Barbara Anderson (athlete)
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Barbara Anderson is a British athlete who won five gold medals at the Paralympic Games. A multi-discipline athlete, Anderson found particular success in class 1 swimming events in which she won three of her gold medals. Her other two gold medals came in table tennis both as an individual and with
Jane Blackburn Jane Blackburn is a retired athlete who competed in a number of sports at five Paralympic Games. At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, Blackburn won gold in the table tennis Women's doubles 1A-1B alongside Barbara Anderson, and silver in the A ...
in the women's doubles. Anderson won a silver in the Mixed St. Nicholas Round Team tetraplegic archery event alongside Blackburn and
Tommy Taylor Thomas Taylor (29 January 1932 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer, who was known for his aerial ability. He was one of the eight Manchester United players who died in the Munich air disaster. Career Taylor was born in Smithies, ...
as well as a silver in the individual event. Anderson also represented Scotland at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games.


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