Tania Choudhury Explained

Tania Choudhury
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:13 June 1995
Birth Place:Guwahati, Assam, India

Tania Choudhury (born 13 June 1995) is a female international Indian lawn bowler.[1] She hails from Guwahati, an Engineering graduate from Assam Engineering College and an MBA from the Tezpur University, Assam.

Bowls career

World Championships

In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, which resulted in cancellation following the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] She was selected by the Indian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[3] She participated in the women's singles and the women's triples events.[4]

Commonwealth Games

Choudhury has represented India at two Commonwealth Games in 2010 when she became the youngest lawn bowls player to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games[5] where her triples team finished top of Pool B but missed out on a bronze medal after losing to England in the play off. Four years later she competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6]

In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7]

Asia Pacific

Choudhury has won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships. She won a fours bronze medal in 2009 and a double bronze in the singles and triples at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: profile. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: 2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES. 12 February 2020 . Bowls Australia.
  3. Web site: Team India for the World Championship 2023 . Bowling Federation of India . 13 August 2023.
  4. Web site: SCHEDULE & DRAWS . Bowls Australia . 13 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Meet the Young Guwahatian - Tania Choudhury (Lawn Bowl Player). Guwahati Daily News.
  6. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. Web site: Official Games profile. 2022 Commonwealth Games. 4 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Results Portal. Bowls Australia.
  9. Web site: 2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP. 28 June 2019 . World Bowls.