Margaret Maughan

Margaret Maughan was left paralysed from the waist down and unable to walk in a road accident in Malawi in 1959. She was treated at at Stoke Mandeville Hospital where spinal injury unit founder Dr. Ludwig Guttmann pioneered the use of sport in therapy. Whilst she was there she took up archery and joined an archery club.

The hospital had been the site of the Stoke Mandeville Games, a sports competition for wheelchair athletes which subsequently developed into the Paralympic Games.

Paralympic Record

• Rome – 2 Golds (Archery, Women's Columbia Round open; Swimming 50 metres backstroke)
• Heidelberg – 1 Gold (Dartchery , Women’s Pairs)
• Toronto – 2 Silvers (Dartchery, Women’s Pairs; Lawn Bowls, Women’s Pairs)
• Arnhem – 1 Gold (Lawn Bowls; Women’s Pairs)

Schoolteacher by profession. From Lancashire. The attached shipping record looks to be connected to her - giving a birthdate of 20th June 1928. Her address is given as nr.Preston, Lancashire - 125 Stockfield Road. She was a passenger aboard the "Scythia" from New York arriving at Liverpool on 3 Aug 1957. She gave her place of last permanent residence as Jamaica with the intention of living in England permanently.

Births Registered July- Sep 1928

Maughan Margaret G Holt (Mother's Maiden Name) Preston 8e 667

also Births Jun 1923 MAUGHAN Alec Holt Preston 8e 726

Marriages Jun 1922

• HOLT Margaret B Maughan Preston 8e 1559
• MAUGHAN Charles Holt Preston 8e 1559

Margaret Maughan

• Born: 20.06.28
• Sports: Archery, Dartchery, Lawn Bowls, Swimming
• Games: 1960 Rome, 1968 Tel Aviv, 1972 Heidelberg, 1976 Toronto, 1980 Arhnem
• Biography
• Margaret has the distinction of winning Britain’s first Paralympic Gold medal at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome 1960 in Archery. She competed at a further 4 Paralympic Games.

Margaret was also the first English lady to win a FITA star, which means shooting over 1000 score in a FITA event. She won the Sports Journalists Award for the disabled sports personality of the year in 1971 and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Wheelpower in 1999.

After she finished competing Margaret was secretary of the Stoke Mandeville Lawn Bowls Association, secretary of the British Wheelchair Bowls Association and was involved with the organisation of the Inter Spinal Unit Games, also at Stoke Mandeville.

Margaret currently lives in Hertfordshire.

References and Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Maughan
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/36238...
• http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/cd528cfc-adf7-11e1-bb8e-00144feabdc0.html...
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19366834 http://www.paralympiansclub.org.uk/athlete.asp?itemTitle=Justin+Fri...