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| Born | (1938-07-29)29 July 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 November 2003(2003-11-24) (aged 65) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Ronald Amin Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relative(s) | Jan Khan (daughter) Marina Khan (daughter) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Matamata Bowling Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| National finals | 11 national titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Millie Cecilia KhanMBE (29 July 1938 – 24 November 2003) was alawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]
Khan is ofMāori descent through her mother, while her father was a Yugoslav emigrant. She married her husband Ron Khan, who is of Pakistani descent, when she was 16.[2][3][4] Two of her daughters (Jan Khan andMarina Khan) were also New Zealand representative lawn bowlers.[5]
A competitor at fourCommonwealth Games; she won asilver medal in the women's singles at the1990 Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the same event at the1998 Commonwealth Games.[6]
She won eight medals at theAsia Pacific Bowls Championships including four gold medals.[7]
Khan won a total of elevenNew Zealand National Bowls Championships titles; four in the singles (1989, 1990, 1992 and 2000); two in the pairs (1994 and 2000) and five in the fours (1989, 1990, 1997, 2001 and 2002) bowling for the Matamata Bowling Club.[8]
In the1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Khan was appointed aMember of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowls.[9]
In 2013, Khan was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[10]
