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Our Paralympic Archers…
John Stubbs MBE Warrington
Men’s compound (Born, 12 July 1965)
John is the defending Paralympic Games
champion. Among many other championships
John has won around the world, he was World
Champion in 2005, and the World Championship
silver medallist in 2011.
Richard Hennahane Yorkshire
Men’s compound (Born, 2 January 1981)
Richard won a gold medal at his first ever World
Championship tournament, in Turin 2011, as a
member of the men’s recurve team with John
Stubbs and Eric Thomas. He was 7th in the
individual event.
Kenny Allen - Norfolk
Phil Bottomley Bradford
Danielle Brown Telford
Sharon Vennard Northern Ireland
Paul Browne Hertford
Pippa Britton Newport ( South Wales)
Leigh Walmsley Warrington
Men’s recurve (Born, 4 November 1958)
Phil represented The Netherlands in his early
days as an international archer, because he both
lived and worked there. But his heart belonged
in the UK, and in 2009 he joined the GB squad.
Among recent achievements, he won a silver
medal at the Stoke Mandeville Invitational
tournament in 2011.
Men’s recurve W2 (Born, 11 April 1961)
Paul made an immediate impact on the
international squad - in his first year as an
international, he made it to the Beijing
Paralympic Games, where he finished 9th. Two
years later, he won a gold medal at the European
Championships, and is now an established - and
accomplished - member of the GB Para squad.
Women’s compound (Born, 10 April 1988)
Dani is the defending Paralympic Games
champion. She is also a three time World
Champion. In 2010 Dani made headlines when
she became the first Para athlete to compete for
England at the Commonwealth Games: she won
a team gold medal, and reached the quarterfinals of the individual tournament.
Women’s compound (Born, 27 May 1963)
Pippa is a well established international archer,
who has won 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze
medals at the World Championship tournaments
she has been to since 2001.
Women’s recurve (Born, 17 September 1961)
Sharon won gold medals at international events in
the Czech Republic and the Stoke Mandeville
Invitational Tournament in 2011, as a member
of the ladies recurve team.
Women’s recurve (Born, 1 May 1969)
Leigh won a bronze medal at her first
international event, the Stoke Mandeville
Invitational.
She was 5th at the Beijing Games.
Men’s recurve (Born, 8 October 1969)
This will be Kenny’s first Paralympic Games, but
over the past three years he has become an
international regular. He was: 6th at the World
Championships, 2011.
John Cavanagh London
Men’s compound W1 (Born, 21 July 1956)
Murray Elliot - Scotland
Men’s recurve (Born, 15 October 1961)
This is Murray’s first Paralympic Games, but he
is an established member of the GB squad. His
achievements so far include a gold medal at the
Stoke Mandeville Invitational, 2011.
This will be JC’s fourth Paralympic Games, and
of the three he’s been to so far, he has won a
medal at two of them: a gold in Athens 2004,
and a silver in Beijing 2008. John has been an
international archer for 16 years.
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Mel Clarke Worcester
Women’s compound (Born, 2 September 1982)
Mel, who was one of the early Olympic Torch Bearers
when it passed through Worcester in May, won the
World Championship title in 2005. She was the bronze
medallist at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008.
Kate Murray Borders (Scotland)
Women’s recurve W1 (Born, 30 August 1948)
Kate was a bronze medallist at the 2007 World
Championships, and won a silver medal in the
women’s recurve team tournament.
She was born in Woolwich - just around the corner
from where this year’s Paralympic Games take place
at the Royal Artillery Barracks!
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The Paralympic Archery tournament takes place at the Royal Artillery
Barracks, Woolwich, between 30 August and 5 September.
The
Paralympic
Archery
disciplines are:
Men
Individual Compound
Individual Compound
Individual Recurve
Individual Recurve
Team Recurve
W1
Open
W1/2
Standing
Open
Women
Open
W1/2
Standing
Open
Individual Compound
Individual Recurve
Individual Recurve
Team Recurve
Paralympic
Archery
Classification
The sport is open to athletes with a physical disability
(including spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, amputee…)
in three functional classes (Open, Standing and Wheelchair). It compromises of individual and team events,
standing and wheelchair competitions, as well as events
for visually impaired.
