# Alan Conn

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**Alan Conn** is an Australian Paralympian archer and table tennis player from [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales). He had an accident at 18 on his motorcycle that led to him becoming paraplegic.[1] At the [1968 Tel Aviv Games](/source/1968_Summer_Paralympics), he won a gold medal in the Men's Columbia Round open archery event, with a world record score of 618,[1] and a silver medal in the Mixed Pairs open dartchery event.[2] He also competed but did not win a medal in the Men's Doubles B [table tennis](/source/Table_tennis) event.[2] At the time of the Games, he was 24 years old, and working as a shoe maker for the Commonwealth rehabilitation artificial limb plant. He started competing in archery three years before the Games.[1] At the [1972 Heidelberg Games](/source/1972_Summer_Paralympics), he won a bronze medal in the Men's FITA Round Team open.[2]

## References

1. ["World Record to Our Archer"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YBdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eZMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2465,2553301&hl=en). *The Age*. 13 November 1968. Retrieved 4 April 2012.

1. ["Results"](http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=aus&name=Conn&fname=&gender=all). International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

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