Gwen Buck

Gwen Buck BEM (1929–13 February 2005) was a British Paralympic athlete who competed in several sporting disciplines.

She won gold medals in table tennis, lawn bowls, and swimming, and entered several athletics events across four Paralympic Games.

On transfer to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1946 she met Ludwig Guttmann who helped Buck learn to become independent as a wheelchair user.

[2] At the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Buck partnered with Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Countess of Swinton in the Women's Doubles B Table Tennis event, winning the gold medal.

At the 1968 Games in Tel Aviv she spread out into a variety of other sports including lawn bowls, swimming, and three field athletics disciplines: discus, javelin, and shot put.