Margaret Ross (Paralympian) Explained

Margaret Ross
Fullname:Margaret Winifred Ross
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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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ross, Margaret Winifred, OAM. It's an Honour. 10 August 2012.
  2. Book: Report of the First Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, Perth, Western Australia, 10–17 November 1962. 1962. Paraplegic Association of Western Australia. Perth.
  3. Web site: M. Ross . Paralympic.org . . 10 August 2012.
  4. Web site: 1972 Women's FITA Round Open Results. International Paralympic Committee. 10 August 2012.
  5. Web site: 1976 Mixed Teams Open Results. International Paralympic Committee. 10 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012010332/http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=open&sport=dartchery&competition=1976PG&gender=x&discipline=&event=Pairs. 12 October 2013.