Mel Fitzgerald

Melvin Leo Fitzgerald CM was a Canadian Paralympic athlete.

Biography

Fitzgerald was born in Trepassey, Newfoundland in July 1953. He competed in athletics in the 1980 and 1984 Paralympics, winning eight medals. He used a wheelchair since the age of two, when he was afflicted with polio. He was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1982, and in 2018 was inducted into the Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association Hall of Fame.
On 2 October 2023, Fitzgerald died from cardiovascular disease in New Zealand, where he had been living. He was 70.