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Sharon Sims

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Sharon Elmar Sims, born on 24 May 1952, is a New Zealand lawn bowls international who bowled for the Hamilton Bowls Club. She won the pairs gold medal with Jo Edwards at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and at the World Bowls Championships was a triples and fours champion in 2000 and a pairs champion in 2004. She took eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, four of them gold, and won the New Zealand national singles in 2002 and 2005 and the pairs in 1993, 2006, 2007 and 2009. She was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2007 and was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2013.

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Birth Year
1952 1
Gender
Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
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is a New Zealand lawn bowls international
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1. Sharon Sims (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth date
    born 24 May 1952
  • Bowls career, event entered
    she won a gold medal along with Jo Edwards in the women's pairs event
  • Honours, titles won
    She won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, four of which have been gold medals.
  • Lead, nationality
    is a New Zealand lawn bowls international
  • Plays: Lawn bowls, Lead
    is a New Zealand lawn bowls international
  • Competed In: World Bowls Championships, Bowls career, World Championships
    At the World Bowls Championships in 2000 she was a triples and fours champion, and in 2004 a pairs champion.
  • Competed In: Commonwealth Games, Bowls career, Commonwealth Games
    At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Jo Edwards in the women's pairs event.
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