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 MBE is a 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 Paralympics, 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
[edit]- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 50154". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1985. p. 14.
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- Living people
- Scottish male sprinters
- British male sprinters
- Scottish disabled sportspeople
- Track and field athletes with disabilities
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- Scottish male bowls players
- Paralympic athletes for Great Britain
- Paralympic lawn bowls players for Great Britain
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Lawn bowls players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Lawn bowls players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Scottish Paralympic competitors
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Paralympic medalists in lawn bowls
- Members of the Order of the British Empire