Douw Calitz
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Nationality | Namibian | |||||||||||||
Born | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | 30 December 1974|||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
Club | TransNamib BC | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Douw Calitz (born 1974) is a South African born international lawn bowls player from Namibia who was the 2003 World Singles Champion of Champions.
Bowls career[]
World Championships[]
Calitz has competed for Namibia at five World Bowls Championships in 1996 and 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.[1]
Commonwealth Games[]
Calitz has represented Namibia at six Commonwealth Games in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018.[2] This constitutes a record number of appearances for Namibia at the Commonwealth Games.
Other events[]
In 2003 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Darren Burnett of Scotland in the final.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Participants, events and medals". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes Biography". CGF.com.
- ^ "Calitz: first champ of champs". BBC Sport.
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
- Namibian bowls players