Bryony Pitman

Bryony Michaela Pitman (born 13 March 1997) is a British archer competing in women's recurve events. She won the gold medal in the women's recurve team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. Earlier in 2019, she won the bronze medal in the women's team recurve event at the World Archery Championships held in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

Early life and education Pitman grew up in Shoreham-by-Sea. Her father Gary also arched in his youth. At age 11, she joined Worthing Archery Club.

Pitman attended Cardinal Newman Catholic School in Hove. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History from Northumbria University in 2020 and a Master of Arts (MA) in Intelligence and Security Studies from Brunel University London in 2022.

Career

Pitman, Daisy Clark and Evangeline Rawlings won the gold medal in the junior women's team event at the 2012 World Field Archery Championships held in Val-d'Isère, France. In 2014, she competed in the girls' individual and mixed team events at the Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China. In the individual event, Pitman finished in 14th place in the ranking rounds.

Pitman won the silver medal in the junior women's recurve event at the 2017 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Vittel, France. She also won the bronze medal in the junior women's team recurve event, alongside Alyssia Tromans-Ansell and Elizabeth Warner. She competed in the women's individual and women's team events. She competed in the women's recurve, women's team recurve and recurve mixed team events. She won the gold medal in the women's team recurve event at the 2023 European Games held in Poland. She also competed in the women's individual recurve event.

Pitman and Conor Hall won the silver medal in the mixed team recurve event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany. She also competed in the women's individual recurve and women's team recurve events. In the women's team event, alongside teammates Megan Havers and Penny Healey, they were knocked out by Germany in the round of 16.