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Shalin Zulkifli
Personal information
Born (1978-03-28) 28 March 1978 (age 48)
Sport
Country Malaysia
SportBowling
Achievements and titles
World finals
Regional finals
2001 Kota Kinabalu Open: Singles Champion

2002 Thailand International Open: Masters Champion
2002 Philippines International Open: Champion
2002 Pre-Asian Games Storm Cup Korea Open Masters: Champion
2003 Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam: Champion
2003 Asian Bowling Tour Malaysia (Philippines Leg): Champion
2004 Bahrain Open: Champion
2004 Sinai Open: Champion
2004 ABF Tour (Thailand Leg): Champion
2004 Malaysian International Open: Champion

2009 Ancol Open Bowling Championship, Jakarta: Champion
National finals
5-time Malaysian National Championship Champion
4th consecutive win in 2004
Medal record
Women's Ten-pin Bowling
Representing  Malaysia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Bowling Championships 2 4 2
World Tenpin Team Cup 1 1
Asian Games 4 3 1
Asian Championships 1 3 3
Commonwealth Games 3 1 1
Southeast Asian Games 20 8 5
Total 31 19 13
World Tenpin Bowling Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Las VegasTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 Las VegasDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2013 HendersonTeam
Gold medal – first place2003 Kuala LumpurTeam [2]
Bronze medal – third place1999 Abu DhabiSingles
Silver medal – second place1999 Abu DhabiDoubles
Silver medal – second place1999 Abu DhabiAll Events
Silver medal – second place1995 RenoTrios
World Tenpin Team Cup
Bronze medal – third place1996 CalgaryTeam
Gold medal – first place2003 DenmarkTeam
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1994 HiroshimaTrios
Gold medal – first place1994 HiroshimaAll Events
Gold medal – first place2002 BusanMasters
Gold medal – first place2006 DohaTeam of Five
Silver medal – second place2006 DohaTrios
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonDoubles
Silver medal – second place2018 PalembangTeam of Six
Bronze medal – third place2002 BusanTrios
Bronze medal – third place2010 GuangzhouTeam of Five
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place2000 QatarDoubles
Bronze medal – third place2000 QatarTeam
Bronze medal – third place2000 QatarAll Events
Gold medal – first place2008 Hong KongDoubles
Silver medal – second place2008 Hong KongTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 Hong KongTeam
Bronze medal – third place2016 Hong KongTrios
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second placeKuala Lumpur 1998Doubles
Gold medal – first placeCyprus 2005Masters
Gold medal – first placeCyprus 2005Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first placeCyprus 2005Team
Bronze medal – third placeCyprus 2005Team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first placeSingapore 1994Trios[3]
Gold medal – first placeSingapore 1994Team
Silver medal – second placeSingapore 1994Doubles
Silver medal – second placeSingapore 1994Masters
Silver medal – second placeChiang Mai 1995Trios
Silver medal – second placeChiang Mai 1995Team
Gold medal – first placeJakarta 1997Doubles
Gold medal – first placeJakarta 1997Trios
Silver medal – second placeJakarta 1997All Events
Silver medal – second placeJakarta 1997Masters
Gold medal – first placeBrunei 1999Doubles
Gold medal – first placeBrunei 1999Trios
Gold medal – first placeBrunei 1999Team
Gold medal – first placeBrunei 1999All Events
Gold medal – first placeBrunei 1999Masters
Bronze medal – third placeBrunei 1999Singles
Gold medal – first placeMalaysia 2001Singles
Gold medal – first placeMalaysia 2001Trios
Gold medal – first placeMalaysia 2001Team
Gold medal – first placeMalaysia 2001All Events
Gold medal – first placeThailand 2007Trios
Gold medal – first placeThailand 2007Team
Gold medal – first placeThailand 2007Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third placeThailand 2007Singles
Bronze medal – third placeThailand 2007Doubles
Gold medal – first placeSingapore 2015Team
Bronze medal – third placeSingapore 2015Doubles
Gold medal – first placeMalaysia 2017Trios
Gold medal – first placeMalaysia 2017Team
Gold medal – first placeMalaysia 2017Masters
Silver medal – second placeMalaysia 2017Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third placeMalaysia 2017Mixed Singles
Silver medal – second placeManila 2019Mixed Team

Datuk Shalin binti Zulkifli (born 28 March 1978 in Islington, London, United Kingdom) is a Malaysian professional tenpin bowler. She has played and won various national and international tournaments, and has at various points in her career ranked No. 1 of the professional tenpin bowlers in Malaysia and Asia.

