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'''Tom Killin''' (born 30 March 1950<ref name="2010 Handbook">{{Cite web|title=2010 Team handbook and guide |website=paralympics.org.uk |publisher=British Paralympic Association |url=http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=1224&filetitle=Vancouver+2010+Team+Handbook |accessdate=20 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609152605/http://www.paralympics.org.uk/core/core_picker/download.asp?id=1224&filetitle=Vancouver%2B2010%2BTeam%2BHandbook |archivedate= 9 June 2011 }}</ref>) is a British multi-sport Paralympian. Killin was paralysed following a traffic accident at the age of 17.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Curler-shrugs-off-his-disability.5982033.jp |title=Curler shrugs off his disability to head for fourth Paralympics |date=14 January 2010 |author=Adam Morris |accessdate=21 April 2010 |work=The Scotsman}}</ref>

Killin was born in Edinburgh. He won two medals in fencing at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. He also represented Scotland and Britain in disability table tennis and basketball for 12 years, including winning a World Championship silver medal in singles table tennis.<ref name="Herald">{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/ready-willing-and-able-quintet-curling-for-gold-scottish-rink-are-gb-s-strongest-medal-contenders-at-paralympics-says-doug-gillon-1.27769 |title=Ready, willing and able quintet curling for gold Scottish rink are GB's strongest medal contenders at Paralympics, says Doug Gillon |author=Doug Gillon |accessdate=21 April 2010 |date=28 February 2006 |work=The Herald}}</ref> Killin made his first Paralympic appearance as a wheelchair fencer at the 1980 Summer Games where he won two silver medals, and also competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics.<ref name="Herald"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/4776988.stm |title=New beginnings |author=Elizabeth Hudson |work=BBC Sport |date=9 March 2006 |access-date=21 April 2010}}</ref>

He first joined the Braehead Curling Club in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/dyncat.cfm?catid=28643 |title=Athlete Profile - Tom Killin |accessdate=21 April 2010 |publisher=Scottish disability Sport}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In 2005 he represented Scotland at the World Championships in a team that also contained Frank Duffy, Ken Dickson, Angie Malone and Michael McCreadie. They won the gold medal and all five athletes were selected to compete for Britain in the first Paralympic wheelchair curling event held at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin, Italy.<ref name="Herald"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zen7542.zen.co.uk/BWCA/GB%20announces%20strong%20curling%20team%20for%20Winter%20Paralympic%20Games.htm |title=GB announces strong curling team for Winter Paralympic Games |date=30 October 2005 |accessdate=20 April 2010 |author=British Paralympic Committee |publisher=British Wheelchair Curling Association |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305221221/http://www.zen7542.zen.co.uk/BWCA/GB%20announces%20strong%20curling%20team%20for%20Winter%20Paralympic%20Games.htm |archivedate=5 March 2012 }}</ref>

During the Paralympic tournament Britain won their group games against the teams from Denmark, Sweden, Italy and the United States, and lost the matches against Switzerland, Norway and Canada. Their record of four wins and three losses meant they finished the group stage in second place and advanced to the medal rounds. They beat Sweden in the semifinal and went on to face Canada in the final. Trailing 6–3 in the final, end skip Frank Duffy had an opportunity with the last stone of the tournament for an open hit of a Canadian stone that would have scored four for Britain and won them the gold medal. He threw too hard and the shot tracked an inch wide allowing Canada to score one and win 7–4 leaving Killin and the rest of the British team as silver medalists.<ref name="wheelchaircurling.com">{{Cite web |url=http://wheelchaircurling.com/torino.htm |title=Canada take GOLD at Torino Paralympics |accessdate=20 April 2010 |publisher=wheelchaircurling.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228053729/http://www.wheelchaircurling.com/torino.htm |archive-date=28 February 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2010 Killin was again part of Great Britain's Paralympic wheelchair curling team. The team, which also featured Michael McCreadie as skip, Angela Malone, Aileen Neilson and James Sellar, had finished fifth at the 2009 World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.paralympics.org.uk/page.asp?section=00010001001900060001&sectionTitle=Meet+the+ParalympicsGB+Wheelchair+Curlers |title=Meet the ParalympicsGB Wheelchair Curlers |publisher=ParalympicsGB |accessdate=13 April 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/8455092.stm |title=Britain name Paralympic curling squad for Vancouver |work=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2010 |access-date=13 April 2010}}</ref> Britain won three of their nine group games, beating teams from Switzerland, Germany, and Japan. They finished in sixth position, which meant that they did not advance to the medal matches.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/wheelchair-curling/schedule-and-results/|title= Wheelchair Curling Schedule and Results|publisher=Vancouver 2010 official website|accessdate=10 February 2010}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100312200618/http://www.vancouver2010.com/paralympic-games/wheelchair-curling/athletes/tom-killin_ath3001772gQ.html Profile] at the Official Website for the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver

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