Beatrice Hill-Lowe

Olympic medal record
Women's archery
1908 London Double National round

Beatrice Geraldine Hill-Lowe (26 January 1868 – 2 July 1951) was an Irish[1] archer who represented Britain. She was born in County Louth, Ireland. She was the first Irishwomen to win an Olympic medal. She won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[2]

Hill-Lowe competed at the 1908 Games in the only archery event open to women, the double National round. She took third place in the event with her 618 points, 70 behind champion Queenie Newall's tally.

References

  1. ↑ Irish-born Medal Winners in the early Olympic Games
  2. ↑ Beatrice Hill-Lowe on databaseOlympics.com Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine.

Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). "Archery 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 14 July 2006.
  • Beatrice Hill-Lowe's profile at Sports Reference.com


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