Sylvia Wene
American bowling player
About Sylvia Wene
Lived 1930 – 2013 (aged 82–83). Sylvia Wene was an American bowler.
Sylvia Wene (July 14, 1928 – May 19, 2013) was an American ten-pin bowler.
Biography Wene, who was Jewish, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wene was the first female bowler to score a perfect game in sanctioned competition (on March 28, 1951), and the first to bowl three sanctioned perfect games - the first on March 28, 1951, the second on December 11, 1959, and the third on January 8, 1960. Her second perfect game, on December 11, 1959, during the finals of the World Invitational Match Game Tournament, was the first time a woman had scored 300 in match game competition.
Wene was elected to both the Women's International Bowling Congress Hall of Fame and the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame in 1966. She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1979, and the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1988.
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Who was Sylvia Wene?
American bowling player
When was Sylvia Wene born?
Sylvia Wene was born in 1930 in Philadelphia.
When did Sylvia Wene die?
Sylvia Wene died in 2013.
What was Sylvia Wene's occupation?
Sylvia Wene was a bowler.
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Sylvia Wene was American.
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