Stephanie Barrett (born January 26, 1979) is a Canadian archer.[1] Barrett took up the sport at 37, and has been practising the sport since a few weeks before the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Stephanie Barrett
Personal information
Born (1979-01-26) January 26, 1979 (age 45)
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Medal record
Women's Archery
Representing  Canada
Pan American Archery Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Santiago Women's team

Career

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Barrett began practising archery in 2016, and came first in the Canadian Field and Target Championships in 2018.[3] She competed at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, where she finished tied for 17th in the individual recurve, tied fifth for team and fourth in the mixed team.

In March 2021, Barrett claimed one of three available quota places for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's individual recurve at the 2021 Pan American Archery Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, where she won silver.[4][3] Barrett was officially nominated to the team on May 12, 2021.[5][6] A week later at the World Cup stop in Lausanne, Switzerland, Barrett scored a 652 in the qualification round, the highest ever by a Canadian woman in an international competition.[7] Barrett competed in women's individual archery at the Olympics in July 2021. At the qualifiers, she ranked #46 out of 64 with a score of 630; she and Crispin Duenas did not have a high enough combined score to qualify for the mixed team event.[8] She lost her individual match with Yasemin Anagoz 6–2.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Stephanie Barrett". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Callaghan, Joe (July 5, 2021). "Olympic archer Stephanie Barrett is pulling the strings on a real-life fantasy story". Toronto Star. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Colpitts, Iain (July 19, 2021). "Going for gold: A guide to following Mississauga Olympians in Tokyo". Brampton Guardian. Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Six countries add Olympic quota places at America's continental qualifier". World Archery. March 27, 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
  5. ^ "Stephanie Barrett to be Nominated for Tokyo 2020". Archery Canada. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021. As per its Internal Nomination Procedure, Archery Canada is pleased to announce that it will be nominating Stephanie Barrett to the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
  6. ^ Cudmore, John; Gutteridge, Jay (July 19, 2021). "York Region Tokyo Olympics athlete profiles — Stephanie Barrett, Newmarket, archery". The Newmarket Era. Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Stephanie Barrett ties the Canadian Record at the Archery World Cup in Lausanne". www.archerycanada.ca/. Archery Canada. May 18, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  8. ^ Barnes, Dan (July 23, 2021). "Canadian archers just slightly off target in Olympic ranking rounds". National Post. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "Tokyo Olympics Day 4: Canada's Maude Charron wins gold in weightlifting; Canadian women tie Britain in soccer; Canada wins bronze medals in softball and judo". July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
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