David Higgins (archer)

David L. Higgins (born 16 February 1968) is an Australian Paralympic archery silver medalist. A paraplegic from the Lake Macquarie suburb of Eleebana, he started archery at the age of eleven and two years later he became the first paraplegic in Australia to qualify for a national championship in archery against able-bodied archers. He was Australia's youngest team member at the age of 16 at the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Paralympics. He won a silver medal in the Men's Short Metric Round Team 1A–6 event and finished 7th in the Men's Double Advanced Metric Round Paraplegic event.

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Paralympic archers for Australia

Archers at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic silver medalists for Australia

Wheelchair category Paralympic competitors

People with paraplegia

Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales

1968 births

Living people

Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Australian male archers

Paralympic medalists in archery

Sportsmen from New South Wales