Alison Williamson
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| Full name | Alison Jane Williamson |
| Nationality | British |
| Born |
3 November 1971 Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England |
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| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Sport | Archery |
| Club | Long Mynd Archers |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals |
1992 Barcelona – 8th (Ind), 13th (team) 1996 Atlanta – 10th (Ind) 2000 Sydney – 9th (Ind) 2004 Athens – 3rd (Ind), 12th (team) 2008 Beijing – 17th (Ind), 4th (team) |
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Alison Jane Williamson MBE (born 3 November 1971 in Melton Mowbray) is an athlete from Great Britain. She competes in archery.
Williamson, who is a member of the Long Mynd Archers (a club based in Church Stretton), has represented Great Britain at six consecutive Olympic Games, from 1992–2012. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to archery.
Her greatest success came in the 2004 Summer Olympics where she earned a bronze medal. She placed 21st in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 637. In the first round of elimination, she faced 44th-ranked Janet Dykman of the United States. Williamson defeated Dykman 147-121 in the 18-arrow match to advance to the round of 32. In that round, she faced 53rd-ranked Japanese archer Sayoko Kawauchi, defeating her 154-150. Williamson then defeated 5th-ranked Zhang Juanjuan of China 165-161, advancing to the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, Williamson faced He Ying, also of China, decisively defeating the 4th-ranked archer 109-89 in the 12-arrow match. Williamson advanced to the semifinals, where she was defeated by Korean Park Sung Hyun 110-100, moving Williamson to the bronze medal match. In the final 12-arrow match, she won by one point over 6th-ranked Yuan Shu Chi of Chinese Taipei to win the bronze medal in women's individual archery. Williamson was also a member of the 12th-place British women's archery team.
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