Carol Gianotti
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| Born | Perth, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1989-2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Bowling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | 16 PWBA Titles (2 majors) in the United States of America[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carol Gianotti of Perth is a female Australian ten-pin bowler. She was inducted into the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Hall of Fame in 2020, the Tenpin Bowling Australia Hall of Fame in 2016 and the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Hall of Fame in 2011.[5] She won 16 professional women's bowling titles (tied for 13th all-time) between 1989 and 2000. She inspired other Australians and women abroad to join the professional tour.[6]
Gianotti was the first Australian woman to be inducted into the USBC and PWBA Halls of Fame in the United States.[7]
On her debut as a youth bowler, Gianotti earned one gold and three silver medals at the Asian Youth Championships in 1985 held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Representing Australia at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games was a career milestone leading up to the PWBA. She competed for Australia in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games when bowling was introduced as a demonstration sport.[8]
Gianotti debuted in the PWBA in 1989 at the age of 21, and was an instant success after winning her maiden championship at the WIBC Queens major in her first appearance on tour. She would win a second PWBA title later in the year on her way to PWBA Rookie of the Year honors. After a two-year title drought in 1990 and 1991, she rebounded with a career-best four titles in the 1992 season. In 1998, she won two titles and led the PWBA in earnings and average to earn her first and only PWBA Player of the Year award.[9]
Gianotti also competed at the 2009 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Women's Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada and 13th World Women’s Championship at Cashman Center, Las Vegas and won the silver and bronze medal in doubles with Ann-Maree Putney.[10][11]