Queenie Newall

Olympic athlete

1854 – 1929

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Who was Queenie Newall?

Sybil Fenton Newall, best known as Queenie Newall, was a British archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games. Great Britain did not win another women's archery medal at the Olympics until 2004. She joined the Cheltenham Archers club in 1905, and was national champion on three occasions in 1911, 1912 and 1914.

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Born
Oct 17, 1854
Hare Hill
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Lived in
  • Littleborough, Greater Manchester
Died
Jun 24, 1929
Cheltenham

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on July 23, 2013

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