Geua Vada Tau

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Geua Vada-Tau
Personal information
Born (1957-05-03) 3 May 1957 (age 64)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Sport
Sport Lawn Bowls
Event(s) Singles
Medal record
Updated on 23 August 2017.

Geau Vada-Tau (born 3 May 1957) is a Papua New Guinean Lawn Bowler. Tau stunned the bowling world in 1990 when she won the gold medal in the singles at the Auckland Commonwealth Games without losing a game. [1] She became a national heroine because this was the first Commonwealth Games Gold Medal ever won by Papua New Guinean. Tau plays for the Boroko Club in Port Moresby.

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References

  1. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN   0-330-31664-8.