| 词条 | George Swindlehurst |
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| name = George Swindlehurst MBE | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = George Henry Swindlehurst | nationality = {{GBR2}} | club = | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{birth year|1925}} | birth_place = Stockport, Cheshire | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|4|25|1925|df=yes}} | death_place = Macclesfield, Cheshire | height = | weight = | medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry|{{GBR}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}{{MedalSport | Table tennis}}{{MedalSilver| 1964 Tokyo | Men's Doubles C}}{{MedalBronze| 1960 Rome | Men's Doubles C}}{{MedalSport | Wheelchair basketball}}{{MedalSilver| 1960 Rome | Men's Tournament Class A}}{{MedalSilver| 1964 Tokyo | Men's Tournament A complete}} }} George Henry Swindlehurst MBE (1925-2009), also known as Ginger, was a former Paralympic athlete from Great Britain who competed in the early editions of the Paralympic Games, taking part in table tennis and wheelchair basketball. He was born in 1925 in Stockport. He enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in 1943 at the age of 18. Whilst serving his country in Arnhem, Holland he was shot in the back and paralysed.[1] Paralympics careerIn 1960, in Rome, Swindlehurst competed in the first Summer Paralympics as part of the men's wheelchair basketball team where he and the British team won silver in Men's Tournament Class A[2] and he won bronze in men's doubles table tennis.[3] In the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Swindlehurst won silver medals in both sports. He competed in the men's wheelchair basketball tournaments right up to 1972. At the end of his sporting career he was awarded a Gold Medal Triad in 2000,[1] as well as receiving an MBE. References1. ^1 {{cite news|title=Winnie's Story - Adlington Manor|url=https://www.barchester.com/sites/barchester/files/Winnie's%20Story%20-%20Adlington%20Manor.pdf|work=|date=|accessdate=}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Swindlehurst, George}}{{UK-sport-bio-stub}}{{UK-Paralympic-medalist-stub}}2. ^[https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/hira/web/results/event/PG1960WBM000A0010000 "Rome 1960 Paralympic Games: Wheelchair Basketball: Men's Tournament Class A"], International Paralympic Committee 3. ^[https://db.ipc-services.org/sdms/hira/web/results/event/PG1960TTMDBLC0010000 "Rome 1960 Paralympic Games: Table Tennis: Men's Doubles C"], International Paralympic Committee 7 : Paralympic athletes of Great Britain|Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain|Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain|Sportspeople from Stockport|1925 births|2009 deaths|Members of the Order of the British Empire |
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