John Newton is a Paralympic athlete from

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. He competed in Wheelchair Fencing,

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and Table Tennis at the 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in Snooker, after losing in the semi-final to the eventual gold medalist, Michael Shelton, of Great Britain. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics he competed in Lawn Bowls, winning a bronze medal in the men's singles A6/8 event.

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