Annette Hagre
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Annette Hagre Johannesson is a Swedish
ten-pin bowler
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Annette won the Bowling World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs
(FIQ) World Masters title on the same year in 1987. The World Bowling Writers association named her 1987 Female bowler of the Year.
Some months before the World Cup tournament, Hagre had endured a long and difficult operation to remove a ganglion in her bowling wrist. She didn't begin practicing until about a month before Copenhagen, but still managed to lead the field at Rodovre Bowling Center every day but one, with a 200-plus average. Soon after her 1987 victories, Johannesson retired to concentrate on her family and her career.
Coming out of retirement in 1989, she won the 1989 FIQ Euro Zone Masters title. She was elected to the WBW International Bowling Hall of Fame
in 1993.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
ten-pin bowler
Ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport in which a player rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible.-Summary:The lane is bordered along its length by semicylindrical channels Ten-pin bowling (commonly just...
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Annette won the Bowling World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs
Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs
The Fédération Internationale des Quilleurs is the world governing body of nine-pin and ten-pin bowling...
(FIQ) World Masters title on the same year in 1987. The World Bowling Writers association named her 1987 Female bowler of the Year.
Some months before the World Cup tournament, Hagre had endured a long and difficult operation to remove a ganglion in her bowling wrist. She didn't begin practicing until about a month before Copenhagen, but still managed to lead the field at Rodovre Bowling Center every day but one, with a 200-plus average. Soon after her 1987 victories, Johannesson retired to concentrate on her family and her career.
Coming out of retirement in 1989, she won the 1989 FIQ Euro Zone Masters title. She was elected to the WBW International Bowling Hall of Fame
International Bowling Hall of Fame
The World Bowling Writers International Bowling Hall of Fame was established in 1993 and is located in the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame, on the International Bowling Campus in Arlington, Texas.-Criteria for election:...
in 1993.