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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