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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1958-04-25) 25 April 1958 (age 66) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beckenham BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jan Maraea Khan (born 25 April 1958 in Rotorua, New Zealand) is an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.
Personal life
Jan is of Pakistani descent through her father, and of Yugoslav and Maori descent through her mother. Both she and her sister Marina Khan are the daughters of lawn bowler Millie Khan.
Bowls career
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, she won a bronze medal in the women's fours event. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she again won a bronze in the women's pairs event with her sister Marina Khan.
She has won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, of which three have been gold medals.
Khan won the 2010 singles title and the 1997, 2000 & 2001 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Beckenham Bowls Club.
References
- "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- Longmore, Andrew (16 September 1998). "Spiritual guidance for Khan". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- Ratttue, Chris (8 January 2010). "My life in sport: Jan Khan". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- Living people
- 1958 births
- New Zealand female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Rotorua
- New Zealand people of Pakistani descent
- New Zealand people of Yugoslav descent
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen