Nando Gatti

Nando Gatti
Personal information
Nationality South Africa South Africa
Born 1927
Died Unknown
Medal record
Representing South Africa South Africa
World Outdoor Championships
1976 Johannesburg Men's triples
1976 Johannesburg Men's fours

Nando Gatti (born 1927) was a former South African international lawn bowler.

Gatti won 13 gold medals at the sport of Bocce in Italy before emigrating to South Africa. He became a South African citizen in 1969 and in 1975 he won the national fours.[1]

Gatti came to prominence in 1976 when he won the Triples and Fours Gold Medal at the World Outdoor Championships in Johannesburg. In the Triples with Kevin Campbell and Kelvin Lightfoot they won 14 of their 15 matches.[2] In the fours with Campbell, Lightfoot and Bill Moseley they repeated the feat of winning 14 of the 15 matches played.[2]

The South African team completed a clean sweep of all events at the 1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. The lawn bowlers from South Africa were denied further opportunities to win medals due to the Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  2. 1 2 Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Patrick (1986). Guinness Bowls Records. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-414-3.
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