There are three classes:
W1 for those with disability in arms
and legs, W2 for those with a disability
in the legs, and “Standing” / “Open”.
The Paralympic Archery Schedule
30 August
3 September
1000:
1030:
1200:
1230:
1500: semi-finals, men’s individual compound, W1
1530: semi-finals, men’s individual compound, open
1600: finals, men’s individual compound, W1
1615: finals, men’s individual compound, open
Qualification in all disciplines
1000: semi-finals, men’s individual recurve, W1/2
1030: semi-finals, men’s individual recurve, standing
1100: finals, men’s individual recurve, W1/2
1115: finals, men’s individual recurve, standing
31 August
Round of 32, men’s individual recurve W1/2
Round of 32, women’s individual recurve W1/2
Round of 16, men’s individual recurve W1/2
Round of 16, women’s individual recurve W1/2
1500: Round of 32, men’s individual compound, open
1630: Round of 16, men’s individual compound W1/2
1700: Round of 16, men’s individual compound, open
1730: Round of 16, women’s individual compound, open
1 September
1000: Round of 32, men’s individual recurve standing
1030: Round of 32, women’s individual recurve standing
1130: Round of 16, women’s individual recurve standing
1200: Round of 16, men’s individual recurve standing
1500: quarter-finals, women’s individual recurve, W1/2
1530: quarter-finals, men’s individual recurve, W1/2
1600: quarter-finals: men’s individual compound, W1
2 September
There’ll be 140 archers taking part, 88 men and 52
women
1000: quarter-finals: Women’s individual recurve, standing
1030: quarter-finals: Men’s individual recurve standing
They will be competing for medals in 7 individual
events, and 2 team tournaments
1500: quarter-finals: Women’s individual compound, open
1530: quarter-finals: men’s individual compound, open
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4 September
1000: semi-finals, women’s individual recurve, W1/2
1030: semi-finals, women’s individual recurve, standing
1100: finals, women’s individual recurve, W1/2
1115: finals, women’s individual recurve, standing
1515: semi-finals, women’s individual compound, W1
1600: finals, women’s individual compound, W1
5 September
1000: quarter-finals, women’s team recurve open
1100: quarter-finals, men’s team recurve open
1400: semi-finals, women’s team recurve open
1500: semi-finals, men’s team recurve open
1600: finals, women’s team recurve open
1700: finals, men’s team recurve open
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Archery at the Paralympics:
The History
Archery opened the programme of the first
International Games for the Disabled at Stoke
Mandeville in 1948 - the forerunner of the
Paralympic Games.
The first archery Paralympic tournament was at
Rome in 1960 - GB won 10 medals!
Archer Margaret Maughan won GB’s first ever
Paralympic gold medal. Just a year after she had
taken up archery, following a car crash that left her
paralysed from the waist down!
GB has won 11 Paralympic gold medals, 19 silver and
20 bronze - 50 medals in all!
GB will be represented by 13 archers at this year’s
Paralympic Games, a record number. 11 GB archers
went to Beijing in 2008. Kathy Critchlow-Smith was
among those 11 - her fifth Paralympic Games.
She has now retired.
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GB’s record at
the Paralympics
Beijing 2008
(2 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
Men Gold: John Stubbs, men’s compound
Silver: John Cavanagh, men’s W1 compound
Women Gold: Dani Brown, women’s compound
Bronze: Mel Clarke, women’s compound
GB finished second in the medals table, behind host
nation China (2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
Danielle Brown was one of the GB gold medallists at
Beijing. Dani is also the reigning women’s compound
world champion - indeed she has won the gold medal
at the last three world championships!
Dani beat Chieko Kamiya of Japan in the women’s
compound gold medal match.
Mel Clarke won the bronze medal in the women’s
compound tournament.
John Stubbs, in men’s compound, was GB’s other
Beijing gold medal winner. He beat Alberto Simonelli
of Italy in the final. Switzerland’s Philippe Horner
took the bronze medal. Horner is the current world
champion, and beat John in the gold medal match at
the Paralympic archery test event at the Royal
Artillery Barracks.
John Cavanagh completed the Beijing medal winners.
He took silver in the men’s compound W1, losing to
David Drahonisky of the Czech Republic in the final.
