Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman


Syafiqa Haidar Afif Abdul Rahman is a Malaysian international lawn bowler. She is a Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and has represented Malaysia at the Commonwealth Games winning a silver medal.

Biography

She has won the gold medal at the Lawn bowls at the Southeast Asian Games, in 2019 in the fours event.
In 2022, she was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where she competed in the men's pairs triples and the women's fours event. In the triples, the team of Abdul Rahman, Nur Ain Nabilah Tarmizi and Azlina Arshad secured a silver medal but lost the final to England. Also in 2023, she won the triples gold medals at the 14th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship in Kuala Lumpur.
In 2023, she was selected by the Malaysian national team, to represent them at the sport's blue riband event, the 2023 World Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. The Malaysian team ranked seventh in the world at the start of the tournament, were given the target of reaching the semi finals.
Rahman won the gold medal in the fours at the 15th Asian Lawn Bowls Championship, held in Pattaya, Thailand, during March 2024.