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Tommy Taylor (athlete)

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539:, and still competing alongside Bradshaw, beat Austria by straight sets in the doubles final to secure another gold for their country, Taylor's final Paralympic table tennis medal. Taylor found other Paralympic successes in 1980, winning medals in a fifth sport: lawn bowls. He won a bronze medal in singles competition and, alongside David Cale, won gold in the Men's Pairs 1A-1B. Taylor's final successes at the Paralympics came in 1984 in the Games jointly hosted by Stoke Mandeville and New York. Entered in the Men's Singles Tetraplegic category lawn bowls he won a bronze medal. That was equalled in the Men's Tournament Tetraplegic snooker, Taylor's second medal in the sport. 326: 441: 422: 373: 300: 272: 403: 354: 255: 234: 213: 192: 175: 154: 137: 116: 51: 515:
in Tokyo as he defended the titles in the reclassified A2 doubles, again with Beck, and the A2 singles against his doubles partner in the final. In Tel Aviv in 1968 Taylor lost in the quarterfinals of the singles competition but won the doubles again, this time partnered with Stephen Bradshaw. Also
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Taylor attended the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, competing in the para table tennis. He won gold in both the men's singles A and, with M. Beck, the men's doubles A. His table tennis successes continued at the
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At the 1972 Games in Heidelberg Taylor and Bradshaw lost against German competition in the semi-final, finishing in bronze medal position. Taylor did not compete for the singles title and instead entered the
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at these Games he entered the men's pentathlon incomplete, finishing in third place and thus securing a bronze medal.
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who won sixteen medals across five sports, including ten gold medals. Taylor was treated by
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after an accident in 1956 caused severe paralysis. He went on to compete at numerous
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Taylor won the Men's 1B singles table tennis competition in 1980 at the
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in a team which included fellow multiple-time Paralympian
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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Table tennis players at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
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Table tennis players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
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Table tennis players at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
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Table tennis players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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Table tennis players at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
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Table tennis players at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
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Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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Index

Tommy Taylor (Paralympian)
United Kingdom
Para table tennis
lawn bowls
snooker
archery
Paralympic Games
Table tennis
Rome 1960
Men's Singles A
Tokyo 1964
Men's Singles A2
Tel Aviv 1968
Men's Doubles A2
Toronto 1976
Men's Doubles 1B
Arnhem 1980
Men's Singles 1B
Heidelberg 1972
Men's Doubles 1B
Men's Pentathlon Incomplete
Men's Pentathlon Incomplete
Archery
Heidelberg 1972
Mixed St. Nicholas Round Team Tetraplegic
Snooker
Men's Tournament A-C
Stoke Mandeville
/ New York 1984

Men's Tournament Tetraplegic
Lawn bowls

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