Charlotte Burgess

Charlotte Burgess
Personal information
Nationality British
Born 25 January 1987 (1987-01-25) (age 29)
Salford, Greater Manchester
Sport
Country United Kingdom
Sport Archery
Event(s) Recurve archery
Medal record
Women's Archery
World Archery Championships
2007 Leipzig Team
Updated on 5 September 2016.

Charlotte Burgess (born 25 January 1987 in Salford) is a British archer who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Career

Burgess took up archery in 1998 and made her international debut in 2001.[1] As a teenager Burgess was widely regarded as an upcoming star of British archery, narrowly missing out on qualifying for a spot at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, aged just 17.[2][3]

In 2007 Burgess won a bronze medal for Great Britain with Alison Williamson and Naomi Folkard in the women's team event at the 2007 World Archery Championships, defeating the Italian team in the bronze medal match following a defeat to South Korea in the semi-final.[4] Later that year Burgess, Williamson and Folkard were medallists at the fourth stage of the 2007 Archery World Cup held in Dover, winning the women's team recurve tournament.[5] This was however not enough for Great Britain to advance to the final.

Burgess, Folkard and Williamson improved on their medal tally in the 2008 Archery World Cup, winning a gold medal in the team competition in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in April, and a bronze medal in the same event in Boé, France, two months later.[6]

2008 Summer Olympics

Burgess qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics, competing in the team and individual events. One again partnered by Alison Williamson and Naomi Folkard, she helped Great Britain achieve a surprise second place in the team ranking round. In the quarter-finals the trio overcame the Japanese team by five points to meet hosts China in the semi-finals. Burgess and her teammates were unable to defeat the Chinese team, missing the opportunity to compete for the gold medal. They instead faced France in the bronze medal match, but lost to their French opponents, having to settle for fourth place overall.[7][8]

In the individual event Burgess placed 40th out of 64 archers in the ranking round. She defeated China's Guo Dan in the first round before falling to teammate Folkard in the second round.[9]

Post-Olympics

Burgess narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London; she did however claim a gold medal alongside Michael Peart at the European Grand Prix in Cyprus in the mixed team recurve competition.[10]

In 2015 it was announced that Burgess had joined Team GB's paralympic team as performance coach for the recurve archery athletes.[11]

Personal life

On 11 January 2008 Burgess and her boyfriend – fellow archer Roy Nash – were attacked by a group of teenagers outside an indoor archery range in Cheadle, near Stockport, Great Manchester. They were treated for their injuries at Stepping Hill hospital, both suffering bruising to the face.[12] Despite this Burgess managed to qualify for the European Indoor Championships in Turin just two days later.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Charlotte Burgess". World Archery. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Williamson claims silver". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 May 2004. Retrieved 5 September 2016. Charlotte Burgess, 17, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Olympics, again showed why she is being tipped for a bright future in the sport by finishing 25th.
  3. ↑ "One for the Future: Charlotte Burgess, 17-year-old archery prospect". The Times. London. 18 July 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2016.(subscription required)
  4. ↑ "GB teams secure silver and bronze". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 July 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "British women take World Cup gold". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "British trio win World Cup bronze". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 June 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Butler, Eddie (11 August 2008). "Olympics: Korean women are bullseye-brilliant but French bronze leaves Williamson in tears". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Archery". ESPN. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "2008 Summer Olympics Results - Archery". ESPN. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Jones, Peter (8 June 2012). "GB gold - at the double!". ArcheryGB. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Percival, Jane (14 January 2015). "Coach Charlotte joins Para team". Archery GB. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Lashley, Brian (14 January 2008). "Drunk gang attack archers". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  13. ↑ Skinner, Miles (24 January 2008). "Bullseye against bullies". Manchester Evening News. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 7 February 2009.

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