| David Higgins | |
| Full Name: | David P Higgins |
| Birth Place: | Bankstown, New South Wales |
David L. Higgins (born 16 February 1968) is an Australian Paralympic archery silver medalist. A paraplegic from the Lake Macquarie suburb of Eleebana,[1] he started archery at the age of eleven and two years later he became the first paraplegic in Australia to qualify for a national championship in archery against able-bodied archers.[2] He was Australia's youngest team member at the age of 16 at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics. He won a silver medal in the Men's Short Metric Round Team 1A–6 event[1] [3] and finished 7th in the Men's Double Advanced Metric Round Paraplegic event.[4] [5]