Human Interest |
Further Personal Information |
Residence |
Rotherham, ENG |
Sport Specific Information |
Club / Team |
Dearne Valley Archery Club: England |
General Interest |
Hobbies |
Singing, reading, puzzles. (World Archery, 16 Jul 2012) |
Memorable sporting achievement |
Winning a silver medal in the women's team event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. (amyoliverarchery.com, 10 Aug 2011) |
Sport Specific Information |
Why this sport? |
Her first archery lesson was with her parents, who were both keen and competitive archers. |
Name of coach |
Lloyd Brown |
Coach from what year? |
2010 |
Handedness |
Right |
When and where did you begin this sport? |
She first picked up a bow at age seven. At age 17 she joined the Dearne Valley Archery Club. |
International Debut |
Year |
2007 |
Further Personal Information |
Occupation |
Athlete |
Sport Specific Information |
Coach from which country? |
United States |
General Interest |
Other information |
LOUD CROWD CONTROVERSEY She was part of the English team that lost by one point [207-206] to India in the team recurve gold medal competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The English team said that the home crowd was loud during the visitors' shooting. "I was nervous, the crowd was not good. They were pretty loud and it was not good sportsmanship for archery," Oliver said. (The Independent, 09 Oct 2010) |