LEONARD Kerrie-Louise

Ireland
Archery
18 Dec 1990
30
Female
W2
 
Ireland
IRELAND

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ARC Archery Women's Individual Compound - Open 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Yumenoshima Ranking Field
Women's Individual Compound - Open Ranking Round
Finished
Yumenoshima Final Field
Women's Individual Compound - Open 1/16 Elimination
#38
IND
JYOTI JJYOTI Jyoti
 Sport Class: ST
137
IRL
LEONARD KLLEONARD Kerrie-Louise
 Sport Class: W2
141
Finished
Yumenoshima Final Field
Women's Individual Compound - Open 1/8 Elimination
#64
IRL
LEONARD KLLEONARD Kerrie-Louise
 Sport Class: W2
131
RPC
ARTAKHINOVA SARTAKHINOVA Stepanida
 Sport Class: ST
141
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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RankEventYearLocation
World Championships
9Individual Compound - Open2015Donaueschingen, GER
17Individual Compound - Open2019's-Hertogenbosch, NED
17Individual Compound - Open2017Beijing, CHN
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Ker, Kez (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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Horse breeding, baking, watching films, DIY. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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Athlete, Manager
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Equine Studies - Maynooth University, Ireland
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English
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Blackheath Archers [Dublin, IRL]
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James Conroy [personal], IRL
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Her father Edward Leonard was a professional jockey. (caracentre.ie, 06 Sep 2020; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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In October 2019 she broke her femur and was house-bound for three months. (LinkedIn profile, 28 Jul 2021; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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She took up the sport at age 12 in Ireland, and began competing in 2012. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021; paralympic.org, 20 Aug 2019)
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"I've tried lots of sports like swimming, basketball, kayaking, sledge hockey, waterskiing, sand sailing and archery of course. I got started in archery because my uncle knew someone in a wheelchair who did archery and asked if I wanted to try the sport. Of course, I said yes." She gave up the sport for several years before taking it back up at age 20. "I returned in university when a friend of mine encouraged me to sign up to the university club. I went to my first Para competition because there was an opportunity available through the Irish Wheelchair Association to go to an invitational shoot prior to London 2012 and I participated in Stoke Mandeville [England]." (caracentre.ie, 06 Sep 2020; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org, 20 Aug 2019)
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She trains on a 50m range on the family farm in County Meath, Ireland. "I live on a farm, so I have plenty of space. The training venue is free, except for a target, which I had to purchase." (caracentre.ie, 06 Sep 2020; paralympic.org, 20 Aug 2019)
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Winning the Irish National Outdoor Championship title. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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Irish jockey Rachael Blackmore, Irish activist Caroline Casey, British racehorse Enable. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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Coach James Conroy, and her father Edward Leonard. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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She always puts on a full face of make-up before a competition. (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)
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"There's nothing you can do about the arrows that have gone before, you can only focus on the next arrow to come." (Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

General Interest

Classification
Open (World Archery, 17 Aug 2021)

Type of Impairment
Spinal Cord Injuries (paralympic.org, 20 Aug 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Acquired (paralympic.org, 20 Aug 2019)

Impairment Details
At age six she fell off a tractor and the back wheel drove over her, which resulted in paralysis below the waist. (independent.ie, 22 Jul 2021; paralympic.org, 20 Aug 2019)

General
ARCHERY BREAK AND RETURN
After taking up archery at age 12, she took a break from the sport before returning to it when she began to attend university in 2012. The same year she worked as a transport workforce team leader at the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in London, and was further inspired to return to competitive archery after she watched Irish boxer Katie Taylor win gold at the Olympic Games. "I got to go to Katie Taylor's final. I remember looking around thinking, 'I thought tickets were distributed by a lottery system so how is everyone here wearing green?' It was just amazing. When I went to college I joined the archery club and reconnected with an old coach of mine [Jim Conroy]. The opportunity came up just before London 2012 to go to an international competition, which I took. That first competition I did in 2012 was really important because it showed me that the world standard was achievable and that I could compete at that level. Ever since then I was committed to qualifying for a Paralympic Games." (LinkedIn profile, 10 Aug 2021; Facebook page, 07 Aug 2021; independent.ie, 22 Jul 2021; caracentre.ie, 06 Sep 2020)

OCCUPATION
She works as an account manager for social media company Facebook in Ireland. (LinkedIn profile, 10 Aug 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
After she graduated with a bachelor's degree in equine business from Maynooth University in Ireland in 2015, she studied for a master's degree in marketing at Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School [University College Dublin] in Ireland between 2018 and 2019. From 2017 to 2019 she also studied for a certificate in agriculture operations from Teagasc, an agriculture and food development authority in Ireland. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Aug 2020; Athlete, 20 Aug 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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