Charlotte Burgess
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  United Kingdom
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| Women's Archery | ||
| World Archery Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2007 Leipzig | Team |
Charlotte Burgess (born 25 January 1987 in Salford) is a British archer. She is part of the Olympic Team GB Archery team.[1] At the age of 17 she emerged as one of the UK's best junior archers and came close to selection for the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1]
On 11 January 2008, Burgess and her boyfriend – fellow archer Roy Nash – were attacked by a gang of about 25 teenagers. At the time, Burgess and Nash were practising at an indoor Archery Range, located within a Municipal Park in Cheadle, near Stockport, Greater Manchester. Nash attempted to stop the gang damaging his car - they forced him to the ground and began kicking him. Hearing the noise of a bottle being smashed, and fearing that the gang would use this as a weapon to injure Nash further, Burgess came outside and became involved in the incident. She suffered a bruised face and Nash's face and head were also bruised. They were treated for their injuries in Stepping Hill hospital.[2] Burgess qualified for the European Indoor Championships just days later, on 13 January 2008. Her father said "I'm proud that despite her injuries, she succeeded among the top five women in the country – she was in the top three archers by 1.5 points".[3]
2008 Summer Olympics
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Burgess finished her ranking round with a total of 623 points. This gave her the 40th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced 25th seed Guo Dan in the first round, beating the archer from China with 106-104. In the second round she was eliminated by team mate Naomi Folkard, 110-96[4]
Together with Alison Williamson and Folkard, Burgess also took part in the team event. With her 623 score from the ranking round combined with the 651s of Folkard and Williamson the British team was in second position after the ranking round, which gave them a straight seed into the quarter finals. With 201-196 they were too strong for the Japanese team. In the semi final against China they scored 202 points with the Chinese scoring 208, missing out on the final. They were unable to recover in the bronze medal match and lost against France 203-201 to miss out on the medals.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Athlete Profile., www.olympics.org.uk, retrieved 10 August 2008
- ↑ Brian Lashley (14 January 2008), Drunk gang attack archers, Manchester Evening News, retrieved 7 February 2009
- ↑ Miles Skinner (24 January 2008), Bullseye against bullies, Manchester Evening News, retrieved 7 February 2009
- ↑ Athlete biography: Charlotte Burgess, beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008
- ↑ Video – GB women miss out on archery bronze, news.bbc.co.uk, 10 August 2008, retrieved 10 August 2008