Career

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Before Shalin Zulkifli competed in the final match of the 2001 World Tenpin Masters, she achieved victories over Marek Charezinski from Poland in the first round, followed by Chris Van Damme from Belgium in the quarter-finals, and Paeng Nepomuceno from the Philippines in the semi-finals. And most importantly, in her final appearance, Zulkifli triumphed over Tore Torgersen from Norway, concluding the match with a final aggregate score of 455-450. This victory marks her significant achievement as the 2001 World Tenpin Masters champion on March 11th, 2001. In 2004, she was inducted into the International Bowling Hall of Fame. Bowling in the United States of America, she was a quarterfinalist at the 2008 US Women's Open, and competed in the 2008-09 PBA Women's Series. In Southeast Asian Games, she is the most successful bowling athlete with a record of 20 gold medals being achieved.

Shalin was born in North Islington and spent her childhood in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She began bowling at the age of 9 and joined the national bowling team in the late 1980s.[4] In 1991, she was named Selangor’s Most Promising Sportsgirl of the Year, and in 1994, she became the youngest player and first Malaysian to win the Ladies Open of the Kent Malaysian All-Stars.[citation needed] In 1997, she became the first woman to bowl a 300 in the AMF Bowling World Cup.[5]

Shalin holds a degree in Sports Science that specializes in Sports Psychology and Coaching. She currently heads the Malaysian Athlete Career and Education Secretariat at the National Sports Council of Malaysia. She used to run a bowling center at The Curve, a shopping mall located in Mutiara Damansara.[citation needed]

In 2021, Shalin has retired from the national team, ended her 28-year-long international bowling career.[6]

Achievements

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  • Malaysian Sportswoman Award (1997, 1996, 1994, 2001, and 2002)
  • Malaysian National Champion (1996, 2001, 2002, and 2003)
  • Malaysian Olympian Award (1994 and 1999)
  • Asian No. 1 Rank (2000, 2001, 2002, and 2004)
  • International Bowler of the Year (2002)
  • International Bowling Hall of Fame Inductee (2004)
  • Kent Malaysian All-Stars - Ladies Open Champion

1993

  • Gold, Women's Trios, SEA Games 1993, Singapore
  • Gold, Women's Team of 5, SEA Games 1993, Singapore
  • Silver, Women's Doubles, SEA Games 1993, Singapore
  • Silver, Women's Masters, SEA Games 1993, Singapore

1994

  • Gold, Women's Trios, Asian Games, Hiroshima, Japan
  • Gold, Women's All Events, Asian Games, Hiroshima, Japan

1995

  • Silver, Women's Trios, SEA Games 1995, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Silver, Women's Team, SEA Games 1995, Chiang Mai, Thailand

1996

  • World Tenpin Team Cup (Calgary, Canada) - Bronze & Voted MVP
  • AMF World Cup 1996 (Belfast, Northern Ireland) - 2nd place
  • World Youth Championship - Bronze - Girl's Doubles

1997

  • Gold, Women's Doubles, SEA Games 1997, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Gold, Women's Trios, SEA Games 1997, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Bronze, Women's Team of 5, SEA Games 1997, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Silver, Women's All Events, SEA Games 1997, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Silver, Women's Masters, SEA Games 1997, Jakarta, Indonesia

1998

  • AMF World Cup 1998 (Kobe, Japan) - Record for qualifying for 3 consecutive stepladder final appearances; overall 3rd place
  • Silver, Women's Doubles, Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold, Girl's Singles, World Youth Championship, Incheon, South Korea
  • Bronze, Girl's Doubles, World Youth Championship, Incheon, South Korea
  • Bronze, Girl's Team of Five, World Youth Championship, Incheon, South Korea
  • Gold medal, Girl's All Events, World Youth Championship, Incheon, South Korea

1999

  • Asian Youth (Singapore)
    • Doubles Gold Medal Champion
    • Team Gold Medal Champion
  • SEA Games 1999 (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei)
    • Doubles Gold Medal Champion
    • Trios Gold Medal Champion
    • Team Gold Medal Champion
    • All Events Gold Medal Champion
    • Masters Gold Medal Champion
    • Singles Bronze Medal Champion

2000

  • Silver, Girl's All Events, World Youth Championship, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • Silver, Women's Doubles, Asian Championship, Doha, Qatar
  • Bronze, Women's Team of Five, Asian Championship, Doha, Qatar
  • Bronze, Women's All Events, Asian Championship, Doha, Qatar
  • Top 8, AMF World Cup 2000, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 1st runner-up, Thailand International Open

2001

  • World Tenpin Masters 2001 (Dagenham, United Kingdom) - For successfully beating Tore Torgersen of Norway - scored by 455-450 in the championship match
  • SEA Games 2001 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
    • Singles Gold Medal Champion
    • All-Events Gold Medal Champion
    • Trios Gold Medal Champion
    • Team Gold Medal Champion
    • Set 8 Sea Games Records
  • Kota Kinabalu Open - Singles Champion

2002

  • Thailand International Open - Women's Open Masters Champion
  • Philippines International Open - Women's Champion
  • Pre-Asian Games Storm Cup Korea Open Masters - Women's Champion
  • Bronze, Women's Trios, Asian Games, Busan, South Korea
  • Gold, Women's Masters, Asian Games, Busan, South Korea

