Dave Tarrant

David Tarrant (1935/1936 – 2018) was a New Zealand Paralympian who competed in sport shooting.

Not to be confused with the New Zealand cricketer David Tarrant.

Dave Tarrant
Personal information
Full nameDavid Tarrant
Died2018 (aged 82 or 83)
Sport
Country New Zealand
SportShooting
Medal record
Men's shooting para sport
Representing  New Zealand
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Arnhem Mixed Air Pistol 2-5

Tarrant lived in Christchurch. At the age of 31, a fall from a tree left him a paraplegic. He set up a shooting range across his living room with the target hooked into the stairs.[1] At the Australian national paraplegic games in 1979 he won a gold medal and set a world record in the air pistol event with a score of 363 out of a possible 400.[2] At the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, he won a bronze medal in the Mixed Air Pistol 2-5 event.[3] He died in 2018.

References
  1. "Dave Tarrant #39". Paralympics NZ. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. Dunbar, Tim (12 December 1979). "Dave Tarrant happy with world record". Press: 48.
  3. "Arnhem 1980". Paralympics New Zealand. Retrieved 23 April 2021.


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