Maurice Toon is a

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

boccia Boccia ( ) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – '. The sport is contested at local, national and international levels, by athletes ...

player from

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competing mainly in category BC2 events. Maurice competed in both the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

. At the 2004 games he competed in the individual event finishing first in his group but then lost in the quarter-finals to Portugal's Fernando Ferreira, he was also a part of the New Zealand team that won a silver medal in the mixed team event. At the 2008 games he finished third in his group in the individual event missing out on qualifying for the quarter-finals and was part of the New Zealand team that finished last in there group.

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* * Paralympic boccia players for New Zealand Boccia players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Boccia players at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic silver medalists for New Zealand Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in boccia {{NewZealand-Paralympic-medalist-stub