Geua Vada Tau
Papua New Guinean Lawn Bowler (born 1957)
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Born | (1957-05-03) 3 May 1957 (age 67) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn Bowls | ||||||||||||||
Event | Singles | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 23 August 2017 |
Geau Vada-Tau (born 3 May 1957) is a Papua New Guinean Lawn Bowler. Tau stunned the bowling world in 1990 when she won the gold medal in the singles at the Auckland Commonwealth Games without losing a game.[1] She became a national heroine because this was the first Commonwealth Games Gold Medal ever won by Papua New Guinean. Tau plays for the Boroko Club in Port Moresby.
References
- ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
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