At the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece,
Lindsey Carmichael set a world record in the ranking round before she
fell in head-to-head competition and finished sixth overall. At the
2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, Carmichael made the jump to the
medals podium, winning a bronze medal in the women's individual recurve
- standing.
Carmichael has McCune Albright Syndrome, which is
a bone disease contracted at birth, consisting of soft lesions, or weak
spots, in the bones. She has been shooting in able-bodied divisions
since 1998 and in disabled divisions since 2003. In the summer of 2006,
she represented the U.S. at the World University Archery Championships
in Vinicne, Slovakia. She finished the year ranked eighth among all
able-bodied U.S. adult female recurve archers and ended 2007 ranked
fourth in the world in her division among Paralympic archers.
Carmichael lives with her family in the Austin
area. She is double majoring in English and History at the University
of Texas and is Vice President of the school's Archery Club. She is
also in the process of writing a novel.
Major Achievements:
- 2008: Bronze Medal, Women's Ind. Recurve -
Standing - Paralympic Games, Beijing, China.
- 2007: 15th place, AR3 Recurve - IPC Archery
World Championships, Cheongju, Korea
- 2006: Member of World Collegiate Archery Team -
Vinicne, Slovakia
- 2004: Sixth place - Paralympic Games, Athens,
Greece
- 2004: World Record, ranking round - Paralympic
Games, Athens, Greece
- 2003: Fourth place - IPC Archery World
Championships, Madrid, Spain
- 2002: First place, AR3 Standing Recurve -
National Target Championships
1999-2001: Texas State Outdoor Champion
