Anita Nivala
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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 April 1961 Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Regina LBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anita Louise Nivala (born 1961) is a Canadian international lawn bowler.[1]
Bowls career
[edit]She won a silver medal in the fours with Shirley Fitzpatrick-Wong, Andrea Weigand and Melissa Ranger at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[2][3]
Two years later she just missed out on a medal after losing the bronze medal play off to New Zealand at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship - Women's Triples. She plays for the Regina Lawn Bowling Club in Regina, Saskatchewan.[4]
She won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1993 fours, in Victoria, Canada.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athlete Profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Profile". Bowls Tawa. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR athletics.
- ^ "Pituleys win national pairs lawn bowling title". Leader Post.com.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1961 births
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Canadian female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games