Margaret Ross | |
Fullname: | Margaret Winifred Ross |
Medaltemplates: | 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, she won a silver medal in the Women's Swimming 50 m Crawl Class E event and bronze medals in the Women's Shot Put Class D and Women's Swimming 50 m Breaststroke Class E events. |
Margaret Winifred Ross, OAM[1] is an Australian Paralympic archer. At the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, she won a silver medal in the Women's Swimming 50 m Crawl Class E event and bronze medals in the Women's Shot Put Class D and Women's Swimming 50 m Breaststroke Class E events.[2]
She competed at the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics in the Women's FITA Round Open finishing 5th.[3] [4] At the 1976 Toronto Paralympics, she competed in archery and dartchery events. She teamed with John Kestel to win the gold medal in the dartchery Mixed Teams Open event.[3] [5] In 1982, she received a Medal of the Order of Australia for "service to the disabled particularly in the field of sport".[1]