Sharon Sims
New Zealand lawn bowler (born 1952)
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Sharon Elmar Sims MNZM (born 24 May 1952) is a New Zealand lawn bowls international.
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| Born | 24 May 1952 Te Kōpuru, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Takaro bc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bowls career
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Jo Edwards in the women's pairs event.[1] At the World Bowls Championships in 2000 she was a triples and fours champion,[2] and in 2004 a pairs champion.[3]
She won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, four of which have been gold medals.[4]
Sims won the 2002 & 2005 singles title and the 1993, 2006, 2007 & 2009 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Hamilton Bowls Club.[5]
Honours and awards
In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sims was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to lawn bowls.[6] In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[7]