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Karen Marcano (born 27 July 1979) is a Venezuelan ten-pin bowler. [1] In 2008 she finished first in the Women's World Ranking Masters. [2] In 2009 she won a gold medal at the Pan American Bowling Confederation Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She also won the bronze medal at the masters event of the World Games in 2013 in Colombia.
In the 2013 combined WTBA World Championships in Henderson, Nevada, Karen teamed up with her sister Alicia Marcano. The sisters led the doubles qualifying round with a 2,880 total and a 240 average. Only 21 pins separated them from the World Championships record. [3] However, according to the format of the games, the first-place finisher in the TV semifinals will face the fourth-place finisher from the US duo. They were defeated by the Americans and were forced to settle for bronze with Australia. They also won the team bronze medal at the event. [4]
She won two gold medals in masters at Pan American Bowling Confederation Men's Championships (PABCON) Women's and Central American Games in 2010. In 2011 Karen and Amleto Monacelli won the gold medal for the country at PABCON Champion of Champions. She accumulated five medals in the Bolivarian Games, in total Karen has 11 individual titles on the continent. [5]
She finished in 9th position of the combined rankings at the 2006 AMF World Cup.
Other Accomplishments and Awards
Diandra Hyman Asbaty is an American bowler who represented Team USA for fifteen years and was United States Amateur Champion in 1999 and 2006. She is also an official youth bowling spokesperson for the United States Bowling Congress (USBC). She competed in the 2009-10 PBA Women's Series. Asbaty won the 2012 USBC Queens bowling tournament and still competes in tournaments.
Clara Juliana Guerrero Londoño is a right-handed Colombian ten-pin bowler who has won Colombian championships and multiple international championships. She has been a member of Team Colombia for twenty years, and another half dozen years on Junior Team Colombia. She has one title on the PWBA Tour since the rebirth of the Professional Women's Bowling Association in 2015.
Jens Nickel is one of Germany's leading Ten-pin bowlers. He plays for the bowling team Strikees, Germany and any world championship events.
Zara Glover, is a ten-pin bowler. She is a world champion bowler and a bowling tutor for Brunswick Bowling Academies across Europe.
Lynda Barnes is one of the world's leading females tenpin bowlers. She is a former member of the PWBA. Bowling as an amateur, Lynda won the 1998 USBC Queens championship, then known as the WIBC Queens. In 1999, Lynda married Chris Barnes, a leading bowler on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) tour. The couple's twin sons, Troy and Ryan, were born in May 2002. Lynda is a former member of Team USA.
Lisa John is an English ten-pin bowler.
Aura Mireya Guerra López is a Dominican ten-pin bowler who won back to back Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup Titles.
The World Tenpin Bowling Championships is a global event that invites all countries that are members of International Bowling Federation to participate.
Shalin Zulkifli is a Malaysian professional ten pin bowler. She has played and won various national and international tournaments, and has at various points in her career ranked No. 1 of the professional ten pin bowlers in Malaysia and Asia. During 2001 World Tenpin Masters event, she became the first female champion of this event, defeating Finland's Tore Torgersen in the finals. In 2004, she was inducted into International Bowling Hall of Fame. Bowling in the USA, she was a quarterfinalist at the 2008 US Women's Open, and competed in the 2008-09 PBA Women's Series. In Southeast Asian Games, she is the most successful bowling athlete with 20 gold medals record.
Olivia Bong Coo is the most decorated Filipino athlete, regardless of gender, in any sport per Philippine Republic Act 9064 also known as "Athletes Incentives Act of 2001". As a member of the Philippine national team, she has amassed a total of 78 medals won in regional and world competitions, 37 of which were gold medals. She is a 4-time world champion Filipino bowler and a World Bowling Hall of Fame and Philippine Sports Hall of Fame member.
The Mediterranean Challenge Cup, now known as the Mediterranean Bowling Championships, is a ten-pin bowling competition for the federations around Mediterranean Sea. It is recognized by the European Tenpin Bowling Federation and is played since 1998. Each eligible federation sends two men and two women to compete for medals in Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Teams, All-Events and Masters.
The women's individual competition of the bowling events at the 2011 Pan American Games will take place between the 24 and 27 of October at the Bolearmo Tapatio. The defending Pan American Games champion is Tennelle Milligan of the United States, while the defending Pan American Championship champion is Karen Marcano of Venezuela.
Tenpin bowling is a popular and recreational sport in India. The activity is administered by the Bangalore-based Tenpin Bowling Federation of India. It organises the National Bowling League comprising championships for amateurs, corporate team tournaments as well as a national tour for professionals. Many Indians take up bowling for fitness, rather than for recreation. Bowling alleys in India are commonly a part of multiplexes and malls.
Maria Bulanova is a right-handed ten-pin bowler from Moscow, Russia, and is considered one of the top players on the Federation of Bowling of Russia. The youngest holder of the highest Russian's bowling sports rank - Master of sports of Russia of the international class. Russian national team member since 2012. Champion of Russia 2013-2015, the first in Russian history individual and team gold winner in international youth championships. Fifteen time prize winner of European youth championships. Winner of European Champions Cup 2015. The first Russian athlete to win a Gold medal in an international adult championship. She is a member of team Alliance and a member of the Brunswick pro staff.
Rocío del Pilar Restrepo Lugo is a Colombian ten-pin bowler who now resides in the United States. She bowls professionally on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour, and also internationally as a member of Team Colombia.
François Lavoie is a right-handed Canadian ten-pin bowler from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, now making his home in Wichita, Kansas. He is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association, and has been a member of Team Canada. Lavoie has won five PBA Tour titles, including three major championships. He is one of only three players in history to roll a perfect 300 game in two televised PBA Tour title events, and the only player to bowl a 300 game in a U.S. Open telecast.
Shannon Pluhowsky is an American left-handed ten-pin bowler who competes in the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) and internationally. Pluhowsky is a 21-time and current member of Team USA (2001–present), and a former four-time member of Junior Team USA (2000–2003). Pluhowsky has six professional championships, including major wins at the 2006 USBC Queens in Reno, Nevada, the 2014 BPAA Women's All-Star in Rockford, Illinois, and the 2021 PWBA Tour Championship in Reno, Nevada.
Sandra Góngora is a Mexican ten-pin bowler.
Cara Honeychurch of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia is a female world champion tenpin bowler. She won the AMF Bowling World Cup in 1996 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and voted Bowler of the Year by the World Bowling Writers the same year. She was inducted to the World Bowling Writers' International Hall of Fame in 1998.
Josie Barnes is one of the top female professional ten-pin bowlers currently competing in the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA). She has four PWBA Tour titles to date, including a major championship at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open, in which she won a PWBA-record $100,000 first prize. Barnes is a nine-time member of Team USA, and is also the associate head coach for the women’s bowling team at her alma mater, Vanderbilt University.
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