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Full name | John Christie | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | 17 July 1925||||||||||||||
Died | 2 January 2007 Leith, Scotland | (aged 81)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Lawn bowls | ||||||||||||||
Club | Northern Edinburgh BC | ||||||||||||||
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John Christie (17 July 1925 – 2 January 2007) was a Scottish international lawn bowler.[1]
Christie started bowling aged 18. In 1956 joined Northern Bowling Club. He won the championship eight times and made his international debut in 1965.[2] He was capped 70 times.
His greatest moment came when winning the gold medal in the 1974 Pairs with Alex McIntosh at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.[3]
Christie was a Scottish international from 1965 to 1974.[4]
Christie died in Leith on 2 January 2007, at the age of 81.[5][6][7]