24 Jul 2024
A defending champion and a trailblazing expectant mother are among the four athletes selected for the ParalympicsGB archery squad for Paris 2024.
Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Phoebe Paterson-Pine and Jodie Grinham, who will be 28 weeks pregnant when competing at Paris 2024 will be representing ParalympicsGB for the second time alongside Nathan Macqueen, who will be competing in his third Paralympic Games. They are joined by Victoria Kingstone who will make her Paralympic debut in the French capital.
The four archers were officially announced by ParalympicsGB at an event at Lilleshall National Sports Centre, the home of Archery GB, and the location of the recently opened Performance Archery Centre where the team have been training in the run up to Paris. The event, part of an international camp with visiting athletes from France, Finland, Hungary and Ireland, also saw children from local schools invited to meet the athletes and have a go at archery.
Nathan, 33, made his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016 just months after his first international competition. The Scot, who lives in Dumfries, is the current world number two.
Nathan said: "I'm really excited to be selected in what will be my third Paralympic Games. Taking part in three consecutive Games has not been easy by any means, but I want to keep going and become the Scottish Paralympian with the most Paralympic appearances.
"In comparison to previous Games it feels more real. Tokyo was what it was because of the way the world was at the time. I’m absolutely buzzing to be heading to Paris.
"My wife, son and lots of my family will all be coming to watch which will be brilliant. In terms of aspirations, you always want to win a medal. I don't care what colour it is but just to be able to give my little boy a medal would be very cool."
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