Izzat Dzulkeple Explained

Izzat Dzulkeple
Nationality:Malaysian
Birth Date:24 June 1982 [1]
Birth Place:Perak, Malaysia
Sport:Bowls
Highestranking:2 (August 2024)[2]

Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple (born 24 June 1982) is an international Malaysian lawn bowler.[3]

Bowls career

World Championships

In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, which resulted in cancellation following the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] He was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[5]

He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events.[6] [7] The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals.[8] In the pairs with Idham Amin Ramlan, they won a bronze medal and one week later, in the singles, he won his group undfeated but then lost to Ryan Bester at the quarter final stage.

Commonwealth Games

In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9]

Other major events

Dzulkeple won a fours bronze medal in the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships and a pairs bronze four years later at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[10] He also won a gold medal in the triples at the Lawn bowls at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

In September in 2022, he married Arisha Roslan before sealing a third national title at the Bukit Kiara Sports Complex. He had previously won the title in 2013 and 2017.[11] In November 2022, he won the silver medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions in Wellington, New Zealand.[12]

In 2023, he experienced a very successful season, winning the singles gold medal at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur[13] and then winning the national championships, before sealing a gold (pairs with Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais) and a silver (singles) at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic.[14] He successfully defended the gold medal in the singles at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile . SEA Games.
  2. Web site: Male rankings . World Bowls Series . 28 June 2024.
  3. Web site: Malaysia's Izzat and Emma hope to continue winning ways in Australia . The Star.
  4. Web site: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES . 12 February 2020 . Bowls Australia.
  5. Web site: COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 . Bowls International . 5 June 2023 . 13 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia . World Bowls . 13 August 2023.
  7. Web site: SCHEDULE & DRAWS . Bowls Australia . 13 August 2023.
  8. Web site: Malaysian lawn bowlers get semi-final target in Gold Coast tourneys . The Vibes . 13 August 2023.
  9. Web site: Official Games profile . 2022 Commonwealth Games . 2 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Results Portal . Bowls Australia.
  11. Web site: A marriage followed by a national singles title . New Straits Times . 13 August 2023.
  12. Web site: Tolchard crowned World Champion of Champions champion. 25 November 2022 . England Bowls . 25 November 2022.
  13. Web site: M'sia stamp dominance in Asian lawn bowls . Free Malaysia Today . 14 March 2023.
  14. Web site: Lawn bowler Izzat caps season with gold and silver in Hong Kong . 23 November 2023 . New Straits Times.
  15. Web site: Malaysia again emerge overall champions at Asian Lawn Bowls tournament . The Sun Malaysia . 21 March 2024.

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