Margaret Kate Weedon (née Macrae, and formerly ''Mercer'', 31 October 1853 – 19 October 1930) was a

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archer 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 mo ...

who competed at the

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. She was born in

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. Weedon competed at the 1908 Games in the only archery event open to women, the double National round competition. She took 14th place in the event with 498 points.

References

External links

Margaret Weedon's profile at Sports Reference.com
* * 1853 births 1930 deaths British female archers Olympic archers for Great Britain Archers at the 1908 Summer Olympics People from Lewes 20th-century British women {{UK-archery-bio-stub