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Clementi Cecil Delgado

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Saco Delgado
Personal information
NationalityHong Kong Hong Kong
Born1932
Medal record
Representing Hong Kong Hong Kong
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh men's rinks/fours
Gold medal – first place 1978 Edmonton men's pairs
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Worthing men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Worthing men's fours

Clementi Cecil Delgado better known as Saco Delgado is a former Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler.

Delagado was born in Hong Kong in 1932 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]

References

  1. ^ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  2. ^ Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.