Jodie Grinham

Jodie Grinham
Personal information
Nationality British
Born 26 June 1993 (1993-06-26) (age 23)
Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales
Education BPP Law School
Sport
Country United Kingdom
Sport Archery
Event(s) Compound archery
Updated on 13 September 2016.

Jodie Grinham (born 26 June 1993) is a British archer who represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Personal life

Grinham was born with a short left arm and no fingers and half a thumb on her left hand. She was the first person with such a disability to attempt archery, so to avoid breaking the rule that the bow must not be attached to the archer, Grinham and her father Symon created a novel way of helping her grip her bow.[1]

She is a student at BPP Law School.[1]

Career

Grinham first started archery in 2008.[2] She was first selected for the Great Britain archery team in 2014,[1] and finished seventh at the World Para-archery Championships in Germany in 2015.[2]

2016 Summer Paralympics

Grinham took part in the team compound open competition, partnering John Stubbs. The pair finishing the preliminary ranking round seeded 5th of 10 teams with a score of 1,324. After defeating Italy in the quarterfinals and South Korea in semi-finals, Grinham and Stubbs faced China in the gold medal match, but were bested by the Chinese duo of Zhou Jiamin and Ai Xinliang 151-143. This was however enough to earn Grinham a silver medal.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Watts, Matt (9 September 2016). "ParalympicsGB archer Jodie Grinham: 'Club said I'd never hold bow … so I wanted it even more'". Evening Standard. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 Stanley, John (9 September 2016). "She's Limitless! Paralympian Jodie Grinham is Going for Gold at Rio 2016". Archery 360. Archery Trade Association. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  3. "Paralympics 2016: Aled Sion Davies wins F42 shot and Jodie Grinham takes archery silver". BBC Sport. BBC. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  4. "Mixed Team Compound Open Final Rounds - Brackets" (PDF). Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. International Paralympic Committee. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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