Shalin Zulkifli
Medal record | ||
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Women's ten-pin bowling | ||
Competitor for Malaysia | ||
Asian Games | ||
2002 Busan | Masters | |
2006 Doha | Team of Five | |
2006 Doha | Trios | |
2010 Guangzhou | Team of Five | |
2014 Incheon | Doubles | |
2002 Busan | Trios |
Shalin Zulkifli (born 28 March 1978 in Islington, London, England) is a Malaysian professional ten pin bowler and former Asian No. 1. She has played and won various national and international tournaments, and has at various points in her career ranked No. 1 of the professional ten pin bowlers in Malaysia and Asia. Bowling in the USA, she was a quarterfinalist at the 2008 US Women's Open, and currently competes in the 2008-09 PBA Women's Series.
Shalin was born in North Islington and spent her childhood in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She began bowling at the age of 9 and joined the national bowling team in the late 1980s.[1] In 1991 she was named Selangor’s Most Promising Sportsgirl of the Year, and in 1994 became the youngest player and first Malaysian to win the Ladies Open of the Kent Malaysian All-Stars.
Shalin holds a degree in Sports Science that specialises in Sports Psychology and Coaching. She currently owns and runs a Tenpin Bowling Alley at The Curve, a shopping mall located in Mutiara Damansara.
Accolades
- Malaysian Sportswoman Award (1997, 1996, 1994, 2001 & 2002)
- Malaysian National Champion (1996, 2001, 2002 & 2003)
- Malaysian Olympian Award (1994 & 1999)
- Asian No. 1 Rank (2000, 2001, 2002 & 2004)
- International Bowler of the Year (2002)
- International Bowling Hall of Fame Inductee (2004)
- Kent Malaysian All-Stars - Ladies Open Champion
1996
- 2nd World Tenpin Team Cup (Calgary, Canada) - Bronze Medal Champion & Voted MVP
- AMF World Cup (Northern Ireland) - 2nd Position
1998
- AMF World Cup (Kobe, Japan) - Record for qualifying for 3 consecutive step ladder final; overall 3rd Position
1999
- Asian Youth (Spore)
- Doubles Gold Medal Champion
- Team Gold Medal Champion
- South East Asian Games (Brunei)
- Doubles Gold Medal Champion
- Trios Gold Medal Champion
- Team Gold Medal Champion
- All-Events Gold Medal Champion
- Masters Gold Medal Champion
- Singles Bronze Medal Champion
2001
- World Tenpin Masters (Essex, England) - Became the first female champion of this event, defeating Finland's Tore Torgersen in the finals
- South East Asian Games (Malaysia)
- Singles Gold Medal Champion
- All-Events Gold Medal Champion
- Trios Gold Medal Champion
- Team Gold Medal Champion
- Set 8 Sea Games Records
- Kota Kinabalu Open - Singles Champion
2002
- Thailand International Open - Women's Open Masters Champion
- Philippines International Open - Women Champion
2003
- World Tenpin Team Cup - Women's Team Champion
- World Tenpin Bowling Championship - Ladies Team of Five Gold Medal Champion
- Santa Claus Open - 2nd Position
- Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam - Women Champion
- Asian Bowling Tour Malaysia (Philippines Leg) - Women Champion
- World Tenpin - Team Cup Gold Medalist
2004
- Bahrain Open - Ladies Open Champion
- Sinai Open - Women Champion
- ABF Tour (Thailand Leg) - Women Champion
- Malaysian International Open - Women Champion
2005
- 2nd Commonwealth Bowling Championship (Cyprus)
- Masters Gold Medal Champion
- Mix Doubles Gold Medal Champion
- Team Gold Medal Champion
- Singles Bronze Medal Champion
- Malaysian National Championship - Ladies Open Champion (4th consecutive win & 5th in career)
References
- ↑ Yusoff, Ruslina (28 March 2007), "Mutiara Damansara: What bowls her over", The New Straits Times
External links
- Profile at Malaysian Tenpin Bowling Congress
- 2006 Asian Games article on the Malaysian bowling team
- Shalin Zulkifli's List of Awards at Storm International
- 2005 World Games Article
- 2005 Commenwealth Tenpin Bowling Championship roster
- Article on the 2006 Asian Games
- 28th Thailand International Open