Marina Khan (bowls)
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Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 13 December 1965 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Marina Josephine Khan (born December 13, 1965 in Te Puke, New Zealand) is a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.
At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a bronze medal in the women's pairs event with her sister Jan Khan.[1] They are daughters of lawn bowler Millie Khan.
She is of Pakistani descent through her father, and of Yugoslav and Maori descent through her mother.[2][3]
References
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^ Longmore, Andrew (16 September 1998). "Spiritual guidance for Khan". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Ratttue, Chris (8 January 2010). "My life in sport: Jan Khan". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1965 births
- New Zealand female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- People from Te Puke
- New Zealand people of Pakistani descent
- New Zealand people of Yugoslav descent
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- New Zealand bowls biography stubs