Margaret Sumner | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1941 |
Birth Place: | Terang, Australia |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Warrnambool, Australia |
Margaret Sumner (Terrington; 7 July 1941 – 16 October 2022) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.[2] [3]
Sumner was born on 7 July 1941.[4] 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.[5]
Sumner won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including double gold medal in the 1997 triples and fours at Warilla, Australia.[6]
Sumner won the Terang Bowling Club Championship 18 times and married Allan Sumner in 1966.[7]
Sumner died in Warrnambool on 16 October 2022, at the age of 81.[1]