2021.
15. Web site: 2005 Southeast Asian Games Official Results . 19 April 2022 . https://archive.today/20061206044658/http://www.2005seagames.com.ph/sched.html . 6 December 2006 . dead.
16. Web site: 2007 Southeast Asian Games Official Results . Bowls Singapore . 19 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080617095308/http://www.2007seagames.com/info/ . 17 June 2008 . dead.
17. Web site: History of the SEA Games. Olympic Council of Malaysia. 19 April 2022.
18. Web site: New Zealand Championships. Bowls Tawa.
19. Web site: Kiwi-born Australian ace wins NZ women's bowls title. Stuff.