Izzat Dzulkeple
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| Nationality | Malaysian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1982 [1] Perak, Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | 1 (13 September 2024)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple (born 24 June 1982) is an international Malaysian lawn bowler.[3]
Bowls career
[edit]World Championships
[edit]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
[edit]In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9]
Other major events
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". SEA Games.
- ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Malaysia's Izzat and Emma hope to continue winning ways in Australia". The Star.
- ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia. 12 February 2020.
- ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Malaysian lawn bowlers get semi-final target in Gold Coast tourneys". The Vibes. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
- ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
- ^ "A marriage followed by a national singles title". New Straits Times. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
- ^ "Tolchard crowned World Champion of Champions champion". England Bowls. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "M'sia stamp dominance in Asian lawn bowls". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
- ^ "Lawn bowler Izzat caps season with gold and silver in Hong Kong". New Straits Times. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Malaysia again emerge overall champions at Asian Lawn Bowls tournament". The Sun Malaysia. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Malaysian male bowls players
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
- Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls
- SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games
- Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
- 20th-century Malaysian people
- 21st-century Malaysian people