Penny Healey

Penny Healey
Personal information
Born (2005-03-07) 7 March 2005 (age 19)
Telford, United Kingdom
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportArchery
EventRecurve
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking1st (2023)
Medal record
Women's recurve archery
Representing  Great Britain
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Individual
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska Team

Penny Healey (born 7 March 2005)[1] is a British archer competing in women's recurve events.[2][3]

Career

She won two gold medals at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland: one in the women's recurve individual event and a second in the women's recurve team event.[4][5][6]

In the 2023 season, Healey became the number one women's recurve archer in the world[7] following an individual gold medal at Stage 1 of the 2023 Archery World Cup in Antalya,[8] and her success at the 2023 European Games.[9] She was a nominee for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2023.[10][11][12][13]

She has qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14] In the individual she suffered a first round defeat, being knocked out by Jeon Hun-young.[15] In the team event, alongside teammates Megan Havers and Bryony Pitman, they were knocked out by Germany in the round of 16.[16]

References

  1. ^ "2023 World Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Penny Healey | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ "One year to go: Telford's Penny Healey path to Paris Olympics is plotted out". www.shropshirestar.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Healey wins second gold at European Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  5. ^ "European Games 2023: Princess-inspired Healey writes fairytale ending in Krakow with gold and Paris 2024 quota for Great Britain". olympics.com. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Penny Healey doubles up with second gold of Games". www.shropshirestar.com. 30 June 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Penny Healey, the British archer doing it differently". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Healey's Antalya win pushes her to world number one | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Healey wins second gold at European Games". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Britain's Healey shortlisted for BBC's young sports personality of the year | World Archery". www.worldarchery.sport. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Penny Healey up for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year". archerygb.org. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Trio nominated for Young Sports Personality award". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  13. ^ Drew, Mark (1 December 2023). "Newport archer Penny sets her sights on BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year title". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Penny Healey | Team GB". www.teamgb.com. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  15. ^ Maher, Matt (1 August 2024). "Penny Healey exits Paris 2024 with first round singles defeat". www.expressandstar.com. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Germany were too good for Team GB in the women's archery admits Penny Healey". Yahoo Sports. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 2 October 2024.


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