Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's individual compound

Women's individual compound open
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Green Archery Field
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Danielle Brown  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Chieko Kamiya  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Melanie Clarke  Great Britain
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The Women's individual compound open was one of the events held in archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

The competition began with a ranking round, to determine the pairings in the next stage. Britain's Danielle Brown ranked first, setting a world record with 676 points, and was consequently paired against China's Wang Li, who ranked lowest with 551 points. Sweden's Zandra Reppe, second with 658 points was paired against Japan's Chieko Kamiya, seventh with 627 points. Turkey's Gülbin Su (650) was paired against Sweden's Ann-Christin Nilsson (641), while Britain's Melanie Clarke (647) and Pippa Britton (643) were paired against each other.

In the quarter-finals, the highest ranked archer defeated her opponent in three of the pairs. Brown defeated Wang 107:81; Clarke beat Britton 110:106; and Su beat Nilsson 112:102. But Kamiya narrowly defeated Reppe 107:106 to advance to the semi-finals.

In the semis, Clarke again found herself against a fellow Briton, Brown, who set a Paralympic record by defeating her 113:107. In the other semi-final, Kamiya again advanced by a very narrow margin, beating Su 106:104. Clarke then won the bronze medal match by beating Su 113:109.

In the final, Danielle Brown took the gold medal, defeating Chieko Kamiya with the convincing score of 112:98.[1] It was Brown's first participation in the Paralympic Games, at the age of 22; she later qualified to compete for England in the able-bodied archery competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Ranking Round

Rank Archer Score 10's X's Notes
1  Danielle Brown (GBR) 676 34 13 WR
2  Zandra Reppe (SWE) 658 26 10
3  Gülbin Su (TUR) 650 19 11
4  Mel Clarke (GBR) 647 21 8
5  Pippa Britton (GBR) 643 24 11
6  Ann-Christin Nilsson (SWE) 641 23 5
7  Chieko Kamiya (JPN) 627 17 5
8  Wang Li (CHN) 551 6 3

Competition bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Danielle Brown (GBR) 107
 
 
 
 Wang Li (CHN) 81
 
 Danielle Brown (GBR) 113
 
 
 
 Mel Clarke (GBR) 107
 
 Pippa Britton (GBR) 106
 
 
 
 Mel Clarke (GBR) 110
 
 Danielle Brown (GBR) 112
 
 
 
 Chieko Kamiya (JPN) 98
 
 Gülbin Su (TUR) 112
 
 
 
 Ann-Christin Nilsson (SWE) 102
 
 Gülbin Su (TUR) 104
 
 
 
 Chieko Kamiya (JPN) 106 Third place
 
 Chieko Kamiya (JPN) 107
 
 
 
 Zandra Reppe (SWE) 106
 
 Mel Clarke (GBR) 113
 
 
 Gülbin Su (TUR) 109
 

References

  1. ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games: Archery: Women's Individual Compound open", International Paralympic Committee. (Add a blank space and then "Compound&eclass=open", without quotation marks, to display the results.)
  2. ^ "Paralympian Danielle Brown makes squad for Commonwealth Games", The Guardian, June 24, 2010