2003

  • World Tenpin Team Cup (Odense, Denmark) - Women's Team Gold Medal Champion[7]
  • World Championships (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - Women's Team of Six Gold Medal Champion[8]
  • Santa Claus Open - 2nd place
  • Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam - Women's Champion
  • Beating the men’s champion Purvis Granger of the Philippines 226-225 to win the ESPN Champion’s Challenge trophy.
  • Asian Bowling Tour Malaysia (Philippines Leg) - Women's Champion

2004

  • Bahrain Open - Ladies Open Champion
  • Sinai Open - Women's Champion
  • ABF Tour (Thailand Leg) - Women's Champion
  • Malaysian International Open - Women's Champion

2005

  • 2nd Commonwealth Bowling Championship (Cyprus)
    • Masters Gold Medal Champion
    • Mixed Doubles Gold Medal Champion
    • Team Gold Medal Champion
    • Singles Bronze Medal Champion
  • Malaysian National Championship - Ladies Open Champion (4th consecutive win & 5th in her career)

2006

  • Silver, Women's Trios, Asian Games 2006, Doha, Qatar
  • Gold, Women's Team of 5, Asian Games 2006, Doha, Qatar

2007

  • Bronze, Women's Singles, SEA Games 2007, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
  • Bronze, Women's Doubles, SEA Games 2007, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
  • Gold, Women's Trios, SEA Games 2007, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
  • Gold, Women's Team of Five, SEA Games 2007, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
  • Gold, Mixed Doubles, SEA Games 2007, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
  • Gold, Women's Team of Six, World Women Championship, Monterrey, Mexico

2008

  • Gold, Women's Doubles, Asian Championship, Hong Kong, China
  • Silver, Women's Team of Five, Asian Championship, Hong Kong, China

2009

  • 3rd Singapore International Open, Singapore
  • Women Champion 2nd Ancol Open Bowling Championship, Jakarta, Indonesia

2010

  • Bronze medal, Women's Team of Six, Asian Games, Guangzhou, China
  • 4th place, 12th Sinai International Open Bowling Championship, Cairo, Egypt
  • Women's Open Champion, Hong Kong International Open, Hong Kong, China

2012

  • 2nd place, Women's Division, Indonesia International Open, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2nd place, Women's Division, Kuala Lumpur International Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2013

  • 2nd place, Women's Division, Singapore International Open, Singapore
  • Bronze, Team of 6, World Championship, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2014

  • Silver, Women's Doubles, Asian Games, Incheon, South Korea

2015

  • 6th place, 41st MWA Singha Thailand International Open, Bangkok, Thailand
  • Gold, Women's Team of Six, SEA Games 2015, Singapore
  • Bronze, Women's Doubles, SEA Games 2015, Singapore

2016

  • Bronze, Women's Trios, A6, Asian Championship, Hong Kong, China
  • 2nd place, Women's Open, Indonesia International Open, Jakarta, Indonesia

2017

  • Bronze, Women's Singles, SEA Games 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Silver, Mixed Doubles, SEA Games 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold, Women's Trios, SEA Games 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold, Women's Team of 5, SEA Games 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold, Women's Masters, SEA Games 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Gold, Women's Team of Six, World Championship, Las Vegas, NV, USA
  • Silver, Women's Doubles, World Championship, Las Vegas, NV, USA

2018

  • Silver, Women's Team of Six, Asian Games, Palembang, Indonesia

2019

  • Silver, Women's Team of Four, SEA Games 2019, Manila, Philippines

Honors

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Honors of Malaysia

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From 2020 and 2022, Shalin involved as an advisor technical with her protégé Syaidatul Afifah acting as Sandra for TV Malay drama called Ratu Ten Pin (Queen of Tenpin) Season 1-2 aired by Astro Ria.

In Season 2, character Shalin, carried by Jasmine Suraya Chin, Jasmine tell about how style play, routine, and learn story from Shalin also keeping short hair.

References

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  1. Viv (16 January 2021). "Tenpin Masters Queen; Shalin Zulkifli". Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. Bernama (5 January 2021). "Bowling legend Shalin Zulkifli retires from national team". New Straits Times. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. "SEA Games Tenpin Bowling Championships Past Winners". www.abf-online.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. Yusoff, Ruslina (28 March 2007), "Mutiara Damansara: What bowls her over", The New Straits Times
  5. "Stats, records and more stuff on the 51st QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup". Bowlingdigital.
  6. "Malaysian bowling legend Shalin Zulkifli retires from national team". Malay Mail. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  7. World Tenpin Team Cup 2003
  8. World Tenpin Bowling Championship 2003
  9. 1 2 "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  10. "Former Chief Justice and ex-FELDA chairman head King's birthday honours list". The Edge Markets. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  11. https://www.istiadat.gov.my/semakan-penerima-darjah-kebesaran-bintang-dan-pingat/ Senarai penerima darjah kebesaran
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