Lisa Buscombe

Lisa Buscombe (née Bertoncini) is a Canadian retired archer. Buscombe won various medals in archery championships including a gold medal at the 1984 World Field Archery Championships and the 1985 World Games. In 1985, she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.

Lisa Buscombe
Personal information
Birth nameLisa Bertoncini
National teamCanada
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma materMcMaster University/University of Toronto
Sport
CountryCanada
SportArchery
College teamMohawk College
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  Canada
World Field Archery Championships
1984 Hyvinkää Women's individual
1986 Radstadt Freestyle Women's individual
Representing  Canada
World Games
1985 London Women's recurve

Career

Buscombe started competing as an archer for Mohawk College in 1975.[1] She won gold medals in archery competitions held by the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association in 1977 and 1978.[2] After college, Buscombe won multiple provincial archery championships from 1983 to 1985 and Canadian championships in 1984 and 1985.[3]

In world championships, Buscombe won gold medals at the 1984 World Field Archery Championships and the 1985 World Games.[4] Buscombe also competed at the 1985 World Archery Championships and 1987 World Archery Championships but did not medal.[5] In 1999, she was selected as an assistant for Canada's archery team at the 1999 Pan American Games[6] and participated at the 1999 World Archery Championships.[7]

Awards and honours

While at Mohawk College, Buscombe was named the college's athlete of the year twice and awarded the Sam Mitminger Award for her performance in athletics and academics.[1] Buscombe was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1985[8] at the same time as her inductions into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Amateur Sports Hall of Fame.[3] Other hall of fames Buscombe were inducted include the Mohawk College Hall of Fame in 1989 and the OCAA Hall of Fame in 2003.[1]

References
  1. "Lisa Bertoncini". Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  2. "Lisa Buscombe (Bertoncini)". Mohawk College. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. "Short Bios 1981-99" (PDF). Brampton Sports Hall of Fame. p. 20. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. Schrodt, Barbara (23 June 2012). "Archery". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. "Lisa Buscombe". World Archery. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Report of the HPC meeting on January 31 & February 1, 1998". Federation of Canadian Archers. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  7. "History of Canadian Archery Teams". Federation of Canadian Archers. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  8. "Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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