Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman
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| Nationality | Malaysian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1994 Malaysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 22 (August 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman (born 24 January 1994) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler. She is a Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and has represented Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games winning a silver medal.[1]
Biography
[edit]She has won the gold medal at the Lawn bowls at the Southeast Asian Games, in 2019 in the fours event.[2]
In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in the men's pairs triples and the women's fours event.[1][3] In the triples, the team of Abdul Rahman, Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi and Azlina Arshad secured a silver medal but lost the final to England.[4] Also in 2023, she won the triples gold medals at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur.[5]
In 2023, she was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[6] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[7][8] The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals.[9]
Rahman won the gold medal in the fours at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Perfect roll as Malaysian lawn bowlers sweep 3 gold". The Malaysian Reserve. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia in women's triples final". New Straits Times. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "M'sia stamp dominance in Asian lawn bowls". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Malaysian lawn bowlers get semi-final target in Gold Coast tourneys". The Vibes. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Malaysia again emerge overall champions at Asian Lawn Bowls tournament". The Sun Malaysia. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Malaysian female bowls players
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls
- SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- 21st-century Malaysian women
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games