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Margaret Sumner

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1941-07-07)7 July 1941 Terang, Australia
Died	16 October 2022(2022-10-16) (aged 81) Warrnambool, Australia
Medal record Representing  Australia World Outdoor Championships 1996 Adelaide fours 1996 Adelaide triples Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur fours Asia Pacific Bowls Championships 1995 Dunedin triples 1995 Dunedin fours 1997 Warilla triples 1997 Warilla fours

Margaret Sumner (née Terrington; 7 July 1941 – 16 October 2022) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.

Biography

Sumner was born on 7 July 1941. In 1996, she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Two years later she won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the pairs.

Sumner won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including double gold medal in the 1997 triples and fours at Warilla, Australia.

Sumner won the Terang Bowling Club Championship 18 times and married Allan Sumner in 1966.

Sumner died in Warrnambool on 16 October 2022, at the age of 81.

References

1. ^ BV, Team (17 October 2022). "Vale Margaret Sumner OAM". Bowls Victoria. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
2. Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
3. "Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls". Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. Commonwealth Games lawn bowler Margaret Sumner OAM has died
5. "Profile". Bowls Tawa.
6. "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
7. "Profile - Margaret Sumner - Player Legend". TBN Vic Bowls.

• 1941 births
• 2022 deaths
• Australian female bowls players
• Bowls World Champions
• Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
• Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
• 20th-century Australian sportswomen