Margaret Gardner Maughan lived from 20 June 1928 to 19 May 2020 and was a British competitive archer, dartcher and lawn bowler. She was Britain's first gold medallist at the Paralympic Games and won four gold and two silver medals at the Games, and she lit the cauldron at the Olympic Stadium in London at the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics. From Preston, Lancashire, she worked as a domestic science teacher, and she was paralysed from the waist down by a road accident in Nyasaland in 1959, after which she took up archery during treatment at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
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Margaret Gardner Maughan (20 June 1928-19 May 2020) was a British competitive archer, dartcher and lawn bowler.
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She was Britain's first gold medallist at the Paralympic Games, and won four gold and two silver medals at the Games.
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