Victoria Kingstone (born 7 August 1981) competes in Para archery for Great Britain in the W1 Classification.[1]

Victoria Kingstone
Personal information
Born (1981-08-07) 7 August 1981 (age 43)
Chatham, England
Sport
SportPara archery
EventW1
ClubGuildford AC
Coached byAndrea Gales
Medal record
Women's para-archery
Representing  Great Britain
European Para Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rotterdam Individual compound/Recurve W1
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rome Team W1
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Rotterdam Team W1

Career

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Victoria's first major competition was at the 2019 World Para Archery Championship. Here she placed 6th in the Individual W1.[citation needed]

At the 2022 World Para Archery Championships, she placed 7th in the Individual W1.[citation needed]

In the team event at the European championships she won a silver medal, placing 5th in the individual.[citation needed]

The following year, she placed 6th in the team event at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships and 8th in the individual. At the European championships that year, she won gold in the individual compound/recurve W1 and a bronze in the team W1. She was also selected to be part of the UK sports programme.[2]

At the 2024 European Para-Archery Championships she placed 4th in both the individual and team events.[citation needed]

Victoria was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the individual W1.[3][4] There she placed 6th.

References

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  1. ^ "Victoria Kingstone". Paris 2024 Paralympics.
  2. ^ "GB archer Victoria Kingstone selected for UK Sport programme". archerygb.org. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ "ParalympicsGB | Paralympicsgb announces archery squad for paris 2024". ParalympicsGB. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. ^ "The Surrey Paralympians representing Great Britain this summer". BBC News. 2024-08-30. Retrieved 2024-09-09.