Phoebe Paterson Pine (born 3 December 1997) is a British

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and

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 ...

. She won gold in the Women's individual compound open at the

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in Tokyo. She defeated

Jessica Stretton Jessica Stretton, (born 23 March 2000) is a British Paralympic archer with cerebral palsy. In the 2016 Summer Paralympics, her debut Paralympics, Stretton won her first Paralympic medal, which was gold, at the age of 16. She became Great Brita ...

, and Tatiana Andrievskaia, to advance to the final. Born in

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, Paterson Pine competed at the 2017 World Para Archery Championships, where she won a bronze medal. Paterson Pine was appointed

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(MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to archery. She won the bronze medal in her event at the

2022 World Para Archery Championships The 13th World Para Archery Championships took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 19 to 27 February 2022. Originally the event was to take place in 2021 but it was delayed until 2022 by COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first time the switch to ...

held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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* * * 1997 births Living people British female archers Paralympic archers for Great Britain Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Paralympic medalists in archery Archers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Members of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-archery-bio-stub