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Carmelita 'Carmen' Anderson (maiden name Bishop) is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls international. [1]
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Carmelita 'Carmen' Anderson (maiden name Bishop) is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls international. [1]
Anderson won the gold medal in the singles at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. [2] In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent the Norfolk Islands at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. [4] She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events. [5] [6] In the pairs partnering Shae Wilson, she won her group undefeated but lost to Malta in the quarter finals.
She won Norfolk Island's first medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, when she won a bronze medal. [7] In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [1]
Anderson is one of the most successful female bowlers of all time at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships where she has won eleven medals including five golds (four in singles competition). Her eleventh medal came at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland. [8] [9]
She holds Australian citizenship and received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999. [10]
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