Colleen Grondein
Appearance
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Nationality | South Africa | |||||||||||
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Club | Lahee Park | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Colleen Grondein is a former South African international lawn bowler.[1]
Grondein won a gold medal in the Women's fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Anna Pretorius, Lorna Trigwell and Hester Bekker.[2][3] It was the first time that South Africa had won a gold medal since 1958, following the return from their Anti-Apartheid Movement Commonwealth ban enforced in 1961.[4]
She bowls for the Lahee Park Bowling Club.[5]
References
- ^ "Colleen Grondein profile". Bowls tawa.
- ^ "Colleen Grondein". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- ^ "South African bowlers lift gold". UPI.
- ^ "Lahee Park BC celebrates golden years". Highway Mail.