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| Full name | David P Higgins | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  Australia | |||||||||||
| Born | 1968 (age 56–57) Bankstown, New South Wales | |||||||||||
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David L. Higgins (born 16 February 1968) is an Australian Paralympic archery silver medalist. A paraplegic from the Lake Macquarie suburb of Eleebana, 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. 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 and finished 7th in the Men's Double Advanced Metric Round Paraplegic event.
References
- ^ "Young archer wins silver". Paraquad News: 43. July–August 1984.
- "Club History". Newcastle City Archers. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- "1984 Australian archery silver medals". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- "D. L. Higgins". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- Advanced Metric Round "1984 Men's Double Advanced Metric Round paraplegic Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
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