2000 Lisbon, Portugal
Bowler Details
| Men | Bowler | Country | Age | Aver. | Occupation |
| 1 | Ricardo Dalla Rosa* | Argentina | 25 | 185 | Sales Representative |
| 2 | Ashot Grigoryan | Armenia | |||
| 3 | Francisco Oduber* | Aruba | 45 | Fireman | |
| 4 | Bruno Maglieri | Australia | 31 | 220 | Mum |
| 5 | Franz Hahn* | Austria | 43 | 211 | Lithograph |
| 6 | Ravil Novruzov | Azerbaijan | 35 | Policeman | |
| 7 | Sonith Lockhart* | Bahamas | 41 | 195 | Electrical Engineer |
| 8 | Dzmitry Varabyeu | Belarus | |||
| 9 | Chris Van Damme* | Belgium | 42 | 212 | Taxi Owner |
| 10 | Carlos Cruz | Brazil | |||
| 11 | Todd Squire | Canada | 25 | 220 | Computer Database Entry |
| 12 | Pai-Feng Lin | Chinese Taipei | |||
| 13 | Andres Gomez*** | Colombia | 27 | Student | |
| 14 | Marco Odio********* | Costa Rica | 37 | 205 | Bowling Centre Manager |
| 15 | Franjo Katalenic**** | Croatia | 70 | 192 | Retired |
| 16 | Carlos Rodriguez | Curacao | |||
| 17 | Michalis Perikleous | Cyprus | |||
| 18 | Rolando Sebelen****** | Dominican Republic | |||
| 19 | Tarek Helmy | Egypt | Architect | ||
| 20 | Julio Acosta | El Salvador | |||
| 21 | Steve Thornton | England | 27 | 216 | Project Co-ordinator for bank |
| 22 | Belay Habtom** | Eritrea | |||
| 23 | Aare Noormaa | Estonia | 41 | 181 | Building Manager |
| 24 | Tamiru Assefa | Ethiopia | 29 | 200 | Advertising |
| 25 | Kimmo Lehtonen | Finland | 32 | 201 | Managing Director |
| 26 | Patrick Rolland | France | 46 | 216 | Dessinateur Industrial P.Liberde |
| 27 | Maurice Talane | French Guyane | 39 | 182 | Electrician |
| 28 | Oliver Blase | Germany | 26 | 233 | |
| 29 | Edmund O'Reilly | Gibraltar | |||
| 30 | Hosman Gonzalez | Guatemala | 37 | 205 | Commerce |
| 31 | Derek Tomlin*** | Guernsey | 53 | 203 | Company Director |
| 32 | Gil Valle | Honduras | 24 | 185 | Student |
| 33 | Alfred Pang Kar Shing* | Hong Kong | 36 | 207 | Proshop Owner |
| 34 | Zoltan Kiss | Hungary | |||
| 35 | Halldor R Halldorsson | Iceland | 39 | 198 | Insurance Consultant |
| 36 | Ramesh Rawat | India | |||
| 37 | Amiredin Tabatabaei | Iran | 43 | 194 | Proshop Owner |
| 38 | Alan Gibbons | Ireland | 20 | 205 | Salesperson |
| 39 | Nick Cayzer | Isle of Man | 31 | 205 | Electrical Technician |
| 40 | Eliezer Shineman | Israel | 48 | Engineer | |
| 41 | Nico D'Achille | Italy | 26 | 211 | Bowling Center Proprietor |
| 42 | Koichi Takahashi* | Japan | 45 | 213 | CIVIL SERVANT |
| 43 | Paul Wright** | Jersey | 53 | 200 | Barman |
| 44 | Jurij Rjazansky | Latvia | 21 | 184 | Student |
| 45 | Gediminas Cerniavicius | Lithuania | 21 | Bowling Centre Manager | |
| 46 | Alain Lieners** | Luxembourg | 36 | 182 | Civil Servant |
| 47 | Jose Manuel Machon | Macau | 37 | 195 | TV Producer |
| 48 | Gerald Samuel | Malaysia | |||
| 49 | Brian Farrugia | Malta | 33 | 196 | Barman |
| 50 | Christophe Carro | Martinique | 33 | 201 | Swimming Instructor |
| 51 | Mashoud Emamsaib | Mauritius | 20 | 190 | Managing Director |
| 52 | Daniel Falconi*** | Mexico | 33 | 220 | Proshop Operator |
| 53 | Patrick Leroy*** | Morocco | 43 | 185 | Manager |
| 54 | U Ye Min Swe** | Myanmar | 24 | 200 | Student |
