Jan Khan
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| Nationality | New Zealander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beckenham BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jan Maraea Khan (born 25 April 1958 in Rotorua, New Zealand) is an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Jan is of Pakistani descent through her father, and of Yugoslav and Maori descent through her mother.[2][3] Both she and her sister Marina Khan are the daughters of lawn bowler Millie Khan.
Bowls career[edit]
At the 2002 Commonwealth Games, she won a bronze medal in the women's fours event. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she again won a bronze in the women's pairs event with her sister Marina Khan.[4][5]
She has won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, of which three have been gold medals.[6]
Khan won the 2010 singles title and the 1997, 2000 & 2001 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships when bowling for the Beckenham Bowls Club.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletes and Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ Longmore, Andrew (16 September 1998). "Spiritual guidance for Khan". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Ratttue, Chris (8 January 2010). "My life in sport: Jan Khan". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
- ^ "Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners" (PDF). World Bowls. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand Championships". Bowls Tawa.
- Living people
- 1958 births
- New Zealand female bowls players
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Rotorua
- New Zealand people of Pakistani descent
- New Zealand people of Yugoslav descent
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Bowls World Champions
- Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games