Clementi Cecil Delgado
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Hong Kong &  USA |
| Born | 22 November 1930 Hong Kong |
| Died | 16 August 1997 (aged 66) Santa Clara, California |
Medal record | |
Clementi Cecil Delgado better known as Saco Delgado (1930-1997), was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler.
Bowls career
Delgado was born in Hong Kong in 1930 to Portuguese parents and was an accountant before he started bowling in 1958. He won the Hong Kong lawn bowls championship ten times before winning the rinks/fours gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[1]
He won the gold medal in the pairs with Eric Liddell at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing in addition to a bronze medal in the fours event. In 1978 he won another gold medal in the men's pairs with Liddell at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.[2] [3]
Personal life
He was a banking official by trade. [4] He became a US citizen in 1984.
References
- ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
- ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 1997 deaths
- Bowls World Champions
- Hong Kong male bowls players
- American male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Hong Kong
- Bowls players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games