# Abdul Kitchell

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**Abdul Raheem Kitchell** (born 1916) is a Hong Kong international [lawn bowler](/source/Bowls).[1]

## Bowls career

Kitchell was born in 1916 in Hong Kong after his family emigrated from Malaysia in the 1890s. He competed in the first [World Bowls Championship](/source/World_Bowls_Championship) in [Kyeemagh](/source/Kyeemagh), [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales), [Australia](/source/Australia) in 1966.[2] Six years later he won a [bronze medal](/source/Bronze_medal) in the [1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship](/source/1972_World_Outdoor_Bowls_Championship).[3]

In between he won a [gold medal](/source/Gold_medal) at the [1970 Commonwealth Games](/source/1970_Commonwealth_Games) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh).[4]

## Personal life

Kitchell was an oil company executive by trade.[5]

## References

1. ["Hong Kong Delegation for Olympic Games (1952-2008)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060836/http://www.hkolympic.org/images/products/hong%20kong%20delegation%20for%20the%20multi-sports%20games.pdf). Hong Kong Olympic.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.hkolympic.org/images/products/hong%20kong%20delegation%20for%20the%20multi-sports%20games.pdf) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-12-28.

1. Ampol Petroleum Ltd (1966). *First World Bowls Championship Pre ISBN*. Public Relations Dept, Ampol Petroleum Ltd, Sydney, Australia.

1. ["World Bowls Champions"](http://www.burnsidebowlingclub.com/worldbowls2008/275.html). Burnside Bowling Club.

1. ["COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS"](http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/bowls.htm). GRB Athletics.

1. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). *the Encyclopaedia of Bowls*. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.

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