| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Triandafilia Toprkopul |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 22 March 1942 Macedonia, Greece |
Medal record | |
Rosa Crean (born Triandafilia Toprkopul; 22 March 1942) is a British Paralympian. She competed in lawn bowling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for Great Britain. [1]
Crean was born as Triandafilia Toprkopul in the Macedonian mountains of Greece [2] on 22 March 1942. [3] Growing up, her father was imprisoned in Albania while her mother and brother were abducted by communist partisans and taken to Poland. She was separated from her brother in a separate orphanage and her mother until she was eight. Due to an ear infection, she became partially deaf and visually impaired. [2]
At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, Crean won gold in the lawn bowls women's singles LB7/8. [4]
She made her Commonwealth Games debut at the age of 72 at Glasgow 2014, representing Wales, although she failed to win a medal. [2]
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