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| Nationality | Namibian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1974-12-30) 30 December 1974 (age 49) Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | TransNamib BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Douw Calitz (born 30 December 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.
Commonwealth Games
Calitz has represented Namibia at six Commonwealth Games in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018. 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.
References
- "Participants, events and medals". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- "Athletes Biography". CGF.com.
- "Calitz: first champ of champs". BBC Sport.
External links
- Douw Calitz at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994–2014)
- Douw Calitz at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Douw Calitz at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Douw Calitz at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Namibian bowls players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
- 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