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Helen Wong
Personal information
NationalityHong Kong Hong Kong
Born1925
Died25 March 2012
Sport
ClubCraigengower CC Bowling Club
Medal record
Representing Hong Kong Hong Kong
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 Worthing pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Toronto singles
Silver medal – second place 1981 Toronto team
Silver medal – second place 1985 Melbourne triples
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1985 Tweed Heads singles

Helen Wong (1925-2012) was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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Wong won a gold medal in the 1977 World Outdoor Bowls Championship pairs in Worthing with Elvie Chok. Four years later she won a bronze medal in the singles and a silver medal in the team event (Taylor Trophy) at the 1981 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Toronto. In 1985 she won a third world medal when winning a silver medal in the triples at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Sandra Zakoske and Rae O'Donnell.[2]

She won the singles bronze medal at the inaugural 1985 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships.[3]

Wong played bowls at the Craigengower CC Bowls Club and won the National singles title seven times in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1974 & 1978.[4] She died in 2012.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  2. ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
  3. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ladies Singles Title 1978" (PDF). Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.
  5. ^ "Obituary". Hong Kong Lawn Bowls Association.