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Nationality | South African | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | March 2021 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Rayfield (1944-2021) known as Robbie Rayfield was a South African international lawn and indoor bowler.
He won the triples silver medal and fours bronze medal at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.
He won a gold medal in the fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Alan Lofthouse, Donald Piketh and Neil Burkett and four years later won a bronze medal in the fours at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur with Burkett, Bruce Makkink and Mike Redshaw.
References
- "Bowls South Africa 12 April 2021, LEGEND RAYFIELD DIES AGED 77". Official facebook page of Bowls South Africa. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "Robbie Rayfield Profile". Bowls tawa.
- "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
- "World Bowls Champions". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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