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South African international lawn bowler

Colleen Grondein
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Sport
ClubLahee Park
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Women's fours
Atlantic Bowls Championships
Gold medal – first place 1995 Durban triples
Silver medal – second place 1995 Durban fours

Colleen Grondein is a former South African international lawn bowler.

Bowls career

Grondein won a gold medal in the Women's fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Anna Pretorius, Lorna Trigwell and Hester Bekker. It was the first time that South Africa had won a gold medal since 1958, following the return from their Anti-Apartheid Movement Commonwealth ban enforced in 1961.

In 1995 she won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships in her home country.

She bowls for the Lahee Park Bowling Club.

References

  1. "Colleen Grondein profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. "Colleen Grondein". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. "South African bowlers lift gold". UPI.
  5. "Jones, D.R. (1995) 'S Africa's bowlers reclaim top spot'". The Times. 24 April 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  6. "'For the Record' (1995)". The Times. 1 May 1995. p. 32. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  7. "Lahee Park BC celebrates golden years". Highway Mail. 6 August 2013.


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