Dick Thompson (athlete)
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| Full name | Dick Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December , 1930 Tynemouth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1993 (aged 62–63) St Oswald's Hospice, Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Javelin, club throw, shot put, wheelchair basketball, fencing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dick Thompson (December 1930 – 1993) was a British Paralympic athlete who won six gold medals competing in track and field events. Thompson was most successful at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, winning three golds in the javelin events, a gold in the club throw, a bronze in the shot put, and two medals with the men's wheelchair basketball team.
Thompson married fellow Paralympian Diane Gubbin. He died in 1993, aged 62, at St Oswald's Hospice in Newcastle.