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Lisa Buscombe

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Lisa Buscombe
Personal information
Birth nameLisa Bertoncini
National teamCanada
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materMohawk College/McMaster University/University of Toronto
Sport
CountryCanada
SportArchery
College teamMohawk College
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  Canada
World Field Archery Championships
Gold medal – first place 1984 Hyvinkää Women's individual
Silver medal – second place 1986 Radstadt Freestyle Women's individual
Representing  Canada
World Games
Gold medal – first place 1985 London Women's recurve

Lisa Buscombe (née Bertoncini) is a Canadian retired archer. Buscombe won various medals in archery championships including gold at the 1984 World Field Archery Championships and 1985 World Games plus a silver medal in the 1986 World Field Archery Championships. In 1985, she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.

Career

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Buscombe started competing as an archer for Mohawk College in 1975.[1] She won gold medals in archery competitions held by the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association in 1977 and 1978.[2] After college, Buscombe won multiple provincial and national archery championships from 1978 to 1992.[3]

In world championships, Buscombe won gold medals at the 1984 World Field Archery Championships and the 1985 World Games.[4] Buscombe also competed at the 1985 World Archery Championships and 1987 World Archery Championships but did not medal.[5] In 1999, she was selected as an assistant for Canada's archery team at the 1999 Pan American Games[6] and participated at the 1999 World Archery Championships.[7]

Awards and honours

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While at Mohawk College, Buscombe was named the college's athlete of the year twice and awarded the Sam Mitminger Award for her performance in athletics and academics.[1] Buscombe was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985[8] at the same time as her inductions into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame.[3] Other hall of fames Buscombe were inducted include the Mohawk College Hall of Fame in 1989 and the OCAA Hall of Fame in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lisa Bertoncini". Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Lisa Buscombe (Bertoncini)". Mohawk College. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Short Bios 1981-99" (PDF). Brampton Sports Hall of Fame. p. 20. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ^ Schrodt, Barbara (23 June 2012). "Archery". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Lisa Buscombe". World Archery. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Report of the HPC meeting on January 31 & February 1, 1998". Federation of Canadian Archers. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  7. ^ "History of Canadian Archery Teams". Federation of Canadian Archers. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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