Fairul Izwan Abdul Muin (born 3 November 1982) is a Malaysian lawn bowler.

Fairul Izwan Abdul Muin
Personal information
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1982-11-03) 3 November 1982 (age 42)
Selangor, Malaysia
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
Men's lawn bowls
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Christchurch Men's pairs
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi Men's pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Brisbane pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Brisbane triples
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Brisbane fours
Gold medal – first place 2005 Melbourne pairs
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kuala Lumpur fours
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Kuala Lumpur fours
Silver medal – second place 2015 Christchurch pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch fours
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gold Coast fours
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gold Coast fours
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2005 Angeles City pairs
Gold medal – first place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima triples
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur pairs
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines fours

Bowls career

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World Championships

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Muin won a pairs bronze medal at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch, New Zealand. In 2020 he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.[1]

Commonwealth Games

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Muin competed in both the men's fours and the men's pairs events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He narrowly missed out on a medal in the men's fours event, coming in fourth place, but won a silver medal in the men's pairs[2][3][4] Four years earlier he had won a bronze medal in the pairs at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

In 2022, he competed in the men's singles and the men's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[5]

Asia Pacific

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Muin has won ten medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, a silver pairs and bronze fours in 2003, a gold pairs in 2005 in the pairs with Safuan Said, a gold fours and bronze pairs in 2009, and a silver pairs and bronze fours in 2015. His ninth and tenth medals was a pairs bronze and fours bronze at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[6][7]

Southeast Asian Games

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Muin has also won four gold medals in Lawn bowls at the Southeast Asian Games, a pairs gold at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games and triples in 2007 Southeast Asian Games, a gold in pairs at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games and a gold in Fours at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia.
  2. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ^ "M'sia add another silver medal from lawn bowls". Borneo Post Online. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Fairul and Hizlee settle for silver in lawn bowls". The Star Online. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  7. ^ "Asia Pacific Championships – Gold Coast, Australia – Day 6". World Bowls.
  8. ^ "History of the SEA Games". Olympic Council of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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