Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman
{{short description|Malaysian lawn bowler}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
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| nationality = Malaysian
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| highestranking = 22 (August 2024)
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{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games }}
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{{MedalCompetition | Southeast Asian Games }}
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Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman (born 24 January 1994) is a Malaysian international lawn bowler. She is a Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and has represented Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games winning a silver medal.{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/55471 |title=Official Commonwealth Games profile |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd |access-date=5 August 2022}}
Biography
She has won the gold medal at the Lawn bowls at the Southeast Asian Games, in 2019 in the fours event.{{cite web|url=https://themalaysianreserve.com/2019/12/03/perfect-roll-as-malaysian-lawn-bowlers-sweep-3-gold/ |title=Perfect roll as Malaysian lawn bowlers sweep 3 gold |publisher=The Malaysian Reserve |access-date=5 August 2022}}
In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in the men's pairs triples and the women's fours event.{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/sports/others/2022/08/819720/malaysia-womens-triples-final |title=Malaysia in women's triples final |publisher=New Straits Times |access-date=5 August 2022}} In the triples, the team of Abdul Rahman, Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi and Azlina Arshad secured a silver medal but lost the final to England.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/commonwealth-games/62440457 |title=Commonwealth Games: England beat Malaysia to win women's triple lawn bowls gold |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=5 August 2022}} Also in 2023, she won the triples gold medals at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur.{{cite web|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2023/02/26/msia-stamp-dominance-in-asian-lawn-bowls/ |title=M'sia stamp dominance in Asian lawn bowls |publisher=Free Malaysia Today |access-date=14 March 2023}}
In 2023, she was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World 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 |access-date=13 August 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=13 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=13 August 2023}} The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.thevibes.com/articles/sports/94199/msian-lawn-bowlers-get-semi-final-target-in-gold-coast-tourneys |title=Malaysian lawn bowlers get semi-final target in Gold Coast tourneys |website=The Vibes |access-date=13 August 2023}}
Rahman won the gold medal in the fours at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.{{cite web|url=https://thesun.my/sport/malaysia-again-emerge-overall-champions-at-asian-lawn-bowls-tournament-HB12201170 |title=Malaysia again emerge overall champions at Asian Lawn Bowls tournament |website=The Sun Malaysia |access-date=21 March 2024}}
References
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Category:Malaysian female bowls players
Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Malaysia
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bowls
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia
Category:Competitors at the 2019 SEA Games
Category:SEA Games medalists in lawn bowls
Category:SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia