Danielle Brown

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For other people named Danielle Brown, see Danielle Brown (disambiguation).
Danielle Brown
Personal information
Born (1988-04-10) 10 April 1988 (age 36)
Lothersdale, North Yorkshire, England
Website www.daniellebrown.co.uk
Medal record
Archery
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Women's individual compound
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Women's individual compound
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Delhi Women's compound team

Danielle Brown MBE (born 10 April 1988[1]) is an English competitive archer.

She was born in Lothersdale, North Yorkshire.[2]

Career

Her first international competitive event was at the European Archery Championships (for athletes with disabilities) in Nymburk in 2006. She reached the semi-finals of the Compound Bow Open Class event, and was defeated (100 to 105) by Gulbin Su of Turkey. She lost the bronze medal match to fellow British competitor Melanie Clarke (101 to 109).[3]

She then took part in the IPC World Archery Championships in Cheongju in 2007. Competing in the Compound Bow Open Class event, she won gold with a score of 114 points (defeating Gulbin Su 116–107 in the semi-final, and Wang Li of China 114–108 in the final). She was also part of the British women's team which won gold in the team event in the Compound Bow Open Class, defeating Japan 221–199 in the final.[3][4]

In 2008, Brown won silver (beaten by Gulbin Su in the final) in the Invitation Disabled Archery Event in Stoke Mandeville, then competed at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, where she won gold in the Women's individual compound, defeating Wang in the quarter-finals, Clarke in the semis, and Chieko Kamiya of Japan in the final (112–98). In 2009, she won a second successive individual gold medal, and a team gold, at the IPC World Archery Championships, followed in 2010 by three successive individual gold medals: at the Arizona Cup, at the Stoke Mandeville World Invitational Disabled Archery Competition, and at the European Para-archery Championships.[5]

She represented England in archery at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, having qualified "after a two-day selection shoot in Coventry in June where she finished second behind world number one Nicky Hunt".[2] She was "the first Paralympian to represent England in an able-bodied event at the Games",[6][7][8] though cyclist Sarah Storey (who won two gold medals in cycling at the 2008 Paralympics) also competed against able-bodied athletes a few days later.[9][10] She won a gold medal in the Women's Team Compound event, beating Canada 232–229 alongside team-mates Nicky Hunt and Nichola Simpson.[11]

In 2011 she won an additional individual gold medal at the IPC World Championships in Turin, followed by two silver medals in the women's team event and the mixed team event.[12]

In 2012 she won her second successive Paralympic Games gold medal, beating GB teammate Mel Clarke in the final at the Royal Artillery Barracks, London.[12]

Brown was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to archery.[13][14]

On 1 September 2013 Danielle won the able-bodied British title with victory at the ArcheryGB National Series finals in Nottingham. She beat Lucy O'Sullivan 142–141 in the compound final.[15]

Personal life

Brown suffers from reflex sympathetic dystrophy, also known as complex regional pain syndrome, in the feet, and competes sitting down or "leaning on a stool". She was, at the time of the 2008 Paralympics, a law student at Leicester University, and subsequently achieved a first.[2][16][17][18] She was bestowed an honorary degree of Doctors of Laws from the University of Leicester on Friday 25 January 2013[19] On 19 September 2013 Leicester University named a sports centre after her. [20] On 22 September 2013 Brown was made a Freewoman of the district of Craven.[21] and on 1 July 2014 Brown was given the Freedom of the City of London.

Achievements

File:Gold Post Box for Danielle Brown - geograph.org.uk - 3115864.jpg
The gold post box painted in honour of Brown's 2012 Summer Paralympic gold medal

Source:[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Danielle Brown", International Paralympic Committee – Archery
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ones to watch in Delhi: Danielle Brown", BBC, 4 October 2010
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Athlete results: Melanie Brown, International Paralympic Committee – Archery
  4. ↑ "6th IPC World Archery Championships", International Paralympic Committee – Archery
  5. ↑ Athlete results: Danielle Brown, International Paralympic Committee – Archery
  6. ↑ "Archery is back at the Commonwealth Games", International Archery Federation, 26 August 2010
  7. ↑ "Danielle Brown wins historic Commonwealth Games place", BBC, 24 June 2010
  8. ↑ "Paralympian Danielle Brown makes squad for Commonwealth Games", The Guardian, 24 June 2010
  9. ↑ "InterviewSarah Storey: From Paralympic swimmer to Commonwealth cyclist", The Guardian, 1 October 2010
  10. ↑ "The Paralympian taking on able-bodied athletes", The Independent, 2 October 2010
  11. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2010: England archers win gold", BBC, 7 October 2010
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Archer ID 6876
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 24. 29 December 2012.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ "DANIELLE BROWN – ARCHERY", English Federation of Disability Sport
  17. ↑ "Danielle Brown wins historic Commonwealth Games place", BBC, 24 June 2010
  18. ↑ "Paralympian Danielle Brown makes squad for Commonwealth Games", The Guardian, 24 June 2010
  19. ↑ [1], Leicester university website
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ [2], 'The Craven Herald', 13 September 2013
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