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Full name | Richard Anthony Girvan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1973-12-30) 30 December 1973 (age 50) Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Taren Point BC Onehunga BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Richard Anthony Girvan (born 30 December 1973) in Auckland is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.[1]
In 2008 he won the gold medal in the fours at the 2008 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch along with Gary Lawson, Russell Meyer and Andrew Todd.[2]
Girvan represented New Zealand at both the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[3]
He won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, of which two have been gold medals.[4]
He won the 2005, 2014/15 and 2016/17 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Taren Point and Onehunga Bowls Clubs respectively.[5]