Violina Linda Pedro

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Violina Linda Pedro
Personal information
NationalityTokelauan
Bornc.1951/1952
Sport
Sport Lawn bowls
Medal record
Representing Flag of Tokelau.svg Tokelau
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Apia Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Apia Women's pairs

Violina Linda Pedro (born 1951 or 1952) is a bowls player from Tokelau.

Bowls career

Pedro started to play lawn bowls in 1989. [1] Lawn bowls is a very popular sport in the South Pacific region. [2] At the 13th South Pacific Games on Samoa in 2007 she won the first ever gold medal in any international competition for her home country of Tokelau, as she won the women's pairs competition with her partner Opetera Samakia Ngatokov at the Lawn bowls at the 2007 South Pacific Games. [3] [4] She also won a gold medal in the women's singles competition. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Tiny nation takes first gold, Niu FM, 31. August 2007 (11. September 2007)
  2. ↑ "Lawn Bowls, Website der 13th South Pacific Games, (11. September 2007)". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  3. ↑ Tokelau Leader wants more for his gold medal winning nation, Pacific Radio News, 31. August 2007 (11. September 2007)
  4. ↑ "Tokelau gets a touch of Gold, Website der 13th South Pacific Games, 2. September 2007 (11. September 2007)". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
  5. ↑ Tokelau, Website der 13th South Pacific Games, 5. September 2007 (11. September 2007)


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