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Birth name | Aura Mireya Guerra López | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Dominican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Santo Domingo |
May 5, 1977 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Santo Domingo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Ten-pin bowling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World finals | QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup (2010, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 16 November 2015. |
Aura Mireya Guerra López (born May 5, 1977 in the city of Santo Domingo) is a Dominican ten-pin bowler who won back to back Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup Titles (2010 & 2011).
Finished in 5th position of the combined rankings at the 2006 Qubica-AMF World Cup in Caracas, Venezuela.
At the 2007 World Ranking Masters held in Lake Wales, Florida, she finished in 3rd position when she lost the semifinal match to England's Zara Glover.
Bronze medallist at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. Defeated Colombia's Paola Gómez 2 - 0 to win the bronze medal match in the individual event.
Playing at the 2007 Qubica-AMF World cup, in the city of St Petersburg, Russia, Guerra fished in 7th position after the final round. Champion at the 2008 PABCON Ranking Championships, held in San Salvador, El Salvador. Finished 12th in 2009 PBA Women’s Series Tour Trials and earned Exemption to compete in the PBA. [1]
In 2010 she won her biggest title to date at the QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup.
The 46th QubicaAMF Bowling World Cup was held for the third time in France, at Bowling de Provence centre in Toulon. A record 167 bowlers (91 men and a record 76 women) from 92 nations competed. In the women's division, Aumi Guerra became the first bowler from Dominican Republic to win the QubicaAMF BWC, defeating tournament leader the South Korean Gye Min-Young 2-1 (203-226, 202-196, 240-196). This was the third time a Korean bowler finished 2nd (previously in 1997 and 2007). In the men's division, Canadian Michael Schmidt won his second title, joining Paeng Nepomuceno and Arne Stroem as the only male bowlers with at least two BWC titles. Schmidt, who was denied a second title last year, defeated English Matt Miller 2-1 (205-246, 212-207, 224-188).