Geua Vada Tau

Geua Vada-Tau
Personal information
Born (1957-05-03) 3 May 1957
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Sport
SportLawn Bowls
EventSingles
Medal record
Women's Lawn bowls
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland Singles
Updated on 23 August 2017

Geau Vada-Tau (born 3 May 1957) is a Papua New Guinean Lawn Bowler. Tau stunned the bowling world in 1990 when she won the gold medal in the singles at the Auckland Commonwealth Games without losing a game.[1] She became a national heroine because this was the first Commonwealth Games Gold Medal ever won by Papua New Guinean. Tau plays for the Boroko Club in Port Moresby.

References

  1. ^ Newby, Donald (1990). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
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