Sharon Vennard

Sharon Vennard (born 17 September 1961) is a British competitive archer who competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Personal life

Vennard was born in Exmouth, Devon, England and now lives in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. and fibromyalgia which has resulted in her having mobility and balance problems. She has a BTEC qualification in Medical Laboratory Science.

After being classified as a disabled archer in 2009, she joined the British Paralympic archery squad.

She was selected as part of a squad of thirteen British archers to compete in her first Paralympics at the 2012 Summer Games held in London, United Kingdom. In the women's individual recurve she qualified sixth after the opening ranking round, earning her a bye into the round of 16. In her first match she faced Javzmaa Byambasuren of Mongolia and won six sets to two. In the quarterfinal she competed against Yan Huilian the third seed from China and was beaten in straight sets, six to zero.

Vennard trains at the City of Belfast Archery Club