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Beatrice Hill-Lowe
Irish archer (1869–1951)
Beatrice Geraldine Hill-Lowe (26 January 1869 – 2 July 1951) was an Irish[1]archer who represented Britain.[2] She was born in County Louth, Ireland.
She was the first Irishwoman to win an Olympic medal. She won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.[3][4]
Early life and career
Hill-Lowe was born in Ardee House in County Louth, Ireland (then part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) on 26 January 1869.
Her parents were William Ruxton, a landowner and vice-lieutenant for County Louth, and Caroline Diana (née Vernon).
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She had five older sisters and 3 older brothers. She married Arthur Hill-Lowe, who had been married once before and had a daughter called Ada, on 15 July 1891, and she moved to Tenbury Wells, England. They had two children, Arthur Noel Vernon, born in 1892, and Sibyl, born in 1897.[4]
She began competing in local archery competition