Great Britain Dominates Medals Table at Archery World Ranking Event
19 Aug 2011 By IPCGreat Britain’s Paralympic Archers promise to wow home crowds at the London 2012 Paralympic Games after winning eight gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the 2011 Para-Archery World Ranking Event in Nymburk, Czech Republic.
Here’s a look at the top three finishers in each event:
MEN
Men’s Team Compound Open
Gold: Great Britain’s John Stephen Stubbs, Eric Thomas and Richard Hennehane
Silver: Combined Team 1 - Germany’s Michael Muller and Switzerland’s Philippe Horner and Martin Imboden
Bronze: Sweden’ s Robert Larsson, Pierre Claesson and
Hakan Tornstrom
Men’s Team Recurve Open
Gold: Great Britain’s Paul Browne, Kenny Allen and Murray Elliot
Silver: Combined Team 3 - Czech Republic’s Václav Kostal, Martin Chaloupsky and Switzerland’s Christian Wyss
Bronze: Combined Team 4 - Germany’s Matthias Alpers, Mario Oehme and Netherlands’ Gerard Zeeman
Men’s Compound W1
Gold: Great Britain’s John Cavanagh
Silver: Czech Republic’s David Drahoninsky
Bronze: Czech Republic’s Petr Bartos
Men’s Compound Open
Gold: Switzerland’s Philippe Horner
Silver: Great Britain’s Eric Thomas
Bronze: Great Britain’s John Stephen Stubbs
Men’s Recurve Standing
Gold: Germany’s Matthias Alpers
Silver: Great Britain’s Murray Elliot
Bronze: Great Britain’s Kenny Allen
Men’s Recurve W2
Gold: Poland’s Piotr Sawicki
Silver: Switzerland’s Christian Wyss
Bronze: Germany’s Mario Oehme
WOMEN
Women’s Team Compound Open
Gold: Great Britain’s Danielle Brown, Pippa Britton and Sarah Beamish
Silver: Sweden’s Zandra Reppe, Ann-Christine Nilsson and Maria Lilja-Johanssen
Women’s Team Recurve Open
Gold: Great Britain’s Kate Murray, Leigh Walmsley and Sharon Vennard
Silver: Combined Team 5 - the Netherlands’ Eliane Salden-Otten, Silvia Gerrits and Switzerland’s Magali Comte
Bronze: Combined Team 6 – Czech Republic’s Markéta Sidkova, Miroslava Cerna and Azerbaijan’s Zinyat Valiyeva
Women’s Compound Open
Gold: Great Britain’s Danielle Brown
Silver: Great Britain’s Sarah Beamish
Bronze: Sweden’s Zandra Reppe
Women’s Recurve Standing
Gold: Netherlands’ Eliane Salden-Otten
Silver: Poland’s Milena Olszewska
Bronze: Poland’s Grazyna Wojciechowska
Women’s Recurve W2
Gold: Great Britain’s Kate Murray
Silver: Czech Republic’s Markéta Sidkova
Bronze: Canada’s Lyne Tremblay
MIXED
Compound Mixed Team
Gold: Great Britain’s John Stephen Stubbs and Danielle Brown
Silver: Sweden’s Robert Larsson and Zandra Reppe
Bronze: Netherlands’ Wim Nales and Ingrid Peijer
Recurve Mixed Team
Gold: Poland’s Piotr Sawicki and Milena Olszewska
Silver: Czech Republic’s Václav Kostal and Markéta Sidkova
Bronze: Netherlands’ Gerard Zeeman and Eliane Salden-Otten