Competitors at the 1972 Summer Paralympics - Archers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Athletes at the 1972 Summer Paralympics (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Archers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Athletes at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Dartchers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Table Tennis Players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair Basketball Players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, Margaret Maughan, Philip Craven, Baruch Hagai, Davina Ingrams, 18th Baroness Darcy de Knayth, Graham Condon, Neroli Fairhall, Jacob Ben-Arie, Ora Anlen, Moshe Levy. Excerpt: Margaret Maughan (born ca. 1928), is a British former competitive archer. She holds the distinction of being Britain's first ever gold medallist at the Paralympic Games. She suffered a car accident in 1959 which left her unable to walk, and was treated at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. There, she took up archery and joined an archery club. The hospital had been the site of the Stoke Mandeville Games, a sports competition for wheelchair athletes which subsequently developed into the Paralympic Games. Maughan was selected as part of Britain's delegation to the Ninth Stoke Mandeville Games, later known as the First Summer Paralympic Games, held in Rome in 1960. Maughan competed in only one archery event, the Women's Columbia round open. Scoring 484 points, she won Britain's first ever Paralympic gold medal. She also, however, took part in swimming, in the Women's 50 metre backstroke complete class 5. As she was the only competitor in the race, she won by completing the full 50 metres, with a time of 1:49.2. Maughan did not take part in the 1964 Games, but returned for the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv. She entered two events in archery: the Women's albion round open and the Women's FITA round open. With scores of 571 and 1534, she finished fourth and fifth, respectively. At the 1972 Games in Heid... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=26299059