Megan Havers (born 2 December 2007) is a British archer competing in women's recurve events. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 December 2007[1] Leicester, United Kingdom |
| Sport | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sport | Archery |
| Event | Recurve |
Early life
editFrom Leicester, she tried archery for the first time on a family holiday.[2] She attends South Charnwood High School.[3]
Career
editShe won a bronze medal in the mixed team category at the 2023 European Youth Cup in Switzerland.[4]
Alongside Bryony Pitman and Penny Healey, she won a silver team medal at the European Grand Prix in June 2024.[5] That month, the trio secured qualification for the team event at the 2024 Olympic Games by finishing third at the final qualifying event in Antalya.[6]
In July 2024, she was named in the British team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[7][8] At the age of 16 years-old, she was the youngest archer selected for the Games.[9] She also had the distinction of being the first to compete at the games, firing the first arrow in the women’s ranking round on 24 July 2024.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Megan Havers". Eurosport. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Leicester archer Megan Havers helps team secure full quota of spots for Paris Olympic Games". Leicester Times. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "OUR AWESOME OLYMPIAN". southcharmwood.leics.sch. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Megan Havers". Archery GB. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "GB recurves win two European Grand prix medals". Archery GB. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "GB secure full quota of six archers at Paris 2024". BBC Sport. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Team GB Olympic archery squad announced". Archery GB. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Team GB selects six archers for Paris Olympics". BBC Sport. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ Blakeway, Iwan (22 July 2024). "Havers the youngest of all archers to compete in Paris, at 16". World Archery. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ Hale, Tom (25 July 2024). "'My English GCSE was harder': Team GB archer Megan Havers fires first shot as South Korea target world records". Independent.co.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
