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| Nationality | Namibian | |||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1974 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||
| Club | TransNamib BC | |||||||||||||
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Douw Calitz (born 1974) is a South African born international lawn bowls player from Namibia who was the 2003 World Singles Champion of Champions.
Calitz has competed for Namibia at five World Bowls Championships in 1996 and 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. [1]
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.
In 2003 he became the World Singles Champion of Champions defeating Darren Burnett of Scotland in the final. [3]
The principal sports in Namibia are football, rugby union, cricket, golf and fishing. Boxing and athletics are also popular as well. The home stadium for all national teams is Independence Stadium in Windhoek, while Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura is also occasionally used.
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