Dorothy Roche

Dorothy Edna Roche (1928 – 11 November 2021), was an international lawn bowls competitor for Australia.

Bowls career
Roche took up the sport of bowls in 1975. She won the triples gold medal and fours silver medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. Three years later, she won double gold after winning both the triples and fours at the 1988 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Auckland.

Roche became Australia's oldest Commonwealth Games gold medal winner when she won the women's fours at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, at 61 years old.

She won three medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1993 triples in Victoria, Canada.

Roche was awarded the Order of Australia for services to bowls in 1990.