Reuben Ngata
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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[edit]
- ^ "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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