Deonne Bridger
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Deonne Ellen Bridger |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Born | 15 May 1972 |
| Height | 168 cm (66 in) (2008) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) (2008) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Archery |
| Event(s) | Women's recurve |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 1996 in Atlanta, 2004 in Athens |
Deonne Ellen Bridger (born 15 May 1972) is an Australian archer. She started in the sport when she was four years old. She has represented Australia in archery at two different Olympic Games (1996 in Atlanta and 2004 in Athens) and is scheduled to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She also represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. As of June 2011[update], she is the top ranked female Australian archer.
Bridger was born on 15 May 1972 in Perth, Western Australia. As of 2008[update] she is 168 centimetres (66 in) tall and weighs 62 kilograms (137 lb).
Bridger began archery in 1976, at the age of four, in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
At the 1988 World Field Championships in Bolzano, Italy, she won a bronze medal in the junior women's recurve event. In October 2001, she finished first in the Ladies recurve event at the W.A. State Freestyle Field Championship while shooting for KGSA, with a marked score of 329 and unmarked score of 317 for a total of 646 with 143 hits and 86 5's. In December 2001, she was nationally ranked as the best female recurve archer in Australia with a WRL of 59, best listed of 1,288 and 2,518 current points. She was part of the Australian team at the 2002 European Grand Prix event held Turkey from 26 to 30 June. She won a bronze medal in the women's team event alongside teammates Madeleine Ferris and Marianne Gale at the 2002 World Field Championships in Canberra, Australia. In March 2003, she was ranked the best female Australian archer in recurve, ahead of Jo-Ann Galbraith. That month, she had a WRL of 82 and had 2,521 points.
Bridger represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as a 38-year-old. In June 2011, she was Australia's highest ranked female archer.
Bridger attended a national team training camp in Canberra in September 2011 and March 2012. At the 2012 national championships in the team recurve event, she was part of Archery Western Australia's team. In the team target part, she had a score of 2,579. At the 2012 National Target Archery Championships, she finished first as a member of Archery Western Australia's team. As of 30 April 2012[update], she is ranked as Australia's top female recurve archer.
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