Alison Williamson

Alison Williamson ( born November 3, 1971 in Church Stretton ) is a British archer. She participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, ​​1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 in Athens part. In Athens, she won the bronze medal in the individual, as well as with the team at the World Archery Championships 2007 in Leipzig. Also for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing Alison Williamson was appointed to the British squad.

Career

Alison Williamson began her competitive career at the age of seven years. In 1989 she was appointed to the British National squad. Of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where she finished eighth in the individual competition, Williamson participated in all Olympic Summer Games. In the four years later held 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta she reached the tenth place.

In Sydney at the Olympic Summer Games 2000 Alison Williamson was in the Round of 16 defeated by the later Olympic champion Yun Mi -Jin of South Korea, although Williamson was able to reach their highest result of the tournament in this duel. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Alison Williamson won the bronze medal. In the round of eight, she defeated the silver medalists from Atlanta, He Ying, in the semifinals they defeated the later Olympic champion Park Sung -hyun of South Korea. In the battle for bronze Williamson Yuan Shu Chi defeated from the Republic of China. At the World Archery Championships 2007 in Leipzig Williamson won the bronze medal with Helen Palmer and Lana Needham. She joined the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing again in singles.

2010 Williamson won at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, the silver medal in the team competition with the recurve bow.