Litia Tikoisuva
{{Short description|Fijian lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| name = Litia Tikoisuva
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| full_name = Litia Botei Tikoisuva
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|05|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gau, Colony of Fiji, British Empire
| height = 170 cm (2018)
| weight = 72 kg (2018)
| sport = Lawn bowls
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{{MedalSport | Women's lawn bowls }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FIJ}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Outdoor Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 1996 Leamington Spa | Women's Pairs }}
{{MedalCompetition|Asia Pacific Bowls Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2003 Brisbane|pairs}}
{{MedalBronze|2003 Brisbane|fours}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Melbourne|singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Adelaide|singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Christchurch|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2019 Samoa|singles}}
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Litia Botei Tikoisuva (born 2 May 1963) is a Fijian international female lawn bowler.{{cite web |url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2839 |title=Profile |publisher=Bowls Tawa}}{{cite web |url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/31846 |title=Official Games profile |publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games |access-date=4 August 2022}}
Biography
Tikoisuva won a pairs bronze medal with Radhika Prasad at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Victoria Park in Royal Leamington Spa, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbowls.com/Portals/9/Past%20results/World%20Championships-past%20results.pdf |title=World Bowls Championships |publisher=worldbowls.com |access-date=2018-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224133114/http://www.worldbowls.com/Portals/9/Past%20results/World%20Championships-past%20results.pdf |archive-date=2015-02-24 |url-status=dead}}
She has won five medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including the women's singles gold medal at the 2005 Championships in Melbourne.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbowls.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/ASIA-PACIFIC-RECORD.pdf |title=Asia Pacific Championships Past Winners |website=World Bowls |access-date=31 May 2021}}
In 2019, she won a gold medal at the Pacific Games in the singles event{{cite web |url=http://online.fliphtml5.com/hpdf/msif/#p=1 |title=Inside Bowls August 2019 |publisher=Inside Bowls |access-date=11 September 2021}} and in 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.{{cite web |url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-competing-countries/ |title=2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES |date=12 February 2020 |publisher=Bowls Australia}} In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's pairs at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Fiji at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}} She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|lawn-bowls/athlete-profile-n6027695-litia-tikoisuva}}
- {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|31846}}
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Category:Fijian female bowls players
Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Bowls players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games