Emma Rose Ravish (born December 16, 1999) is an American Paralympic archer from Alva, Florida.[1] She is the most successful recurve women open archer in U.S. history.[2] She holds the 70m Para Recurve Open Female national record.[1]
She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, making her the youngest American archer to compete at the Paralympics.[3]
Ravish was born without legs due to complications in biological mother’s pregnancy.[4] Her Paralympic classification is W2.[1] She qualified for the World Para Archery Championships at her first major national archery competition, 36 hours after getting her Paralympic classification.[4] She was the 2019 USA Archery Target Nationals champion, and she won a silver medal at the 2021 Para Pan American Championships.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Emma Rose Ravish". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 25, 2021.
- ^ "USA Archery Nominates Team for Tokyo Paralympic Games". Archery Wire. June 8, 2021.
- ^ Levy, Dustin B. (August 23, 2021). "'Your dreams are worth it': Lee County women to compete at Tokyo Paralympic Games". The News-Press.
- ^ a b Price, Karen (August 24, 2020). "Meet Four Team USA Athletes Looking To Make Their Paralympic Debut In 2021". Team USA. Archived from the original on August 29, 2020.
External links
edit- Emma Rose Ravish at World Archery
- Emma Rose Ravish at the International Paralympic Committee
- Emma Rose Ravish at Team USA (archive March 31, 2023)
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