Mackenzie Brown

Mackenzie Brown (born March 14, 1995) is an American archer.^[3][4] She represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as the USA's only female archer.

Early life

She was born in Flint, Texas, which is where she also grew up. She is the daughter of Stacey Brown. She is an Evangelical Christian.^[5] As of summer 2016, she resides in Chula Vista, California where she a Resident Athlete at the U.S. Olympic Training Center.^[6]

Archery career

Prior to her archery career, she participated in competitive swimming, which she eventually hoped to swim at the Olympic games. In her mid-teens, she discovered the sport of archery and dedicated her time completely to the sport, participating in the National Archery in the Schools program. Brown later participated in the Junior Olympic Archery Development club and participated in the 2012 Olympic Trials for archery, placing 16th, but did not earn a spot to the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6] She won a team silver medal at the 2012 Pan American Championships, won an individual silver medal at the 2015 World Youth Championships,^[7] won a team bronze medal at the 2014 Pan American Championships, and won an individual silver medal at the 2015 World Archery Youth Championships.^[6] As of August 2016, she is the fourth ranked female archer in the world.^[8][5] As a result, she was named the sole female member of the United States archery team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In a major upset, Brown was defeated in the round of 32 of the individual female archery round to Myanmar archer San Yu Htwe.^[9] She was nicknamed as the "Girl on Fire".

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