Jodie Grinham

Archery

Region

Crawley, West Sussex
Date of Birth

25/07/1993
Classification

Compound Women Open

Bio

Pregnant Para-archer Jodie Grinham and Nathan Macqueen made history as they clinched gold for ParalympicsGB by beating Iran 155-151 in the mixed team compound final.

It was a second medal at Paris 2024 for Grinham, who became the first pregnant athlete to win a Paralympic gold medal, after she beat team-mate Phoebe Paterson Pine to win the women’s individual compound bronze on Saturday.

Paris 2024 saw seven months pregnant Jodie return to the Paralympic archery team for the first time since Rio 2016, where she won a silver medal alongside John Stubbs in the Mixed Team Compound event.

When she took up archery, Jodie worked with her dad to develop a way to shoot that allowed her to grip the bow. The Crawley-based archer, originally born in Haverford West in Wales, has a condition called Brachysyndactyly. She has a shortened left arm, underdeveloped left shoulder, no fingers and half a thumb on her left hand.

At the 2024 European Para Cup Jodie took the individual compound women’s open title as well as the doubles compound open silver medal with Phoebe Paterson Pine. She and Phoebe also won the compound open doubles bronze medal at the European Para Championships.

She was a law school student before focusing on being an elite athlete and away from archery, Jodie likes a challenge whether it be completing Rubix cubes, long walks or scrap book collections.

Major Results

Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Mixed Team Compound (Open): Gold
Women’s Individual Compound: Bronze

Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Mixed Team Compound (Open): Silver

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