Clementi Cecil Delgado

Clementi Cecil Delgado better known as Saco Delgado (1930-1997), was a Hong Kong international lawn and indoor bowler.

Saco Delgado
Personal information
NationalityHong Kong Hong Kong & United States USA
Born(1930-11-22)22 November 1930
Hong Kong
Died16 August 1997(1997-08-16) (aged 66)
Santa Clara, California
Medal record
Representing Hong Kong Hong Kong
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place1970 Edinburghmen's rinks/fours
Gold medal – first place1978 Edmontonmen's pairs
World Outdoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1972 Worthing men's pairs
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Worthing men's fours

Bowls career

Delgado was born in Hong Kong in 1930 to Portuguese parents and was an accountant before he started bowling in 1958. He won the Hong Kong lawn bowls championship ten times before winning the rinks/fours gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[1]

He won the gold medal in the pairs with Eric Liddell at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing in addition to a bronze medal in the fours event. In 1978 he won another gold medal in the men's pairs with Liddell at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.[2] [3]

Personal life

He was a banking official by trade. [4] He became a US citizen in 1984.

References
  1. Bell, Harry E (1976). 3rd World Bowls Championship, South Africa 1976. J.G.Ince & Son Ltd.
  2. Newby, Donald (1987). Daily Telegraph Bowls Yearbook 88. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-86367-220-5.
  3. "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GRB Athletics.
  4. Hawkes/Lindley, Ken/Gerard (1974). the Encyclopaedia of Bowls. Robert Hale and Company. ISBN 0-7091-3658-7.
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