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Born | Trepassey, Newfoundland, Canada | 20 July 1953|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 October 2023 New Zealand | (aged 70)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics, Wheelchair racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Melvin Leo Fitzgerald CM (20 July 1953 – 2 October 2023) was a Canadian Paralympic athlete.[1][2]
Fitzgerald was born in Trepassey, Newfoundland in July 1953.[3] He competed in athletics in the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics, winning eight medals. He used a wheelchair since the age of two, when he was afflicted with polio.[4] He was named a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in 1982,[5] and in 2018 was inducted into the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association Hall of Fame.[6]
On 2 October 2023, Fitzgerald died from cardiovascular disease in New Zealand, where he had been living. He was 70.[2]