Alison Williamson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alison Williamson
Occupation	Archer
Date Of Birth	Nov 3, 1971(1971-11-03)
Age	53
Birthplace	Melton Mowbray
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Alison Williamson Biography

Alison Williamson is one of the most popular and richest Archer who was born on November 3, 1971 in Melton Mowbray, England, United Kingdom. Alison Williamson was conceived in Melton Mowbray (Leicestershire), on 3/11/1971. Her parents introduced her to archery when she was seven years old. They both enjoyed the sport. Her parents were still active in archery, with her father being president of Archery GB’s governing body and her mother as a coach. Ten years old, Williamson won a silver at the 1981 Wenlock Olympian Games. At fourteen she was qualified for her first international tournament.

Williamson has been awarded two medals at World Archery Championships. She won a silver medal in 1999. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Williamson later called it her “worst sporting moment”. She and her teammates Naomi Folkard, Charlotte Burgess, won bronze in the women’s team-recurve tournament. They defeated Italy in the third place match. They reached the semi-finals and were guaranteed a full berth for three female archers on the British team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens marked the fourth time Williamson had contested an Olympic archery event. After advancing through the opening elimination rounds Williamson won a controversial quarter-final against China’s He Ying, who shot her ninth arrow outside of the imposed time limit and had her tenth arrow’s score voided as a penalty. Williamson was later defeated in the semi-finals by South Korea’s Park Sung-hyun, and faced fellow losing semi-finalist Yuan Shu Chi of Chinese Taipei in the bronze medal match. After eleven arrows the pair were tied on points, but Williamson outshot Yuan on the twelfth and final arrow to win by a single point and claim her maiden Olympic medal. Her achievement marked the first Olympic archery medal won by Great Britain since 1992 and the first for a British woman since Sybil Newall in 1908.

Williamson was announced to the British Olympic team for her fifth Olympics in June 2008. She was joined by Naomi Folkard and Charlotte Burgess in the women’s individual and women’s team events, the three having won gold medal at the 2008 Archery World Cup stage in the Dominican Republic earlier that year. In Beijing the three were successful in reaching the semi-finals of the women’s team competition before a loss to China relegated them to the bronze medal match against France. Amid difficult weather conditions which postponed the match for 50 minutes, Williamson and her teammates performed below expectations and France emerged as the winners by two points over twenty-four arrows. Williamson was later eliminated from the women’s individual event in a surprise defeat to Khatuna Lorig of the United States, who in their twelve- arrow encounter shot a score just two points shy of the Olympic record.

Williamson was photographed nude in a series of photos that were featured in the National Portrait Gallery to gain publicity for the 1996 Summer Olympics. She received funding from National Lottery in 2003 for the first time. This allowed her to split archery practice and part-time teaching at primary schools. She was able to train full-time in 2006 thanks to the grants.

Alison Williamson Net Worth

Alison Williamson is one of the richest Archer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alison Williamson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alison Jane Williamson, born 3 November 1971, is a British retired archer who represented Great Britain in six consecutive Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012. She was the first woman from Britain to win an Olympic Archery medal in 96 years, winning a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the women’s single event. Williamson won two medals at World Archery Championships. She also represented England at 2010 Commonwealth Games and won two silver medals.

Williamson made her Olympic debut in 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. She finished eighth in the women’s single event. She finished in tenth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta.

Williamson entered her third Olympic Games in 2000 with expectations that she would be a contender for a medal. She was however eliminated in the last sixteen of the women’s individual event by the eventual gold medalist Yun Mi- jin of South Korea, who posted a new Olympic record score of 173 for an eighteen-arrow match to beat Williamson’s own tournament best by nine points. Williamson had considered herself fortunate to have progressed as one of the last sixteen archers.

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In May 2012 she participated in the Olympic torch relay, acting as a torchbearer as it passed through the Staffordshire town of Much Wenlock on the twelfth day of the route. The following month Williamson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to archery in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Facts & Trivia

Alison Ranked on the list of most popular Archer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Alison Williamson celebrates birthday on November 3 of every year.

Williamson married husband Will Conaghan in 2013. She is a member of the Long Mynd Archers club based in Staffordshire. She is a graduate of Arizona State University and in 2000 listed Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey as her favourite sportsperson.

Top Facts about Alison Williamson

1. Alison Williamson is a retired British archer.
2. She competed in six Olympic Games, winning one medal.
3. Williamson was born on 3 October 1971 in Melton Mowbray, England.
4. She won a bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
5. Williamson also won three gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.
6. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1997.
7. Williamson retired from competitive archery in 2016.
8. She now works as a coach and mentor for young athletes.
9. During her career, she set multiple national records for archery.
10. Williamson is considered one of Britain’s greatest ever female archers.