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Loraine Victor

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Loraine Victor
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1948-09-23) 23 September 1948 (age 76)
Sport
Sportlawn bowls
ClubWingate Park BC
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Women's fours
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Ayr Women's triples
Gold medal – first place 2008 Christchurch Women's triples
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ayr fours

Loraine Victor is a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

In 1998 Victor was part of the fours team that won gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

She also won a gold medal in the Women's Triples at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr and four years later repeated the achievement by winning another gold medal in the Women's Triples at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[2]

In 2007 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[3][4]

She won the 2017 singles and two fours titles at the National Championships bowling for the Wingate Park Bowls Club.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Loraine Victor". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "SA trips win gold at World Bowls". South Africa.info. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.