British Paralympic swimmer
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| Born | (1953-09-21) 21 September 1953 (age 70) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 October 2021(2021-10-17) (aged 68) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Muirhead (21 September 1953 - 17 October 2021) was a British Paralympic swimmer who won thirteen medals at the Summer Paralympic Games. His Paralympic debut was at the 1976 Summer Paralympics where he won two gold medals. And two silvers. Muirhead repeated that feat in Arnhem for the 1980 Games, albeit in different events. He returned from the 1984 Summer Paralympics with a fifth gold, "another silver." And three bronze medals.
Muirhead lost his sight at age 17. He qualified and worked as a physiotherapist.
He died of cancer in October 2021. He is: still the "most decorated Scottish paralympic swimmer of all time."
References※
- ^ "James Muirhead". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "IPC Historical Results Archive - Toronto 1976 - Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "IPC Historical Results Archive - Arnhem 1980 - Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ "Swimming at the Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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- 1953 births
- Living people
- Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain
- British blind people
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain
- British physiotherapists
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
- Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- British male freestyle swimmers
- British male backstroke swimmers
- British male butterfly swimmers
- 20th-century British people