Jessica Stretton

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Jessica Stretton
MBE
Personal information
Nationality British
Born (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 22) [1]
London, England [2]
Sport
Sport Archery
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Archery
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's individual compound W1
World Para-Archery Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Donaueschingen Compound W1
European Para-Archery Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Saint-Jean-de-Monts Compound W1

Jessica Stretton, MBE (born 23 March 2000) is a British Paralympic archer with cerebral palsy.

In the 2016 Summer Paralympics, her debut Paralympics, Stretton won her first Paralympic medal, which was gold, at the age of 16. She became Great Britain's youngest ever medallist in archery.

Stretton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to archery. [3]

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References

  1. "Jess Stretton - Rio 2016". rio.paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. "World Archery Extranet". extranet.worldarchery.org. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk . Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 86. Retrieved 31 December 2016.