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Para Archery

Lia

Coryell

Paralympian 2016, 2020

Lia Coryell

Athlete Bio#

Age

60

Hometown

LaCrosse, WI

classification: W1

Quick Facts
  • Made her Team USA debut in 2015, when she was selected to the World Archery Para Championships and Parapan American Championships teams
  • Shoots a compound bow in the W1 women's category, and is a proud United States Army Veteran
  • Learned about archery at a wounded warrior adaptive sports camp
  • Became a first-time Paralympian at the age of 51
  • Serves as a Level 4-NTS professional archery coach and sits on several Boards of Adaptive Sports programs
  • Published author and researcher
  • Has five younger brothers and three younger sisters
  • She loves to be outdoors
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World Archery

Paralympic Experience
  • 2-time Paralympian;
    • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th (Individual W1 - Women)
    • Paralympic Games Rio de Janeiro 2016, 4th (Team Compound W1 - Mixed), 7th (Individual Compound W1 - Women)
World Championships Experience
  • Most recent: 2022 – gold (Individual W1 - Women)
  • Years of participation: Individual W1 - Women 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022; Team W1 - Mixed 2015, 2017, 2019; Team Compound Open - Women 2017
  • Medals: 1 (1 gold)
    • Gold – 2022 (Individual W1 - Women)

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