Carmen Anderson
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| Nationality | Norfolk Islander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carmelita 'Carmen' Anderson (née Bishop) is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls international.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]World Championship
[edit]Anderson won the gold medal in the singles at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa.[2] In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent the Norfolk Islands at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[4] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.[5][6] In the pairs partnering Shae Wilson, she won her group undefeated but lost to Malta in the quarter finals.
Commonwealth Games
[edit]She won Norfolk Island's first medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, when she won a bronze medal.[7] In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]
Asia Pacific
[edit]Anderson is one of the most successful female bowlers of all time at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships where she has won eleven medals including five golds (four in singles competition). Her eleventh medal came at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[8][9]
Personal life
[edit]She holds Australian citizenship and received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ Peace dividend, The Guardian, 3 August 2002.
- ↑ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia. 12 February 2020.
- ↑ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ Commonwealth Games – Norfolk Island, BBC Sports
- ↑ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ↑ "2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP". World Bowls. 28 June 2019.
- ↑ "Carmen Anderson biography". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
External links
[edit]- Carmen Anderson at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Carmen Anderson at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Norfolk Island
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Norfolk Island sportspeople
- Australian female bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- 1955 births
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- Filipino emigrants to Australia
- Norfolk Island bowls players
- Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls