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Nigel Murray

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Nigel Murray, born Nigel Patrick Murray on 22 May 1964 in Leamington Spa, is a British Paralympic athlete in the sport of boccia, a twelve time English national champion, seven time British champion and multiple Paralympic medal winner. He won gold in the BC2 class at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, reached only the quarter-finals in Athens four years later, and followed this with a silver medal in the same event and a gold medal in the team event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. He was also part of the team that took gold at the 2009 European championships.

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Birth Year
1964 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
Gold Medals
2 1
Classification
Competition Category
Para or Adaptive 1
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Nigel Patrick Murray (born 22 May 1964) is a British Paralympic athlete.
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    (born 22 May 1964)
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    He is twelve time English National Champion and seven time British Champion and multiple Paralympic medal winner in the sport of boccia.
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    Nigel Patrick Murray (born 22 May 1964) is a British Paralympic athlete.
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    He won gold in the BC2 class during the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. Although he only reached the quarter-finals in Athens four years later he followed this up with a silver medal in the same event, and a gold medal in the team event, during the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China.
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