Reuben Ngata

Reuben Ngata
Personal information
Nationality New Zealander
Born 1936 (age 81–82)
Tikitiki, New Zealand
Sport
Sport Athletics
Table tennis
Weightlifting
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
Weightlifting
1976 Toronto Men's lightweight

Reuben Ngata (born 1936 in Tikitiki) is a former New Zealand Paralympic athlete of Ngati Porou descent. In 1961, he became diagnosed with Polio[1]. In the 1968 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics. In the 1976 Summer Paralympics he competed in athletics, table tennis and weightlifting, winning a bronze medal in the Weightlifting in men's lightweight.

He would later take up boccia after the Toronto Games.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Glass half full Reuben". Pacific Homecare. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "BOCCIA NEW ZEALAND (INC.) Minutes of the Management Committee" (PDF). www.boccia.org.nz. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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