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Athens 2004
(2 golds)
Men Gold: John Cavanagh, who beat Anders Groenberg of
Sweden in the men’s comound W1 final.
Women Team Gold: Women’s Open Team Event, thanks to Anita
Chapman, Kathy Smith and Margaret Parker, beat Italy’s
Paola Fantato, Sandra Truccolo and Anna Menconi to gain
revenge for losing the final at Sydney four years earlier.
Sydney 2000
(1 gold, 2 silver)
Women Gold: Anita Chapman beat Malgorzata Olejnik of Poland
in the Women’s Open Standing (reversing the result at
the 1996 Games!)
Silver: Kathy Smith, Women’s Individual W1/2 - beaten by
Paola Fantato of Italy.
Team silver: Smith, Anita Chapman and Jane White,
beaten by Fantato, Truccolo and Menconi in the Women’s
Open Team Tournament.
Atlanta 1996
(1 silver, 1 bronze)
Women Silver: Anita Chapman won an individual silver medal
in the Women’s Individual Standing, losing to Olejnik of
Poland.
Team bronze: Smith, Chapman and Rebecca Gale in the
Women’s Open Team Tournament.
Seoul 1988
(2 golds)
Women Gold: Karen Watts beat Elli Korva of Finland to win the
Women’s Double FITA Round.
Gold: Karen, Wilma Anic and Joan Cooper took gold in
the Women’s Double FITA Round team tournament,
ahead of Germany and Finland.
Los Angeles 1984
(2 golds, 1 silver, 4 bronze)
Men Individual gold: Philip Thorne, Double FITA round C3, C6
(just one competitor),
Individual bronze: Ernest Arnold, Double advaced metric
round tetraplegic.
Team bronze: Double FITA round team 1A-6, GB team;
Short metric round team 1A-6.
Women - gold: Helen Hilderley, Double FITA round
division 3, silver: Beverley Leaper, Double FITA Round,
Bronze: Anne Gray, Double short metric round paraplegic.
Arnhem 1980
(2 silver, 2 bronze)
Men Bronze: John Buchanan, double FITA round, paraplegic
Team silver: Buchanan, Alan Corrie, Ian Smith, Double
FITA round, team paraplegic.
Women Silver: Valerie Williamson, Short metric round, paraplegic.
Bronze: G Matthews, Advanced metric round, paraplegic.
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GB’s record at the Paralympics
continued
Montreal 1976
(1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)
Men Team Gold: Short metric team open: Anslow,
Biggs, Corrie
Silver: Smith Tetraplegic round A-C
Bronze: Corrie, Short metric round open, James,
FITA round tetraplegic A-C
Women Bronze: Matthews, Short metric round open
Munich 1972
(3 silver, 1 bronze)
Women Silver: Anderson, Women’s St. Nicholas round
tetraplegic, Gibbs: Women’s FITA round open
Team silver: Anderson, Taylor, Blackburn: Mixed
St. Nicholas round team tetraplegic
Bronze: Blackburn, Women’s St. Nicholas round
tetraplegic
Mexico 1968
Tokyo 1964
(2 silver, 2 bronze)
Women Silver: Forder, Albion Round Open
Silver: Legg-Willis, Columbia Round Open
Bronze: Tetley, Columbia Round Open
Bronze: Irvine, FITA Round Open
Rome 1960
(1 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze)
Men Silver: Bradley, Men’s FITA round open
Silver: Bradley, Men’s Windsor round open
Bronze: Potter, Men’s FITA round open
Bronze: Hepple, Men’s Columbia round open
Women Gold: Maughan, Women’s Columbia round
open
Silver: Comley, Women’s FITA round open
Silver: Irvine, Women’s Windsor round open
Bronze: Irvine, Women’s FITA round open
Bronze: Comley, Women’s Windsor round open
Bronze: Gubbin, Women’s Columbia round
open
(2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
Paralympic Archery:
Recent World Championship Successes
As well as Paralympic
success, GB Paralympic
archers have also
been consistent medal
winners at World
Championships.
GB archers have won 17 medals at the last four
World Championships – Italy 2005, Korea 2007, the
Czech Republic 2009 and Italy (Turin) in 2011.
Of those 19, 8 were gold, 4 were silver and 5 were
bronze.
