Richard Girvan
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Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland | 30 December 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Taren Point BC Onehunga BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Anthony Girvan (born 30 December 1973) in Auckland is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career[]
In 2008 he won the gold medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch along with Gary Lawson, Russell Meyer and Andrew Todd.[2]
Girvan represented New Zealand at both the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3]
He won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, of which two have been gold medals.[4]
He won the 2005, 2014/15 and 2016/17 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Taren Point and Onehunga Bowls Clubs respectively.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Richard Girvan". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Profile". Olympic New Zealand.
- ^ "Biography". Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
External links[]
- Richard Girvan at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
Categories:
- Living people
- New Zealand male bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- 1973 births
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand