Jessica Stretton, (born 23 March 2000) is a British Paralympic archer with

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. In the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

, her debut Paralympics, Stretton won her first Paralympic medal, which was gold, at the age of 16. She became

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's youngest ever medallist in

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In m ...

. Stretton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the

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for services to archery.

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Paralympic archers for Great Britain Archers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Living people Members of the Order of the British Empire 2000 births British female archers Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in archery Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics 21st-century British women {{UK-archery-bio-stub