Dani Brown (3), Mel Clarke, John Stubbs and
Steve Prowse have won individual golds
Men Gold: Nicholson, St Nicholas round, cervical
Silver: Potter, Robertson, Slough: Albion Round
Team Open
Silver: Potter, Robertson, Slough: FITA round
team open
Bronze: Bradshaw, St Nicholas round, cervical
Stubbs and Clarke have won individual silvers
Fred Stevens, Pippa Britton, Kathy Smith,
Kate Murray and Melissa Carter have won
individual bronze.
The men’s compound team won gold in 2011 and
silver in 2009.
Dani Brown and John Stubbs won a mixed team
silver in 2011.
Dani Brown is a triple world champion, winning
gold in 2011, 2009 and 2007
Indeed, GB can boast the women’s compound gold
medallist at the last four World Championships:
Mel Clarke won the title in 2005.
The 2009 women’s compound World
Championship gold medal match was an all British
affair, as Dani beat GB teammate Mel Clarke 114107.
Dani also scored 114 to win her first World
Championship gold, when she defeated China’s
Wang Li in Korea, 2007 - just four years after she
had taken up archery!
In 2011 she beat Russia’s Stepanida Arthakinova in
the final, 7-3.
In Turin, Dani also won a silver medal in the
women’s compound team tournament, with Pippa
Britton and Sarah Beamish, losing to Russia in the
final.
The women’s compound team won gold in
2007 and 2009 and silver in 2011.
Women Gold: Brooks, St. Nicholas round cervical
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Paralympic Archery:
Recent World Championship Successes
Dani won a silver in the
compound mixed team
tournament. She and John
Stubbs lost to Russia in the
final.
Pippa Britton lost to Mel in
the semi-finals, and won the
bronze medal. Kathy Smith
won a bronze medal in the
women’s recurve W2.
Medal
winners,
2005 2011
Reigning Paralympic
champion John Stubbs also
won the silver medal at the
2011 World Championships
in Turin, losing to
Switzerland’s Philippe
Horner.
Dani Brown has won 3
individual gold medals, 2
team golds, and 2 team
silvers.
John won a gold medal in
the men’s team compound
event, with Richard
Hennahane and Eric
Thomas, beating Korea
225-221 in the final.
John Stubbs has won
1 individual gold, 1
individual silver, 1 team
gold and 2 team silvers.
At the 2009 World
Championships in the
Czech Republic, along
with her individual gold
medal, Dani Brown won a
team gold with Mel Clarke
and Pippa Britton in the
women’s compound team
tournament.
Mel Clarke has won 1
individual gold, 2 team
golds and 1 silver.
Fred won the men’s
individual bronze medal
at 63. He’s since retired.
Key Personnel
Paralympic Coach:
Tim Hazell
Paralympic Team Manager:
Paul Atkins
Performance Director:
Archery GB Chairman:
David Harrison
Archery GB Chief Executive:
Media Relations (Elite):
Sara Symington
David Sherratt
Media Relations (Grass Roots): Peter Jones
Jane Percival
Sarah Beamish has a
team silver (2011).
Fred Stevens won a team
silver and an individual
bronze (2009).
Paul Atkins
Paralympic Team Manager, Archery GB
Tel: 07525 669534
John Murray won a team
silver (2009).
In 2007, Dani was joined as
a gold medallist by Steve
Prowse (visually impaired).
Kate Murray (women’s
recurve W1) and Melissa
Carter (visually impaired)
both won bronze medals.
Kate Murray won an
individual bronze (2007).
At the 2005 World
Championships in Italy, John
Stubbs (men’s compound)
and Mel Clarke (women’s
compound) won gold
medals.
Kathy Smith won a
bronze medal (2005).
Eric Thomas won a team
gold (2011).
Richard Hennahane won
a team gold (2011).
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Contacts
Pippa Britton has 2 team
golds (2007/2009), team
silver (2011) and an
individual bronze (2005).
John Stubbs won a
silver medal in the
men’s compound team
tournament, with Fred
Stevens and John Murray.
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Peter Jones
Media Relations, Archery GB
Tel: 07841 997408
Email: [email protected]
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archery in the United Kingdom.
Archery GB is affiliated to World
Archery, and is a member of the
British Olympic Association.
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