Douw Calitz
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| Nationality | Namibian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1974 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | TransNamib BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Douw Calitz (born 30 December 1974) is a South African born international lawn bowls player from Namibia who was the 2003 World Singles Champion of Champions.
Bowls career[edit]
World Championships[edit]
Calitz has competed for Namibia at five World Bowls Championships in 1996 and 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.[1]
Commonwealth Games[edit]
Calitz has represented Namibia at six Commonwealth Games in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2018.[2] This constitutes a record number of appearances for Namibia at the Commonwealth Games.
Other events[edit]
In 2003 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Darren Burnett of Scotland in the final.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Participants, events and medals". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes Biography". CGF.com.
- ^ "Calitz: first champ of champs". BBC Sport.
External links[edit]
- Douw Calitz at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived) (1994–2014)
- Douw Calitz at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Douw Calitz at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Douw Calitz at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Namibian bowls players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Namibia
- Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games