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Tania Choudhury

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Tania Choudhury
Choudhury in August 2022
Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29)
Guwahati, Assam, India
Medal record
Representing  India
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Kuala Lumpur fours
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gold Coast singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gold Coast triples

Tania Choudhury (born 13 June 1995) is a female international Indian lawn bowler.[1] She hails from Guwahati, an Engineering graduate from Assam Engineering College and an MBA from the Tezpur University, Assam.

Bowls career

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World Championships

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In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, which resulted in cancellation following the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] She was selected by the Indian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[3] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events.[4]

Commonwealth Games

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Choudhury has represented India at two Commonwealth Games in 2010 when she became the youngest lawn bowls player to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[5] where her triples team finished top of Pool B but missed out on a bronze medal after losing to England in the play off. Four years later she competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6]

In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7]

Asia Pacific

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Choudhury has won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. She won a fours bronze medal in 2009 and a double bronze in the singles and triples at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ "profile". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia. 12 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Team India for the World Championship 2023". Bowling Federation of India. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Meet the Young Guwahatian - Tania Choudhury (Lawn Bowl Player)". Guwahati Daily News.
  6. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  9. ^ "2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP". World Bowls. 28 June 2019.