Queenie Newall

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Olympic medalist
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Queenie Newall
Medal record
Women's Archery
Gold 1908 London Double National round

Sybil Fenton Newall (October 17, 1854 – June 24, 1929), best known as Queenie Newall, was a British archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games.

Newall was born in Littleborough, Lancashire in 1854.

Newall's Olympic score of 688 points gave her a victory of 46 points over the second-place finisher, Lottie Dod.

[edit] References

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). Archery 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 14 July 2006.

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NAME Newall, Queenie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION British archer
DATE OF BIRTH 17 October 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH 24 June 1929
PLACE OF DEATH


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