Terry Biggs
{{short description|Australian table tennis player}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
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{{Medal|Competition|Paralympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville|Singles C1}}
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Terry Biggs is an Australian Paralympic table tennis player, athlete, and administrator. At the 1984 New York/Stoke Mandeville Games, he won a gold medal in the men's singles C1 table tennis event against Allen Francis from the United Kingdom,{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=C1&sport=tabletennis&competition=1984PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=Singles|title=Men's Singles C1 Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=5 February 2012}} came sixth in the men's slalom C3 event,{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=C3&sport=athletics&competition=1984PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=Slalom|title=Men's Slalom C3 - Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=5 February 2012}} and came seventh in the men's club throw C3 event,{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results.php?eclass=C3&sport=athletics&competition=1984PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=Club%20Throw|title=Men's Club Throw C3 - Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=5 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/search.php?sport=all&games=all&medal=all&npc=all&name=Biggs&fname=Terry&gender=all|title=Athlete Search Results|publisher=International Paralympic Committee|accessdate=5 February 2012}} He was one of the first Paralympic gold medallists with cerebral palsy.{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/979769|title=Biggs, Terry: Australian Sports Medal|publisher=It's an Honour|accessdate=5 February 2012}} He was the Director of the Australian Paralympic Federation (now the Australian Paralympic Committee) from 1992 to 1995, and was the President of the Cerebral Palsy Australian Sport & Recreation Federation from 1992 to at least 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/nsoc-f.html|archiveurl=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20000120000000/http:/www.ausport.gov.au/nsoc-f.html|archivedate=20 January 2000|title=1999 AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DIRECTORY C–F|publisher=Australian Sports Commission}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.
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Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
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Category:Paralympic medalists in table tennis
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Australia
Category:Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
Category:Cerebral palsy-category Paralympic competitors
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