Penny Healey Explained

Penny Healey
Birth Date:2005 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Telford, United Kingdom
Country:United Kingdom
Sport:Archery
Event:Recurve
Highestranking:1st (2023)

Penny Healey (born 7 March 2005)[1] is a British archer competing in women's recurve events.[2] [3]

Career

She won two gold medals at the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland: one in the women's recurve individual event and a second in the women's recurve team event.[4] [5] [6]

In the 2023 season, Healey became the number one women's recurve archer in the world[7] following an individual gold medal at Stage 1 of the 2023 Archery World Cup in Antalya,[8] and her success at the 2023 European Games.[9] She was a nominee for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2023.[10] [11] [12] [13]

She has qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[14] In the individual she suffered a first round defeat, being knocked out by Jeon Hun-young.[15] In the team event, alongside teammates Megan Havers and Bryony Pitman, they were knocked out by Germany in the round of 16.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 World Archery Championships . 28 December 2023 . World Archery.
  2. Web site: Penny Healey World Archery . 2023-12-28 . www.worldarchery.sport . en.
  3. Web site: 2023-07-26 . One year to go: Telford's Penny Healey path to Paris Olympics is plotted out . 2024-01-05 . www.shropshirestar.com . en.
  4. News: Healey wins second gold at European Games . 2024-01-05 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  5. Web site: June 28, 2023 . European Games 2023: Princess-inspired Healey writes fairytale ending in Krakow with gold and Paris 2024 quota for Great Britain . January 5, 2024 . olympics.com.
  6. Web site: 2023-06-30 . Penny Healey doubles up with second gold of Games . 2024-01-05 . www.shropshirestar.com . en.
  7. Web site: Penny Healey, the British archer doing it differently . 2023-12-28 . www.teamgb.com . en-gb.
  8. Web site: 2023-04-25 . Healey's Antalya win pushes her to world number one World Archery . 2023-12-28 . www.worldarchery.sport . en.
  9. News: Healey wins second gold at European Games . en-GB . BBC Sport . 2023-12-28.
  10. Web site: 2023-12-01 . Britain's Healey shortlisted for BBC's young sports personality of the year World Archery . 2023-12-28 . www.worldarchery.sport . en.
  11. Web site: Penny Healey up for BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year . 2023-12-28 . archerygb.org . en.
  12. News: Trio nominated for Young Sports Personality award . 2024-01-05 . BBC Sport . en-GB.
  13. Web site: Drew . Mark . 2023-12-01 . Newport archer Penny sets her sights on BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year title . 2024-01-05 . www.shropshirestar.com . en.
  14. Web site: Penny Healey Team GB . 2024-07-15 . www.teamgb.com . en-gb.
  15. Web site: Maher . Matt . 2024-08-01 . Penny Healey exits Paris 2024 with first round singles defeat . 2024-10-02 . www.expressandstar.com . en.
  16. Web site: 2024-07-28 . Germany were too good for Team GB in the women's archery admits Penny Healey . 2024-10-02 . Yahoo Sports . en-GB.

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