David L. Higgins (born 16 February 1968) is an Australian Paralympic archery silver medalist. A paraplegic from the Lake Macquarie suburb of

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, 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.

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* Paralympic archers for Australia Archers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for Australia Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors People with paraplegia Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales 1968 births Living people Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics Australian male archers Paralympic medalists in archery Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Australia-archery-bio-stub