| 55 | Sonam Nepall | Nepal | 27 | 181 | Business |
| 56 | Marcel van den Bosch* | Netherlands | 29 | 207 | Insurance Agent |
| 57 | Christian Betfort | New Caledonia | 45 | 183 | Telecom Technician |
| 58 | Jeffrey Tuala | New Zealand | 21 | 200 | Receptionist |
| 59 | Eduardo Padilla | Nicaragua | 36 | 200 | Industrial Engineer |
| 60 | Kevin Horton** | Northern Ireland | |||
| 61 | Tore Torgersen**+ | Norway | 32 | Self-employed | |
| 62 | Walter Davarro | Panama | 23 | 200 | Marketing Adminstrator |
| 63 | Benigno Villa***** | Paraguay | 42 | 195 | Publicity |
| 64 | Jaime Alvarino Garland | Peru | 37 | 199 | Administrator |
| 65 | CJ Suarez | Philippines | 21 | 208 | Student |
| 66 | Grzegorz Drozdowski | Poland | |||
| 67 | Joao Januario | Portugal | |||
| 68 | Francisco Colon Jr* | Puerto Rico | 26 | 220 | Proshop Operator |
| 69 | Ahmed Shaheen***+ | Qatar | |||
| 70 | Oleg Smirnov* | Russia | |||
| 71 | Domanico Righi | San Marino | 49 | 202 | Magazzinere |
| 72 | Andrew Gillespie | Scotland | 41 | 207 | Network Technician |
| 73 | Andrew Fang | Singapore | |||
| 74 | Vlado Golja | Slovenia | 46 | 193 | Restoration Specialist |
| 75 | Guy Caminsky* | South Africa | 23 | 200 | Bowling Centre Owner |
| 76 | Jose Estevez**** | Spain | 47 | 212 | Computer Consultant |
| 77 | Tomas Leandersson** | Sweden | 34 | Bowling Centre Manager | |
| 78 | Beat Grauwiler | Switzerland | 37 | 189 | Warehouseman |
| 79 | Nikorn Onnom | Thailand | 41 | Airline staff | |
| 80 | Habib Dogan* | Turkey | |||
| 81 | Mohammed Khalifa AlQubasi*********+ | UAE | 34 | 212 | Manager Human Resources |
| 82 | Serghiy Simachenko | Ukraine | 39 | 197 | Sports Manager |
| 83 | Bill Hoffman | USA | 26 | 220 | |
| 84 | Marin Tranier***** | Vanuatu | 34 | 182 | Merchant |
| 85 | Jose Vicente Lander | Venezuela | |||
| 86 | Hugo Morehead | Virgin Islands | 50 | 182 | COE Supervisor |
| 87 | Gary Hopkins | Wales | 47 | 197 | Financial Adviser |
| 88 | Nedeljko Glavas** | Yugoslavia | 58 | CNC Operator | |
| Women | Bowler | Country | Age | Aver. | Occupation |
| 1 | Ana Maria Benko | Argentina | 38 | 180 | Empresaria |
| 2 | Grace Angela | Aruba | 41 | Banker | |
| 3 | Ann-Maree Putney* | Australia | 30 | 210 | Mum |
| 4 | Doris Szvasztics* | Austria | 34 | 196 | Assistant Manager |
| 5 | Joanne Powell | Bahamas | 35 | 182 | Banker |
| 6 | Alena Lazuta | Belarus | |||
| 7 | Cindy Jaspers** | Belgium | 42 | 187 | Manager |
| 8 | Marina de Paiva | Brazil | |||
| 9 | Diane Buchanan | Canada | 26 | 208 | Customer Service Rep |
| 10 | Su-Fen Tseng****+ | Chinese Taipei | 26 | 200 | Student |
| 11 | Clara Juliana Guerrero | Colombia | 18 | Student | |
| 12 | Sylvia Carrion* | Costa Rica | 32 | 185 | Insurance official |
| 13 | Samantha Ibanez | Curacao | 26 | Salesgirl | |
| 14 | Stella Loizidou* | Cyprus | |||
| 15 | Rosanna Garcia | Dominican Republic | |||
| 16 | Hala Sharawy | Egypt | House wife | ||
| 17 | Aida Granillo********** | El Salvador | |||
| 18 | Kirsten Penny | England | |||
| 19 | Ester Penjam | Estonia | 25 | 174 | Technician |
| 20 | Seble Dejene | Ethiopia | 18 | 162 | Student |
