Phoebe Paterson Pine

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Phoebe Paterson Pine
MBE
Personal information
Born (1997-12-03) 3 December 1997 (age 27)
Siddington, Gloucestershire, England
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Paralympic archery
EventCompound bow W2
Medal record
Women's archery Compound bow W2
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Individual compound W2

Phoebe Paterson Pine (born 3 December 1997) [1] is a British paralympian and archer. She won gold in the Women's individual compound open at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. [1] [2] [3] She defeated Jessica Stretton, and Tatiana Andrievskaia, to advance to the final. She competed at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

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Career

Born in Siddington, Gloucestershire, [4] Paterson Pine competed at the 2017 World Para Archery Championships, where she won a bronze medal. [5]

Paterson Pine was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to archery. [6] [7]

She won the bronze medal in her event at the 2022 World Para Archery Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [8]

She competed at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris where she was beaten into fourth place by her seven-month pregnant colleague Jodie Grinham. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Archery: PATERSON PINE Phoebe". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. "Tokyo Paralympics: Andrew Small, Phoebe Paterson Pine strike gold for Great Britain in men's T33 100m and archery". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. "Paterson Pine wins archery battle of Britain before claiming Paralympic gold". the Guardian. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. Woodall, Phil, ed. (October 2021). "SIDDINGTON ATHLETE STRIKES GOLD IN TOKYO" (PDF). The Village News: 2.
  5. Tokyo, Tom Harle in (30 August 2021). "Phoebe Paterson Pine beats best friend en route to Paralympic archery gold". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N23.
  7. "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
  8. "Compound Open Bronze Medal Winners!". Archery GB. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. Aldred, Tanya (31 August 2024). "Jodie Grinham shoots into history with Paralympic archery bronze while pregnant". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 1 September 2024.