Ella Gibson
Personal information
Born (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportArchery
EventCompound
Medal record
Women's compound archery
Representing  Great Britain
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Individual
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaIndividual
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Team
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Laško Individual
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Antalya Individual
World Cup Final
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tlaxcala Individual
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Paris Individual
Gold medal – first place 2022 Medellín Individual
Gold medal – first place 2019 Berlin Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris Individual
Silver medal – second place 2019 Berlin Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paris Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Medellín Team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Shanghai Individual
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Antalya Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Paris Mixed team

Ella Gibson (born 7 June 2000) is a British archer competing in compound events. She won the gold medal in the women's compound event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.[1][2] She also won the gold medal in the women's compound event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.[3]

Early life

Gibson first tried archery in October 2014 and she joined an archery club in June 2015.[4]

Career

At the 2019 World Archery Youth Championships held in Madrid, Spain, she won the bronze medal in the women's junior compound team event.[5] In November 2019, Gibson set a new world record for the women's 60-arrow 18-metre indoor ranking round with a total of 596 out of 600 points at the GT Open held in Strassen, Luxembourg.[6] The record stood for approximately three weeks as Sarah Prieels of Belgium set a new record of 597 out of 600 points in December 2019.[7]

Gibson won the silver medal in the women's compound event at the 2021 European Archery Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.[8][9] In September 2021, she set a new world record for most points scored in women's 36-arrow 60-metre outdoor compound archery at the Battle of Britain 1440 event held in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, United Kingdom.[10] In that same month, she also competed at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States.[11] She competed in the women's compound, women's team compound and compound mixed team events.[11] In the women's compound competition she finished in second place in the ranking round and she was eliminated in the elimination round by Song Yun-soo of South Korea.[11]

In January 2022, Gibson finished in third place in the Women’s Open Pro event at the Lancaster Archery Classic held near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.[12] In February 2022, she won the gold medal in the women's compound event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.[2][13] Gibson won the gold medal in the women's team compound event at the 2022 European Archery Championships held in Munich, Germany.[14]

Gibson has also won medals at several events of the Archery World Cup.[15] She won three medals in the 2019 Archery World Cup and one medal in the 2021 Archery World Cup. She won the gold medal in the women's compound event at the Antalya, Turkey event in the 2022 Archery World Cup.[16] She also won the gold medal in this event at the Paris, France event of the 2022 Archery World Cup.[17] In Paris, France, she also won the silver medal in the women's team event and the bronze medal in the mixed team event.[17]

Gibson won the gold medal in the women's compound event at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.[3][18] She defeated Sara López of Colombia in her gold medal match.[3][18]

She won two medals at the 2022 Archery World Cup competition held in Medellín, Colombia: the gold medal in the women's individual event and the silver medal in the women's team event. A few months later, she won the silver medal in the final of the 2022 Archery World Cup held in Tlaxcala, Mexico.

Gibson won the silver medal in the women's compound event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. She also set a new world record of 715 points during the ranking round.[19][20] In August 2023, she competed in the women's individual compound and women's team compound events at the World Archery Championships held in Berlin, Germany.[21]

Gibson trains in a private indoor training hall in the factory of her father's ice cream business.[22][23]

References

  1. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Noziglia secures second gold at European Indoor Archery Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 "2022 European Indoor Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Houston, Michael (9 July 2022). "Gibson and Becerra claim compound archery titles at World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Meering, Sophie (22 February 2022). "Ella Gibson – European Indoor Champion!". Archery GB. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "2019 World Archery Youth Championships Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Wells, Chris (23 November 2019). "British 19-year-old Ella Gibson shoots world-record 596-point indoor qualification". World Archery. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Wells, Chris (14 December 2019). "Compound women's record falls again as Sarah Prieels shoots 597/600 in Rome". World Archery. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (5 June 2021). "Gellenthien earns compound title at European Archery Championships in Antalya". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. ↑ "2021 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Most points scored in 36-arrow 60-metre outdoor compound archery (female)". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  11. 1 2 3 "2021 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). IANSEO - Integrated Result System. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  12. ↑ Kasprzak, Emma (31 January 2022). "Ella Gibson finishes 3rd at Lancaster Archery Classic". Archery GB. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Gibson upgrades at Euros as Barbelin, Schloesser add to legends". World Archery. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "2022 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  15. ↑ Houston, Michael (26 June 2021). "Verma and Lopez win compound gold medals at Paris Archery World Cup". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Gibson ends 12-year wait for British Archery World Cup individual winner in Antalya". InsideTheGames.biz. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  17. 1 2 Lloyd, Owen (25 June 2022). "Gibson and Girard seal individual victories at Archery World Cup in Paris". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  19. ↑ "Ella Gibson breaks the world record with 715 points at the European Games". Archery GB (in Dutch). 23 June 2023. Archived from the original on 3 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "Women's Compound Ranking Round" (PDF). IANSEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "2023 World Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). World Archery. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  22. ↑ "Ella Gibson: World number one 'hopeful' compound archery reaches 2028 Games". BBC. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  23. ↑ Batchelor, Joe (21 February 2022). "Get to know: British compounder Ella Gibson". World Archery. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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