Sharon Sims
New Zealand lawn bowler (born 1952)
Sharon Elmar Sims MNZM (born 24 May 1952) is a New Zealand lawn bowls international.
01Bowls career
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games she won a gold medal along with Jo Edwards in the women's pairs event. At the World Bowls Championships in 2000 she was a triples and fours champion, and in 2004 a pairs champion.
She won eight medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, four of which have been gold medals.
Sims won the 2002 & 2005 singles title and the 1993, 2006, 2007 & 2009 pairs title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Hamilton Bowls Club.
02Honours and awards
In the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, Sims was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to lawn bowls. In 2013, she was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.
Sources and credits
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