Carmen Anderson


Carmelita 'Carmen' Anderson is a Norfolk Islander lawn bowls international.

Bowls career

World Championship

Anderson won the gold medal in the singles at the 1996 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Adelaide. In 2020 she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia.

Commonwealth Games

She won Norfolk Island's first and only medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, when she won a bronze medal.

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. Her eleventh medal came at the 2019 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast, Queensland.

Personal life

She holds Australian citizenship and received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999.