Rosa Crean

Crean was born as Triandafilia Toprkopul in the Macedonian mountains of Greece^[2] on 22 March 1942.^[3] Growing up, her father was imprisoned in Albania while her mother and brother were abducted by communist partisans and taken to Poland. She was separated from her brother in a separate orphanage and her mother until she was eight. Due to an ear infection, she became partially deaf and visually impaired.^[2]

At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, Crean won gold in the lawn bowls women's singles LB7/8.^[4]

She made her Commonwealth Games debut at the age of 72 at Glasgow 2014, representing Wales, although she failed to win a medal.^[2]