Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, Los Angeles 1985 — SignDNA - Deaf National Archive New Zealand

Team Photo: New Zealand Deaf Sports Team, Los Angeles 1985

NEW ZEALAND DEAF SPORTS TEAM; FIFTEENTH WORLD GAMES FOR THE DEAF LOS ANGELES, U.S.A. 10TH – 20TH JULY 1985. MEDALS WON: J. OOTEMAN Cyclist 35 km (Gold); J. WATTS AND C. HAMLIN, Badminton Women Double (Gold); P. CROSKERY AND P. WENT, Badminton Women Double (Silver).

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Adrian Winterburn

Adrian Winterburn

Carolyn Berry (Hamlin)

Carolyn Berry (Hamlin)

Doug (Douglas) Croskery

Doug (Douglas) Croskery

Gerald Koat

Hayden Costar

Hugh Bosman

Janet Watt

John (Johannes) Ooteman

John (Johannes) Ooteman

John Lavell

John McRae

Jonathan Anton

Karen Coutts

Katrina Phillips

Katrina Phillips

Kay Drew

Kaz Witko

Kevin Lawrence

Lindsay (Lee) Bamford

Lindsay (Lee) Bamford

Malcolm Clausen

Malcolm Clausen

Margaret Coutts

Margaret Coutts

Martin Abela

Michael Rose

Morris Coutts

Murray Kirk

Noel Coventry

Norman Norris

Pam Croskery (McCullough)

Pam Croskery (McCullough)

Paul Buzzard

Paul Scott

Penny Went (Clements)

Penny Went (Clements)

Richard Peri

Royce Flynn

Susie (Suzanne) Ovens

Susie (Suzanne) Ovens

Terry (Terence) Kane

Terry (Terence) Kane

Terry Siviter

Tony (Anthony) Walton

Tony (Anthony) Walton

Tony McGill

Troy Parnell

Wayne Andersen

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Taonga source:

Margaret Coutts

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SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 1985-P002-MC

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