Queenie Newall

Queenie Newall

Queenie Newall at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Sybil Fenton Newall
Nickname	Queenie
Nationality	English
Citizenship	British
Born	17 October 1854 Hare Hill, Littleborough, Rochdale
Died	24 June 1929(1929-06-24) (aged 74) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Archery
Event	Women's double National
Club	Cheltenham Archers
Medal record Women's Archery Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1908 London Double National round

Sybil Fenton Newall (17 October 1854 – 24 June 1929), best known as Queenie Newall, was an English archer who won the gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games. Great Britain did not win another women's archery medal at the Olympics until 2004. She joined the Cheltenham Archers club in 1905, and was national champion on two occasions in 1911 and 1912.^[1]