Ex-rugby player Nathan Macqueen shooting for gold at Paralympics

Luke Jarmyn

FORMER rugby prodigy turned paralympic archer Nathan Macqueen could fulfil a life’s ambition today for Team GB in Paris.
Macqueen was a promising age-grade prospect for Glasgow Warriors, playing alongside several future Scotland internationals before a serious motorbike accident on his way to work left him paralysed from the waist down.
The 33-year-old came up the ranks at Dumfries Saints and turned out for Warriors U18s.
But he thought his life was over after the horrific crash in 2009.
Through the support of his family – in particular his mum and his wife Tara – Macqueen foun...

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