{{Short description|Norfolk Islander lawn bowler}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Carmen Anderson | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | nationality = Norfolk Islander | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|7|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Albuera, Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | club = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{NFK}}}} {{MedalSport|}} {{MedalCompetition|World Outdoor Championships}} {{MedalGold|1996 Leamington Spa|Women's singles}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalBronze| 1994 Victoria|Women's singles}} {{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }} {{MedalGold|1991 Kowloon|singles}} {{MedalGold|1993 Victoria|singles}} {{MedalGold|1995 Dunedin|singles}} {{MedalGold|1997 Warilla|pairs}} {{MedalSilver|2001 Melbourne|singles}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Kuala Lumpur|pairs}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Adelaide|singles}} {{MedalSilver|2015 Christchurch|singles}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Christchurch|pairs}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Gold Coast|singles}} {{MedalCountry|{{PHI}}}} {{MedalCompetition | Asia Pacific Bowls Championships }} {{MedalGold|2003 Brisbane|singles}} }}
'''Carmelita 'Carmen' Anderson''' (née '''Bishop''') is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls international.<ref name=CG22>{{cite web|url=https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/52316|title=Official Games profile|publisher=2022 Commonwealth Games|access-date=4 August 2022}}</ref>
==Bowls career== ===World Championship=== Anderson won the gold medal in the singles at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2002/aug/03/australia.guardiansaturdaytravelsection Peace dividend], ''The Guardian'', 3 August 2002.</ref> In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2020-world-bowls-championships-competing-countries/|title=2020 WORLD BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS: COMPETING COUNTRIES|date=12 February 2020 |publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref>
In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent the Norfolk Islands at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bowlsinternational.keypublishing.com/competitors-confirmed-world-bowls-outdoor-championships/ |title=COMPETITORS CONFIRMED: WORLD BOWLS OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 |website=Bowls International |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> She participated in the women's pairs and the women's fours events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |title=Events and Results, World Championships 2023 Gold Coast, Australia |publisher=World Bowls |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519080851/https://www.worldbowls.com/events-list/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |title=SCHEDULE & DRAWS |publisher=Bowls Australia |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=11 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230811144518/https://world2023.bowls.com.au/event-info/schedule/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the pairs partnering Shae Wilson, she won her group undefeated but lost to Malta in the quarter finals.
===Commonwealth Games=== She won Norfolk Island's first medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, when she won a bronze medal.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/spl/nations/oceania/html/norfolk_islands.stm Commonwealth Games – Norfolk Island], ''BBC Sports''</ref> In 2022, she competed in the women's pairs and the Women's fours at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.<ref name=CG22/>
===Asia Pacific=== Anderson is one of the most successful female bowlers of all time at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships where she has won eleven medals including five golds (four in singles competition). Her eleventh medal came at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportsdesq.sportstg.com/portal/index.cfm?fuseaction=main&OrgID=16084|title=Results Portal|publisher=Bowls Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bowls.com.au/2019-asia-pacific-championships-friday-finals-wrap/|title=2019 ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS: FRIDAY FINALS WRAP|date=28 June 2019 |publisher=World Bowls}}</ref>
==Personal life== She holds Australian citizenship and received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1013981/c_anderson.html|title=Carmen Anderson biography|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=9 November 2016|archive-date=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921000800/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/lawn_bowls/1013981/c_anderson.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{CGF profile}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|52316}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Carmen}} Category:Living people Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Norfolk Island Category:Bowls players at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:Bowls players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Norfolk Island sportspeople Category:Australian female bowls players Category:Bowls World Champions Category:1955 births Category:Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Category:Filipino emigrants to Australia Category:Norfolk Island bowls players Category:Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in lawn bowls