Amalia Matali
{{Short description|Bruneian lawn bowler}}
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Amalia Matali (born 24 January 1977) is an international lawn bowler from Brunei Darussalam.{{cite web|url=https://www.brudirect.com/news.php?id=20506|title=World Bowls Chief Praise Brunei Duo|website=Bru Direct|access-date=1 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6026341-amaliah-matali.htm |title=Athlete profile |website=Commonwealth Games Federation |access-date=9 August 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519030321/https://results.gc2018.com/en/lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6026341-amaliah-matali.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}
Bowls career
Matali has represented Brunei Darussalam at the Commonwealth Games, in the pairs event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48894|title=Athletes & Results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=1 June 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214138/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/48894|url-status=dead}}
She caused a sensation when reaching the final and winning the silver medal at the 2016 World Singles Champion of Champions in Brisbane, Australia.{{cite web|url=https://www.bowlsscotland.com/news/world-singles-champion-of-champions|title=World Singles Champion of Champions|publisher=Bowls Scotland}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbowls.com/2016/11/20/wizards-of-oz/|title=Wizards of Oz|publisher=World Bowls|access-date=1 June 2021}}
In 2018, she was selected by Brunei to represent the nation at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. She participated in the Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's singles and just missed out on reaching the quarter finals after a third place finish in group B.