Lisa Buscombe
Canadian archer
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Lisa Buscombe (née Bertoncini) is a Canadian retired archer. Buscombe won various medals in archery championships including gold at the 1984 World Field Archery Championships and 1985 World Games plus a silver medal in the 1986 World Field Archery Championships. In 1985, she was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
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| National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Lisa Bertoncini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Mohawk College/McMaster University/University of Toronto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Mohawk College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 and national archery championships from 1978 to 1992.[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]
