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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1994 (age 29–30) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Wodonga BC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kylie Whitehead (born 1994) is a female international Australian lawn bowler. [1]
Whitehead is of English and Walpiri background. [2] She was raised in Chiltern in north-east Victoria by her father's parents. [3]
Whitehead is a physiotherapist and studied physiotherapy at Charles Sturt University. [4]
Whitehead began playing bowls in 2010 at Wodonga Bowls Club alongside her grandfather. [3]
Whitehead won the 2019 World Singles Champion of Champions beating Debbie White in the final. [5] She was the 2017 Australian National Bowls Championships singles winner and has played over 100 state matches for Victoria. [1]
Wodonga is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, 324 kilometres (201 mi) north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is part of the twin city of Albury-Wodonga and is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA and is separated from its twin city in New South Wales, Albury, by the Murray River. As of 2021 Wodonga and its suburbs have a population of 38,949 and combined with Albury, the two cities form the urban area Albury-Wodonga with a population of 97,793. There are multiple suburbs of Wodonga including Bandiana, Baranduda, Barnawartha, Bonegilla, Ebden, Huon Creek, Killara, Leneva and Staghorn.
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