Margaret Sumner
{{Short description|Australian lawn bowls player (1941–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
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| nationality = Australian
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|7|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Terang, Australia
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| death_place = Warrnambool, Australia
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{{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1996 Adelaide|fours}}
{{MedalSilver| 1996 Adelaide|triples}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1998 Kuala Lumpur|fours}}
{{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }}
{{MedalSilver|1995 Dunedin|triples}}
{{MedalSilver|1995 Dunedin|fours}}
{{MedalGold|1997 Warilla|triples}}
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Margaret Sumner ({{née}} Terrington; 7 July 1941 – 16 October 2022) was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.{{cite book|last=Newby|first=Donald|title=Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91|year=1990|publisher=Telegraph Publications|isbn=0-330-31664-8}}{{cite web|url=http://kl98.thecgf.com/athletes/lawn.htm|title=Athletes' Profile: Lawn Bowls|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}
Biography
Sumner was born on 7 July 1941.[https://www.standard.net.au/story/7946046/australian-lawn-bowls-champion-dies/ Commonwealth Games lawn bowler Margaret Sumner OAM has died] In 1996, she won the gold medal in the fours and silver medal in the triples at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. Two years later she won a bronze medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the pairs.{{cite web|url=https://bowlstawa.nz/titles/players/titles/2770|title=Profile|publisher=Bowls Tawa}}
Sumner won four medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including double gold medal in the 1997 triples and fours at Warilla, Australia.{{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}}
Sumner won the Terang Bowling Club Championship 18 times and married Allan Sumner in 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.tbnvic.bowls.net.au/?Page=139|title=Profile - Margaret Sumner - Player Legend|publisher=TBN Vic Bowls}}
Sumner died in Warrnambool on 16 October 2022, at the age of 81.
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Category:Australian female bowls players
Category:Bowls World Champions
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Bowls players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games