Nancy Vonderheide

Nancy Vonderheide
Medal record
Women's Archery
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1961 Oslo Individual
Gold medal – first place 1961 Oslo Team
Gold medal – first place 1963 Helsinki Team
Silver medal – second place 1963 Helsinki Individual

Nancy Vonderheide (born c.1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States), later Nancy Kleinman, was a World Champion archer who represented the United States.

Vonderheide took up archery in 1959 after starting to date Marvin Kleinman, a partner at the legal firm she was working at, who was a keen archer.[1] Within two years, she won the World Championships in Oslo as an unknown; she also set two new world records at the event. She went on to carry out a record-breaking 16 competition unbeaten streak, before being upset at the 1963 Championships by compatriot Victoria Cook. She was not selected for the United States team for any future Championships.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Nancy Kleinman died on March 11, 2017, after a long illness.[8]

References

  1. ^ News and Courier 22 December 1964: Concentration is key in archer
  2. ^ "1961 WAC results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  3. ^ "1963 WAC results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  4. ^ Archery Champions by Robert Rhode, 4th edition 1971 Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Sports Illustrated cover feature, 5 Aug 1963: "She Started At The Top"
  6. ^ Enquirer 23 Dec 2001: "Straight and Arrow"
  7. ^ New York Times: "American Sets World Record In Chicago Women's Archery"
  8. ^ "Nancy Kleinman Obituary (2017) - Cincinnati, OH - The Cincinnati Enquirer". Legacy.com.