Millie Khan

Millie Khan
MBE
Personal information
Born (1938-07-29)29 July 1938
Died 24 November 2003(2003-11-24) (aged 65)
Spouse(s) Ronald Amin Khan
Achievements and titles
National finals 12 national titles

Millie Cecilia Khan MBE (29 July 1938 24 November 2003) was a lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand.[1]

A competitor at four Commonwealth Games; she won a silver medal in the women's singles at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. She won a bronze medal in the same event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.[2]

She won a total of twelve national titles in lawn bowls. Two of her daughters (Jan Khan and Marina Khan) are also New Zealand representative lawn bowlers.[3]

In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Khan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to bowls. Khan is of Māori descent through her mother, while her father was a Yugoslav emigrant. She married her husband Ron Khan, who is of Pakistani descent, when she was 16.[4][5][6]

In 2013, Khan was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.[7]

References

  1. HighBeam Research - Bowls NZ champion dies, aged 65
  2. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  3. HighBeam Research - If anyone can Millie Khan
  4. Longmore, Andrew (16 September 1998). "Spiritual guidance for Khan". The Independent. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  5. "Renowned sportswoman dies". New Zealand Herald. 24 November 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. Ratttue, Chris (8 January 2010). "My life in sport: Jan Khan". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  7. "Bowls legends honoured at inaugural Hall of Fame celebration". Bowls New Zealand. 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2016.


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