Bob McPherson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 22 November 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Wheelchair Championship appearances | 5 (2013, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paralympic appearances | 2 (2014, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert "Bob" McPherson (born 22 November 1968) [1] is a British wheelchair curler from Scotland.
McPherson made his paralympic debut at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. [2] He won a bronze medal, with the British team beating China 7–3 in the third-place play-off match. [3]
McPherson also competed on the British Paralympic curling team for the 2018 Paralympics, where they missed the playoffs, finishing 7th with a record of 5–6. [4]
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