Richard Girvan
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| Full name | Richard Anthony Girvan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1973 Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "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[edit]
- Richard Girvan at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Richard Girvan at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Richard Girvan at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Richard Girvan at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- New Zealand male bowls players
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand people
- 21st-century New Zealand people
- Sportspeople from Auckland