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Loraine Victor

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Loraine Victor
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1948-09-23) 23 September 1948 (age 76)
Sport
Sportlawn bowls
ClubWingate Park BC
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Women's fours
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Ayr Women's triples
Gold medal – first place 2008 Christchurch Women's triples
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Ayr fours

Loraine Victor is a South African international lawn bowler.[1]

Bowls career

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In 1998 Victor was part of the fours team that won gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

She also won a gold medal in the Women's Triples at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr[2] and four years later repeated the achievement by winning another gold medal in the Women's Triples at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch.[3]

In 2007 she won the fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships.[4][5]

She won the 2017 singles and two fours titles at the National Championships bowling for the Wingate Park Bowls Club.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Loraine Victor". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "GSB staffer bowls them over in England". University of Capetown. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  3. ^ "SA trips win gold at World Bowls". South Africa.info. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  4. ^ "2007 Atlantic Championships". World Bowls Ltd. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowls". The Times. 18 July 2007. p. 61. Retrieved 20 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. ^ "Newsletters". South Africa Bowls. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.