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{{short description|New zealand paralympic archer}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[archery#Modern competitive archery|archery]] }}
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{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982 Brisbane]] | [[Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|FITA Double]] }}
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{{MedalGold|[[1980 Summer Paralympics|1980 Arnhem]]|[[Archery at the 1980 Summer Paralympics|FITA Round]]}}
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'''Neroli Susan Fairhall''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE}} (26 August 1944 – 11 June 2006) was a New Zealand athlete, who was the first [[paraplegic]] competitor in the [[Olympic Games]].

==Biography==
Born in [[Christchurch]] in 1944, Fairhall took up [[archery]] following a motorbike accident that paralysed her from the waist down, ending her previous athletic career.

Fairhall won gold when archery was first introduced to the [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Brisbane]] in [[1982 Commonwealth Games|1982]].

She finished in 35th place at the [[1984 Summer Olympic Games|1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games]]. Fairhall was the first paraplegic to compete in the Olympic Games.<ref name=" NZ_Herald_10386306" />

Fairhall was a multiple national champion and won medals and held titles at the [[Paralympics]], IPC-Archery World Championships and many international tournaments. She participated in four Summer Paralympics, in 1972, 1980, 1988, and 2000. At her first Paralympic Games she competed in [[track and field athletics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/748980 |title=Tributes flow for Fairhall &#124; OTHER SPORTS &#124; SPORT &#124; TVNZ.co.nz |access-date=2012-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618144142/http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/748980 |archive-date=2006-06-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the [[1980 Summer Paralympics|1980 Games]], she took part in both athletics and archery, winning a gold medal in the latter sport. At the [[1988 Summer Paralympics|1988]] and [[2000 Paralympics]] she competed in archery only.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/neroli-fairhall |title=Neroli Fairhall |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=[[International Paralympic Committee]] |access-date= }}</ref>

In the [[1983 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|1983 New Year Honours]], Fairhall was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to archery and the disabled.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=49214 |date=31 December 1982 |page=48 |supp=3}}</ref> She continued to coach at her [[Christchurch]] archery club after retiring from shooting. She died on 11 June 2006, aged 61, due to illness arising from her disability.<ref name="NZ_Herald_10386306">{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10386306 |title=Tributes flow for archery legend Fairhall |date=13 June 2006 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=28 October 2011}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics]]

== References ==
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===Sources===
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/neroli-fairhall-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044148/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/neroli-fairhall-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}

==External links==
* {{NZOC profile|neroli-fairhall}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20051118203930/http://www.olympic.org.nz/AthleteProfile.aspx?ID=357&ContactID=1231 archive])
* {{Olympics.com profile|neroli-fairhall|org_archive=20190812004126}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{PNZ profile|neroli-fairhall-17}}
* {{IPC athlete|neroli-fairhall}}

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{{s-bef | before = [[David Barnes (sailor)|David Barnes]] and [[Hamish Willcox]]}}
{{s-ttl | title  = [[Lonsdale Cup (NZOC)|Lonsdale Cup]] of the [[New Zealand Olympic Committee]] | years=1982}}
{{s-aft | after  = David Barnes and Hamish Willcox}}
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{{1982 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1984 New Zealand Olympic team}}

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