Rosa Crean

Rosa Crean
Personal information
Birth nameTriandafilia Toprkopul
NationalityBritish
Born (1942-03-22) 22 March 1942 (age 82)
Macedonia, Greece
Medal record
Lawn bowls
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Women's singles LB7/8

Rosa Crean (born Triandafilia Toprkopul; 22 March 1942) is a British Paralympian. She competed in lawn bowling at the 1996 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold medal for Great Britain.[1]

Early life

Crean was born as Triandafilia Toprkopul in the Macedonian mountains of Greece[2] on 22 March 1942.[3] Growing up, her father was imprisoned in Albania while her mother and brother were abducted by communist partisans and taken to Poland. She was separated from her brother in a separate orphanage and her mother until she was eight. Due to an ear infection, she became partially deaf and visually impaired.[2]

Sporting career

At the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, Crean won gold in the lawn bowls women's singles LB7/8.[4]

She made her Commonwealth Games debut at the age of 72 at Glasgow 2014, representing Wales, although she failed to win a medal.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Rosa Crean". paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Rawlings, Owens (19 July 2014). "Glasgow 2014: Civil war survivor Rosa Crean targets bowls gold". bbc.ca. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Rosa Crean Biography". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Results Archive Atlanta 1996: Lawn Bowls". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 12 August 2022.


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