Jessica Stretton
MBE
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 23)[1]
London, England[2]
Sport
SportArchery
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Archery
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's individual compound W1
World Para-Archery Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Donaueschingen Compound W1
European Para-Archery Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Saint-Jean-de-Monts Compound W1

Jessica Stretton, MBE (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 Britain's youngest ever medallist in archery.

Stretton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to archery.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jess Stretton - Rio 2016". rio.paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ^ "World Archery Extranet". extranet.worldarchery.org. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 86. Retrieved 31 December 2016.


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