Bryony Pitman Explained

Bryony Pitman
Birth Name:Bryony Michaela Pitman
Birth Date:1997 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Brighton, England
Country:United Kingdom
Sport:Archery
Event:Recurve

Bryony Michaela Pitman (born 13 March 1997)[1] is a British archer competing in women's recurve events. She won the gold medal in the women's recurve team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.[2] Earlier in 2019, she won the bronze medal in the women's team recurve event at the World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[1] [2] [3]

Early life and education

Pitman grew up in Shoreham-by-Sea. Her father Gary also arched in his youth.[4] At age 11, she joined Worthing Archery Club.[5]

Pitman attended Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove.[6] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from Northumbria University in 2020 and a Master of Arts (MA) in Intelligence and Security Studies from Brunel University London in 2022.[7]

Career

Pitman, Daisy Clark and Evangeline Rawlings won the gold medal in the junior women's team event at the 2012 World Field Archery Championships held in Val-d'Isère, France.[8] In 2014, she competed in the girls' individual and mixed team events at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.[9] In the individual event, Pitman finished in 14th place in the ranking rounds.[9] She advanced to the elimination rounds where she was eliminated in her first match by Regina Romero of Guatemala.[9] [10]

Pitman won the silver medal in the junior women's recurve event at the 2017 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Vittel, France.[11] She also won the bronze medal in the junior women's team recurve event, alongside Alyssia Tromans-Ansell and Elizabeth Warner.[11]

Pitman, Sarah Bettles and Naomi Folkard won the bronze medal in the women's team recurve event at the World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[1] [3] In the same month, she won the gold medal in the women's recurve team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus, alsoalongside Sarah Bettles and Naomi Folkard.[2]

In 2021, Pitman represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[12] She competed in the women's individual and women's team events.[12] In the women's individual event, she finished in 38th place in the ranking round and she was eliminated in her third match in the elimination round by eventual silver medalist Elena Osipova of the Russian Olympic Committee athletes.[12] In the same year, Pitman also competed at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[13] She competed in the women's recurve, women's team recurve and recurve mixed team events.[13]

Pitman won the silver medal in the women's recurve event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.[14] [15] She won the gold medal in the women's team recurve event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland.[16] She also competed in the women's individual recurve event.[16] In the same year, Pitman competed in the women's individual recurve and team recurve events at the 2023 World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[17]

Pitman and Conor Hall won the silver medal in the mixed team recurve event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany.[18] [19] She also competed in the women's individual recurve and women's team recurve events.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 World Archery Championships. World Archery. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200420210047/https://extranet.worldarchery.org/documents/index.php/Events/World_Championships/Target/2019_s-Hertogenbosch/BOOK.pdf. 20 April 2020. 20 April 2020.
  2. News: Rowbottom. Mike. Breakthrough win for Wiebes as Dutch dominate women's road cycling on day two of Minsk 2019. 22 June 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 21 April 2020.
  3. News: O’Kane. Patrick. Chinese Taipei earn second gold of World Archery Championships. 16 June 2019. InsideTheGames.biz. 22 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Bryony Going To The Olympics. Worthint Archery Club. 14 June 2021. 11 August 2024.
  5. Web site: Shoreham-by-Sea athlete Bryony Pitman ready for Tokyo Olympics. The Argus. Christian. Fuller. 12 July 2021. 11 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Olympic athlete pays a visit to her old school. BBC Radio Sussex. Allison. Fearns. 12 May 2021. 11 August 2024.
  7. Web site: Bryony Pitman - National & Olympic Squad. ArcheryGB. 11 August 2024.
  8. Web site: 2012 World Field Archery Championships Medalists . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082958/http://old.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/Results/2012/12_WAFC_Valdisere/EMDLST.pdf . 4 March 2016 . 25 May 2024 . archery.org.
  9. Web site: Archery Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230620121001/https://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_AR_V1.0.pdf . 20 June 2023 . 25 May 2024 . 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
  10. News: Nanjing trip was a good experience for Bryony. 30 August 2014. Shoreham Herald. 21 April 2020.
  11. Web site: 2017 European Indoor Archery Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230113102921/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2017/2017/BOOK.pdf?time=2017-03-12+14:44:50 . 13 January 2023 . 25 May 2024 . IANSEO.
  12. Web site: Archery Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20210807054909/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ARC/OG2020-_ARC_B99_ARC-------------------------------.pdf . 7 August 2021 . 25 May 2024 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  13. Web site: 2021 World Archery Championships Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210926212754/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2021/9244/BOOK.pdf. 26 September 2021. 2 October 2021. IANSEO - Integrated Result System.
  14. News: 18 July 2022 . Izzy . Carpenter . Bryony Pitman Takes Silver at the World Games . Archery GB . 21 July 2022.
  15. Web site: Archery Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220715232555/https://swog2022.sportresult.com/hide/en/Pdf/GetResultbookPdf?filename=Archery.pdf . 15 July 2022 . 15 July 2022 . 2022 World Games.
  16. Web site: 2023 European Games Archery Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230829161010/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2023/14496/BOOK.pdf . 29 August 2023 . 25 September 2023 . IANSEO.
  17. Web site: 2023 World Archery Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20230812113312/https://extranet.worldarchery.sport/documents/index.php/Events/World_Championships/Target/2023_Berlin/BOOK.pdf . 12 August 2023 . 12 August 2023 . World Archery.
  18. News: 14 May 2024 . Ella Gibson is the 2024 European Champion . https://web.archive.org/web/20240524013912/https://archerygb.org/news/ella-gibson-is-the-2024-european-champion . 24 May 2024 . 25 May 2024 . Archery GB.
  19. Web site: 2024 European Archery Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240512203357/https://www.ianseo.net/TourData/2024/17750/BOOK.pdf . 12 May 2024 . 12 May 2024 . IANSEO.

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