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Nationality | Hong Kong United States | ||||||||||
Born | Hong Kong | 20 September 1892||||||||||
Died | 4 May 1988 95) California, United States | (aged||||||||||
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Raoul Francisco Eustaquio da Luz was a Hong Kong international lawn bowler. [1] Of Portuguese origin he was born in Hong Kong and became a US citizen in 1965.
He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, with Alfred Coates, Robert Gourlay and his brother Jose da Luz. [2] He also competed in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [3]
The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events were in Manchester. Seventeen national teams took part, including the Irish Free State.
The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. These were the first games since the name change from British Empire Games took effect in 1952.
Hong Kong competed at the Commonwealth and British Empire Games as a British colony or dependent territory from 1934 to 1994. The abbreviation for Hong Kong was HKG. In 1997, the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong over to the People's Republic of China, meaning it could no longer participate.
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