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Jane Blackburn

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Jane Blackburn
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Jane Blackburn is a retired athlete who competed in a number of sports at five Paralympic Games.[1]

At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, Blackburn won gold in the table tennis Women's doubles 1A-1B alongside Barbara Anderson, and silver in the Archery women's singles 1B and Mixed St. Nicholas round team tetraplegic, alongside Anderson and Tommy Taylor. She also took bronze in the Women's St. Nicholas round tetraplegic.[1]

Blackburn won a gold and bronze medal at the 1976 Toronto Paralympics, in the table tennis women's singles 1B and athletics women's pentathlon 1B respectively.[1]

She again defended her table tennis singles 1B title at the 1980 Arnhem Paralympics, as well as winning lawn bowls gold and silver in the Women's Pairs 1A-1B (with Maggie McLellan) and Women's Singles 1A-1B respectively, plus a further silver in the table tennis, Women's Teams 2.[1]

Blackburn's final Paralympic medal to date came at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics, once again in the Women's singles 1B.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Jane Blackburn". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 August 2022.