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Eve Rimmer

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New Zealand paralympic athlete

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Eva Marion "Eve" Rimmer née Davies was a New Zealand Paralympic athlete. She was born in Whanganui, New Zealand and became one of New Zealand's greatest paraplegic athletes, winning 32 medals - including 22 gold medals - for athletics and swimming at international sporting events.

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Eve the world's leading paraplegic field events athlete in action at Stoke Mandeville - the shot, the javelin, the discus.Eve the world's leading paraplegic field events athlete in action at Stoke Mandeville - the shot, the javelin, the discus.Two golds and a bronze at the home of para sport. The medal presentation at the Stoke Mandeville international para games in 1972.Two golds and a bronze at the home of para sport. The medal presentation at the Stoke Mandeville international para games in 1972.

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1973British Empire Medal

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Eva Marion "Eve" Rimmer née Davies was a New Zealand Paralympic athlete. She was born in Whanganui, New Zealand and became one of New Zealand's greatest paraplegic athletes, winning 32 medals - including 22 gold medals - for athletics and swimming at international sporting events. Growing up in the small rural town of Edgecumbe, Eve was a talented young athlete. As Eve says in her biography "On natural ability alone, I held the school's long jump record for many years". This made up for her poor academic credentials. As soon as she was old enough she left school. In 1952 at age fifteen, Eve was left paralysed from the waist down when the vehicle she was in crashed on a dark wet night. This life changing experience did not prevent Eve Rimmer from becoming one of the best athletes in the world. She went on to be a multi-medal winner in shot put, javelin, pentathlon, discus, swimming and archery, In 1973 she received the British Empire Medal.

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New Zealand
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Athletes
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Athlete
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 1996 · aged 59
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