Debbie Willows
Deborah Willows (born 29 March 1961 in London, Ontario)[1] is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category C1 events.
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| Full name | Deborah Willows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Debbie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1961 London, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Port Sydney, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other interests | Wrote a novel about her journey with Cerebral Paisley in 2013 titled, "Living Beyond My Circumstances: The Deborah Willows Story"≥÷ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wheelchair Soccer, Swimming, Slalom & Boccia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Gold medal Paralympic Athlete and broke a world record in 50m Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Willows competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics in athletics, boccia and swimming. Her best result came in swimming, winning a gold medal in the Women's 25 m Freestyle with Aids C1. Her other medals came when she won bronze in the women's C1 boccia, and in distance and precision throwing events, she won bronze and silver respectively. Willows also competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Awards and honours
Willows was inducted into the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]
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References
- Debbie Willows paralympic.ca Retrieved on 4 January 2017
- "Debbie WIllows". CCPSA. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
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