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Abdul Kitchell

Abdul Kitchell

Hong Kong international lawn bowler

Abdul Raheem Kitchell (born 1916) is a Hong Kong international lawn bowler.[1]

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Bowls career

Kitchell was born in 1916 in Hong Kong after his family emigrated from Malaysia in the 1890s. He competed in the first World Bowls Championship in Kyeemagh, New South Wales, Australia in 1966.[2] Six years later he won a bronze medal in the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

In between he won a gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[4]

Personal life

Kitchell was an oil company executive by trade.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Hong Kong Delegation for Olympic Games (1952-2008)" (PDF). Hong Kong Olympic.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. [2]
    Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.
  3. [3]
    "World Bowls Champions". Burnside Bowling Club.
  4. [4]
    "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  5. [5]
    Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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