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Izzat Dzulkeple

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Izzat Dzulkeple
Personal information
NationalityMalaysian
Born (1982-06-24) 24 June 1982 (age 42) [1]
Perak, Malaysia
Sport
SportBowls
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1 (13 September 2024)[2]
Medal record
Representing  Malaysia
World Outdoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Gold Coast pairs
Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Christchurch fours
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gold Coast pairs
World Champion of Champions
Silver medal – second place 2022 Wellington singles
Hong Kong International Bowls Classic
Silver medal – second place 2023 singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 pairs
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines triples
Asian Lawn Bowls Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Xinxiang triples
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kuala Lumpur singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Pattaya singles

Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple (born 24 June 1982) is an international Malaysian lawn bowler.[3]

Bowls career

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World Championships

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In 2020, he was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia, which resulted in cancellation following the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] He was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship.[5]

He participated in the men's singles and the men's pairs events.[6][7] The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals.[8] In the pairs with Idham Amin Ramlan, they won a bronze medal and one week later, in the singles, he won his group undfeated but then lost to Ryan Bester at the quarter final stage.

Commonwealth Games

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In 2022, he competed in the men's triples and the men's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[9]

Other major events

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Dzulkeple won a fours bronze medal in the 2015 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships and a pairs bronze four years later at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.[10] He also won a gold medal in the triples at the Lawn bowls at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

In September in 2022, he married Arisha Roslan before sealing a third national title at the Bukit Kiara Sports Complex. He had previously won the title in 2013 and 2017.[11] In November 2022, he won the silver medal at the World Singles Champion of Champions in Wellington, New Zealand.[12]

In 2023, he experienced a very successful season, winning the singles gold medal at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur[13] and then winning the national championships, before sealing a gold (pairs with Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais) and a silver (singles) at the Hong Kong International Bowls Classic.[14] He successfully defended the gold medal in the singles at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". SEA Games.
  2. ^ "Male rankings". World Bowls Series. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Malaysia's Izzat and Emma hope to continue winning ways in Australia". The Star.
  4. ^ "2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES". Bowls Australia. 12 February 2020.
  5. ^ "COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023". Bowls International. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia". World Bowls. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  7. ^ "SCHEDULE & DRAWS". Bowls Australia. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Malaysian lawn bowlers get semi-final target in Gold Coast tourneys". The Vibes. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Official Games profile". 2022 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Results Portal". Bowls Australia.
  11. ^ "A marriage followed by a national singles title". New Straits Times. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Tolchard crowned World Champion of Champions champion". England Bowls. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  13. ^ "M'sia stamp dominance in Asian lawn bowls". Free Malaysia Today. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Lawn bowler Izzat caps season with gold and silver in Hong Kong". New Straits Times. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Malaysia again emerge overall champions at Asian Lawn Bowls tournament". The Sun Malaysia. Retrieved 21 March 2024.