Kenny Allen (archer)
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Full name | Kenneth Allen | ||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||
Born | [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | 8 October 1969||||||||||
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Sport | Archery | ||||||||||
Event(s) | Recurve | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenneth "Kenny" Allen (born 8 October 1969) is a British Paralympic archer.
He competed in individual and team recurve in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London and won his first World Championship medal in Bangkok in 2013.
Biography[]
Allen was born with spina bifida and lives in Wymondham, Norfolk. During the 2012 Summer Paralympics he set a new Paralympic record with 651 points.[2]
When reclassification took effect in April 2014, Allen was no longer eligible to compete in para-archery under the new rules and decided to focus on able-bodied events instead.[1]
Personal life[]
Allen is married and has two children.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Banned para-archer Kenny Allen eyes able-bodied events". BBC News. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ a b McMahon, Rosa (30 August 2012). "Wymondham man breaks Paralympic archery record and sets his sights on gold". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
Categories:
- Paralympic archers of Great Britain
- Archers at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- English male archers
- 1969 births
- British archery biography stubs