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Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman
Personal information
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994 (age 30)
Malaysia
Sport
SportLawn bowls
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking22 (August 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham triples
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines fours
Asian Lawn Bowls Championship
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kuala Lumpur triples
Gold medal – first place 2024 Pattaya fours

Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman (born 24 January 1994) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler. She is a Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and has represented Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games winning a silver medal.[1]

Biography

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She has won the gold medal at the Lawn bowls at the Southeast Asian Games, in 2019 in the fours event.[2]

In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in the men's pairs triples and the women's fours event.[1][3] In the triples, the team of Abdul Rahman, Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi and Azlina Arshad secured a silver medal but lost the final to England.[4] Also in 2023, she won the triples gold medals at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur.[5]

In 2023, she was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[6] She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.[7][8] The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals.[9]

Rahman won the gold medal in the fours at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Perfect roll as Malaysian lawn bowlers sweep 3 gold". The Malaysian Reserve. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Malaysia in women's triples final". New Straits Times. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games: England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ^ "M'sia stamp dominance in Asian lawn bowls". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  6. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  8. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Malaysian lawn bowlers get semi-final target in Gold Coast tourneys". The Vibes. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Malaysia again emerge overall champions at Asian Lawn Bowls tournament". The Sun Malaysia. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
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