15 March 2012 - Athlete of the Week: Pippa BRITTON (GBR)

Athlete of the Week: Pippa BRITTON (GBR) Lausanne – 15 March 2012  Pippa BRITTON (GBR) is one of the most decorated British para-archers, having won several team and individual medals at the world para archery championships over the last decade. She is one of Great Britain’s Paralympic medal hopefuls this year.   Philippa “Pippa” BRITTON is one of the most successful British para-archers. Her outings at World Championships have proved fruitful and certainly augur well for London. In 2011, she helped Great Britain take the team silver in Turin. At the previous two World Para Archery Championships (2009 and 2007), she came away with two team golds. Moreover, BRITTON had also won two individual World Championships medals in the early years of her competitive career: a silver in 2001 and a bronze in 2005.

During the Turin World Championships, Pippa BRITTON was elected by her peers as a member of the World Archery Athletes Committee.

Pippa is one of the British Paralympic hopefuls this year. This will be her second Paralympic experience after the Beijing Games, where she went all the way to quarterfinals—she lost at that stage to compatriot and eventual bronze medallist Melanie CLARKE. In 2012, BRITTON will be targetting Paralympic gold in front of the home crowd.
  Biography Extract:  Philippa BRITTON (GBR) – Born 26 May 1963  2nd Team World Para Archery Championships Turin
2011 8th Individual World Para Archery Championships Turin 2011 2nd Team European Para Archery Championships Vichy 2010 2nd
Individual European Para Archery Championships Vichy 2010 3rd Team Arizona Cup
2010 9th Individual Arizona Cup
2010 1st Team World Para Archery Championships Nymburk
2009 4th Individual Arizona Cup
2009 1st Team World Para Archery Championships Cheongju
2007 3rd Individual World Para Archery Championships Massa Carrara
2005 2nd Individual World Para Archery Championships Nymburk
2001   More information on Pippa BRITTON and all other archers at the World Archery website.   World Archery Communication