Eric Magennis
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born1937/1938
Medal record
Lawn bowls
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1972 HeidelbergMen's Singles
Gold medal – first place1976 TorontoMen's Pairs wh
Gold medal – first place1984 New York/Stoke MandevilleMen's Pairs paraplegic

Eric Magennis (born 1937/1938)[1] is an Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player and archer. He first represented Australia in lawn bowls at the 1970 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Edinburgh, where he won a pairs gold medal .[1] At the 1972 Heidelberg Paralympics, he participated in archery and became the first Australian to win a gold medal in the lawn bowls Men's Singles event.[1][2] He won two further Paralympic gold medals, one with Bruce Thwaite at the 1976 Toronto Games in the Men's Pairs wh event[3] and the other with Roy Fowler at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games in the Men's Pairs paraplegic event.[2][4] He retired from international competition in 1986, having won 78 out of the 85 games which he played over his 16-year career.[1]

He also participated in able-bodied competition, notably as part of a team that reached the final of the 1979 New South Wales State Fours Championship.[1] He is affectionately nicknamed "Wheels" in the bowling community.[1] As of 1991, he was working as a lawn bowls coach in the Sydney suburb of Riverstone and throughout New South Wales.[1] He also competed in national championships in archery, weightlifting, table tennis and pistol and rifle shooting.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Schuback, Ian (6 August 1991). "'Wheels' Magennis just keeps on bowling along". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 39. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lawn bowls pairs results for 1976". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Lawn bowls pairs results for 1984". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
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