The China national bowling team represents the People's Republic of China in international ten pin bowling competition, operating under the Bowling Association of China, which was formally established on 24 May 1985 under the Small Ball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China. The team competes at events including the World Tenpin Bowling Championships, the Bowling World Cup and the Asian Bowling Championships. In 2023 both the men's and women's five player teams won bronze medals at the World Championships, the men's team's first ever World Championships medal and the women's team's first medal in eighteen years. Yang Suiling became the first bowling world champion from mainland China in 2005, and Wang Hongbo became the first male world champion from China in 2016.
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The China national bowling team represents the People's Republic of China in international ten pin bowling competition, operating under the Bowling Association of China, which was formally established on 24 May 1985 under the Small Ball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China. The team competes at events including the World Tenpin Bowling Championships, t
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Who was the first bowler from mainland China to become a world champion?
Yang Suiling, in 2005.
Yang Suiling became the first world champion in the history of mainland Chinese bowling when she won the Masters event at the World Women's Bowling Championships in 2005. Wang Hongbo followed as the first male world champion in Chinese bowling history, winning the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup held in Shanghai in 2016.
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