Lyn McLean
{{short description|NZ international lawn bowler (1944-2017)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Lyn McLean
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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|72|2017|05|06|noage=1}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2017|05|06|72|df=y}}
| death_place = Foxton Beach, New Zealand
| country = New Zealand
| sport = Lawn bowls
| club = Foxton and Beach Bowling Club
Manawatu Bowling Club
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{{MedalSport | Women's bowls }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1990 Auckland|Fours}}
{{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }}
{{MedalGold|1989 Suva|Fours}}
{{MedalSilver|1989 Suva|Pairs}}
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Lynette Zoe McLean ({{Birth based on age as of date|72|2017|05|06|noage=1}} – 6 May 2017) was an international lawn bowler from New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/1046|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}
Biography
McLean was educated at Freyberg High School and started bowling in 1975 at Northern Bowling Club.
She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1989 fours, in Suva, Fiji.{{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}}
She won a silver medal in the women's fours with Adrienne Lambert, Marlene Castle and Rhoda Ryan at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/49131|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm|title=COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS|publisher=GBR Athletics}}
She died at her home in Foxton Beach on 6 May 2017, aged 72, following a heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/sport/92414222/commonwealth-games-medalist-and-top-bowler-lyn-mclean-dies |title=Commonwealth Games medalist and top bowler Lyn McLean dies |date=10 May 2017 |work=Manawatu Standard |first=George |last=Heagney |access-date=2 June 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://deaths.manawatustandard.co.nz/obituaries/manawatu-standard-nz/obituary.aspx?n=lynette-mclean&pid=185372282 |title=Lyn McLean death notice |date=13 May 2017 |work=Manawatu Standard |access-date=2 June 2021}}
References
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{{1990 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:New Zealand female bowls players
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games