David Higgins (archer)
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| Nationality |  Australia |
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Bankstown, New South Wales |
David Higgins (born 1968) is an Australian Paralympic archery silver medalist. A paraplegic from the Lake Macquarie suburb of Eleebana,[1] he started archery at the age of eleven and two years later he became the first paraplegic in Australia to qualify for a national championship in archery against able-bodied archers.[2] He was Australia's youngest team member at the age of 16 at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics. He won a silver medal in the Men's Short Metric Round Team 1A–6 event [1][3] and finished 7th in the Men's Double Advanced Metric Round Paraplegic event.[4][5]
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