William McLeod (Paralympian)
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| Full name | William Borrie McLeod | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Long jump Pentathlon sprint Lawn bowls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paralympic finals | 1976 1980 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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William McLeod
Paralympian track and field athlete and lawn bowls player from Scotland competing mainly in category A events. In 1976 he competed as a lawn bowls player at the Summer Paralympis, winning a silver medal in the Men's singles. Four years later, at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
in New York, he took gold in the Lawn Bowls Men's singles and the 60m sprint.
He was appointed a
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to sport for the disabled.[1]
References
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1985. p. 14.