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| Full name | Ralph Gordon Foster | |||||||||||
| Nationality |  United Kingdom | |||||||||||
| Born | (1935-05-25)25 May 1935 Nottingham, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 3 May 2021(2021-05-03) (aged 85) Nottingham, England | |||||||||||
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Ralph Gordon Foster (25 May 1935 – 3 May 2021) was a British athlete and Paralympic Games gold medal winner. After an accident in his late twenties left him a paraplegic he eventually became involved in disabled sports. He was a swimmer, snooker player and lawn bowler. Foster represented Great Britain in lawn bowling at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul and won a gold medal. He died after a long illness at his home in Nottingham, on 3 May 2021, at the age of 85.
See also
References
- "IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete search by Athlete's name - surname (Foster)". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- "Ralph Gordon Foster". Funeral Notices. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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