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Barbara Anderson (athlete)

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Barbara Anderson is a British athlete who won five gold medals at the Paralympic Games while competing across several disciplines. She found particular success in class 1 swimming, where she won three of her golds, and took her other two in table tennis, one as an individual and one in the women's doubles with Jane Blackburn. She also won two silver medals in tetraplegic archery, a team silver in the mixed St. Nicholas Round alongside Blackburn and Tommy Taylor and a silver in the individual event. Anderson also represented Scotland at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, and her article gives no birth date.

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Female 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
Gold Medals
5 1
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Para or Adaptive 1
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