Paul James Browne (born 11 April 1961) is an English competitive archer. Browne has competed in two

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Personal life

Browne, who was born with the joint disease

arthrogryposis Arthrogryposis (AMC) describes congenital joint contracture in two or more areas of the body. It derives its name from Greek, literally meaning "curving of joints" (', "joint"; ', late Latin form of late Greek ', "hooking"). Children born with one ...

, requires the use of a wheelchair to compete. Without the assistance of sticks, he is unable to walk. He holds a BTEC qualification in Business Studies and Finance.

Archery

Due to his disability, Browne competes in the W2 classification. He is a member of the Hertford Company of Archers. He is righthanded and uses arrows that are long and a draw weight of . Browne made his Paralympic debut at the 2008 Summer Games held in Beijing, China. In the individual recurve he placed nineteenth in the ranking round and progressed as far as the quarterfinals, losing to Lee Hong-gu of

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. In the team recurve he was part of the Great Britain team, along with Mick Beard and Michael Karaphillides, which qualified tenth and lost in the first round of competition to

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. At the 2010

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, held in Vichy, France Browne became European champion in the men's individual recurve W2 and also won a silver medal in the team event. In 2011, he was part of teams that finished fourth in the men's recurve competition and seventh in the mixed recurve at the 2011 World Championships, in Turin, Italy. At the

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in London, United Kingdom, he finished ninth in the individual recurve, after reaching the quarterfinals and being defeated by the top ranked archer

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. He also finished fourth in the team recurve as part of the Great Britain team alongside Kenny Allen and Phil Bottomley, losing to

in the semifinals and

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in the bronze medal match. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in

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, Germany, reaching the third round of the individual recurve and the quarterfinals of the team event.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Paul English male archers British male archers Paralympic archers for Great Britain Archers at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Archers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Hertford 1961 births Living people People with arthrogryposis