| 21 | Heidi Larnia | Finland | 23 | 201 | Student |
| 22 | Isabelle Saldjian* | France | 31 | 203 | Assistante de Direction |
| 23 | Annick Chassain | French Guyane | 51 | 157 | Fonctionnaire |
| 24 | Martina Beckel*****+ | Germany | 41 | 200 | Banker |
| 25 | Julie Jackson | Gibraltar | |||
| 26 | Karen Ramirez | Guatemala | 24 | 188 | Student |
| 27 | Alison Prigent | Guernsey | 39 | 160 | Quality Controller |
| 28 | Connie Kwok Siu To* | Hong Kong | 39 | 199 | Executive Secretary |
| 29 | Maria Toth*** | Hungary | |||
| 30 | Jharna Badlani* | India | |||
| 31 | Kerena Dykes* | Ireland | 21 | 195 | Bank Assistant |
| 32 | Pauline Maxwell*** | Isle of Man | 32 | 175 | Insurance official |
| 33 | Sarit Mizrahi | Israel | 21 | Flight Attendant | |
| 34 | Serafina Liuzzi | Italy | 28 | 195 | Trader |
| 35 | Nachimi Itakura | Japan | 25 | 200 | Hairdresser |
| 36 | Tracey Ann Aubert | Jersey | 20 | 180 | Bank Clerk |
| 37 | Marija Mezhiricka | Latvia | 28 | 172 | Housewife |
| 38 | Rita Zaveckiene | Lithuania | 33 | Manager | |
| 39 | Shalin Zulkifli*** | Malaysia | 22 | ||
| 40 | Sue Abela** | Malta | 34 | 196 | Housewife |
| 41 | Rosanna Telcide | Martinique | 30 | 180 | Nursery Assistant |
| 42 | Claudia Falconi | Mexico | 31 | 190 | Housewife |
| 43 | Alouani Bouchra* | Morocco | 29 | 170 | Casino Dealer |
| 44 | Farida Pascoal-Blom*** | Netherlands | 55 | Town Hall Employee | |
| 45 | Lauren Gervolino** | New Caledonia | 17 | 173 | Student |
| 46 | Julianne Mullet | New Zealand | |||
| 47 | Glynis Wilson* | Northern Ireland | |||
| 48 | Mette Hansen* | Norway | 36 | 198 | |
| 49 | Lizzy Abood | Panama | 42 | 185 | Gerente Serv. Generales |
| 50 | Arianne Cerdena***** | Philippines | 38 | 198 | Businesswoman |
| 51 | Ewa Swiatek** | Poland | 31 | Economist | |
| 52 | Rita Silva | Portugal | |||
| 53 | Cristina Kortright* | Puerto Rico | 25 | 200 | Student |
| 54 | Elena Krainik | Russia | |||
| 55 | Marisa Chiarozi | San Marino | 48 | 183 | Ragiomiera |
| 56 | Laura Rhoney* | Scotland | 21 | 198 | Student |
| 57 | Jesmine Ho** | Singapore | |||
| 58 | Lisa Paluzzi**** | South Africa | 28 | 192 | Sports Manager |
| 59 | Gloria Sala-Mestres* | Spain | 42 | 180 | Insurance official |
| 60 | Asa Wetterlund | Sweden | 23 | 198 | Economy Assistant |
| 61 | Ruth Doppler | Switzerland | 45 | 188 | Housewife |
| 62 | Ilknur Vural | Turkey | |||
| 63 | Oksana Skorobagach** | Ukraine | 26 | 192 | Accountant |
| 64 | Diandra Hyman | USA | 20 | Student | |
| 65 | Ingelimar Contreras | Venezuela | |||
| 66 | Elaine Springer | Virgin Islands | 173 | Educator | |
| 67 | Mel Isaac | Wales | 24 | 204 | Social Worker |
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Archives
Since the first event in 1965, winning AMF’s Bowling World Cup title has been the most coveted goal in amateur bowling. Whether held in the shadows of the Great Pyramids in or under the bright lights of , each tournament has provided unforgettable moments from competition that has spanned five decades. Browse the archives to discover or revisit these moments, competitors, and the great champions that have made up the rich history of AMF’s Bowling World Cup.