William McLeod (Paralympian)

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William McLeod
MBE

Personal information
Full name	William Borrie McLeod
Nationality	British
Born	Scotland
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Athletics Lawn bowls
Event(s)	Long jump Pentathlon sprint Lawn bowls
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals	1976 1980 1984
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games Men's athletics 1980 New York 60m - A Lawn bowls 1980 New York Men's singles A 1976 Toronto Men's singles A

William McLeod MBE is a Paralympian track and field athlete and lawn bowls player from Scotland competing mainly in category A events. In 1976 he competed as a lawn bowls player at the Summer Paralympics, winning a silver medal in the Men's singles. Four years later, at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in New York, he took gold in the Lawn Bowls Men's singles and the 60m sprint.

He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1985 Birthday Honours for services to sport for the disabled.^[1]

• William McLeod at the International Paralympic Committee