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Anna Pretorius

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Anna Pretorius
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Medal record
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Women's fours

Anna Pretorius is a South African former international lawn bowler.[1]

Pretorius won a gold medal in the Women's fours at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria with Colleen Grondein, Lorna Trigwell and Hester Bekker.[2][3] It was the first time that South Africa had won a gold medal since 1958, following the return from their Anti-Apartheid Movement Commonwealth ban enforced in 1961.[4]

Her daughter Linda Ralph won a New Zealand bowls national title after emigrating to that country.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Anna Pretorius profile". Bowls tawa.
  2. ^ "Anna Pretorius". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  4. ^ Mitch Phillips (26 August 1994). "South African bowlers lift gold". UPI.
  5. ^ Alistair McMurran (21 June 2014). "Bowls: Like mother, like daughter". Otago Daily Times.