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| Born | 1944or1945(age 79–80) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery Para-athletics Paralympic shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West Brownlow [1] (born 1944/1945) [2] [lower-alpha 1] is an American paralympic archer, athlete and sport shooter. He competed at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Paralympics.
Brownlow was a ski instructor. [3]
Brownlow competed at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, winning a gold and silver medal in archery and athletics. [4] He then competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, winning two bronze medals in shooting. [5]
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