Shalin Zulkifli

Background

Shalin was born in North Islington and spent her childhood in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Career

1. 1 of the professional ten pin bowlers in Malaysia and Asia. Bowling in the United States of America, she was a quarterfinalist at the 2008 United States Women"s Open, and currently competes in the 2008-2009 Proceedings of the British Academy Women"s Series. She began bowling at the age of 9 and joined the national bowling team in the late 1980s.

Shalin holds a degree in Sports Science that specialises in Sports Psychology and Coaching.

She currently owns and runs a Tenpin Bowling Alley at The Curve, a shopping mall located in Mutiara Damansara.

Achievements

• Malaysian Sportswoman Award (1997, 1996, 1994, 2001 & 2002) Malaysian National Champion (1996, 2001, 2002 & 2003) Malaysian Olympian Award (1994 & 1999) Asian Number. 1 Rank (2000, 2001, 2002 & 2004) International Bowler of the Year (2002) International Bowling Hall of Fame Inductee (2004) Kent Malaysian All-Stars - Ladies Open Champion 1996 2nd World Tenpin Team Cup (Calgary, Canada) - Bronze Medal Champion & Voted Most Valuable Player American Machine and Foundry World Cup (Northern Ireland) - 2nd Position 1998 American Machine and Foundry World Cup (Kobe, Japan) - Record for qualifying for 3 consecutive step ladder final. Overall 3rd Position 1999 Asian Youth (Spore) Doubles Gold Medal Champion Team Gold Medal Champion South East Asian Games (Brunei) Doubles Gold Medal Champion Trios Gold Medal Champion Team Gold Medal Champion All-Events Gold Medal Champion Masters Gold Medal Champion Singles Bronze Medal Champion 2001 World Tenpin Masters (Essex, England) - Became the first female champion of this event, defeating Finland"s Tore Torgersen in the finals South East Asian Games (Malaysia) Singles Gold Medal Champion All-Events Gold Medal Champion Trios Gold Medal Champion Team Gold Medal Champion Secretariat 8 Sea Games Records Kota Kinabalu Open - Singles Champion 2002 Thailand International Open - Women"s Open Masters Champion Philippines International Open - Women Champion 2003 World Tenpin Team Cup - Women"s Team Champion World Tenpin Bowling Championship - Ladies Team of Five Gold Medal Champion Santa Claus Open - 2nd Position Asian Bowling Tour Grand Slam - Women Champion Asian Bowling Tour Malaysia (Philippines Legal) - Women Champion World Tenpin - Team Cup Gold Medalist 2004 Bahrain Open - Ladies Open Champion Sinai Open - Women Champion ABF Tour (Thailand Legal) - Women Champion Malaysian International Open - Women Champion 2005 2nd Commonwealth Bowling Championship (Cyprus) Masters Gold Medal Champion Mix Doubles Gold Medal Champion Team Gold Medal Champion Singles Bronze Medal Champion Malaysian National Championship - Ladies Open Champion (4th consecutive win & 5th in career).