Lesley Hartwell is a former South African international lawn bowler.[1]
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| Nationality | South African | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1949 Port Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editIn 1998 Hartwell won the Women's singles gold medal in lawn bowling at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.[1][2] She defeated local hero Saedah Abdul Rahim of Malaysia 25-14 in the final after recovering from a 3-11 deficit.[3]
The following year in 1999, she won the singles silver medal at the Atlantic Bowls Championships in her home country.[4][5]
She still represents the Eastern Province.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lesley Hartwell". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1998 winners". Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002.
- ^ "Lawn bowls heroes". Commonwealth Games Manchester 2002.
- ^ "'Johnston maintains dominance' (1999)". The Times. 29 March 1999. p. 31. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "'For the Record' (1999)". The Times. 25 March 1999. p. 53. Retrieved 25 May 2021 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Bowls SA announce Masters fields". IOL.