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| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1936 Tikitiki, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics Table tennis Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
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Reuben Ngata (born 31 October 1936) is a former New Zealand Paralympic athlete of Ngāti Porou descent. In 1961, he became diagnosed with Polio. [1] In the 1968 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics. In the 1976 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics, table tennis and weightlifting, winning a bronze medal in the Weightlifting in men's lightweight.
He would later take up boccia after the Toronto Games. [2]
References
- ^ "Glass half full Reuben". Pacific Homecare. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "BOCCIA NEW ZEALAND (INC.) Minutes of the Management Committee" (PDF). www.boccia.org.nz. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Living people
- 1936 births
- Sportspeople from the Gisborne District
- Ngāti Porou people
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in weightlifting
- Paralympic weightlifters for New Zealand
- Oceanian weightlifting biography stubs
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- New Zealand Paralympic medalist stubs
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 October 1936 Tikitiki, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics Table tennis Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Reuben Ngata (born 31 October 1936) is a former New Zealand Paralympic athlete of Ngāti Porou descent. In 1961, he became diagnosed with Polio. [1] In the 1968 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics. In the 1976 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics, table tennis and weightlifting, winning a bronze medal in the Weightlifting in men's lightweight.
He would later take up boccia after the Toronto Games. [2]
References
- ^ "Glass half full Reuben". Pacific Homecare. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "BOCCIA NEW ZEALAND (INC.) Minutes of the Management Committee" (PDF). www.boccia.org.nz. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
External links
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| This biographical article relating to weightlifting in New Zealand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
| This article about a Paralympic medalist of New Zealand is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Weightlifters at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Living people
- 1936 births
- Sportspeople from the Gisborne District
- Ngāti Porou people
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in weightlifting
- Paralympic weightlifters for New Zealand
- Oceanian weightlifting biography stubs
- New Zealand sportspeople stubs
- New Zealand Paralympic medalist stubs