Valerie Robertson, née Forder and born in 1943, is a British former Paralympic athlete who competed in archery, athletics, swimming and wheelchair fencing, winning at least a silver medal in each. She won a total of six Paralympic gold medals at three Games, five of them at the 1968 Games in Tel Aviv, where she won five gold medals out of the nine events in which she competed. After completing her Paralympic career she made a very successful transition to wheelchair lawn bowling.
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Valerie Robertson (née Forder; born 1943) is a British former Paralympic athlete who competed in archery, athletics, swimming, and wheelchair fencing, winning at least a silver medal in
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Valerie Robertson (née Forder; born 1943) is a British former Paralympic athlete who competed in archery, athletics, swimming, and wheelchair fencing, winning at least a silver medal in
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