Paul Browne

Paul James Browne (born 11 April 1961) is an English competitive archer. Browne has competed in two Summer Paralympic Games. Personal life Browne, who was born with the joint disease arthrogryposis, requires the use of a wheelchair to compete. Without the assistance of sticks, he is unable to walk. He holds a BTEC qualification in Business Studies and Finance. Archery Due to his disability, Browne competes in the W2 classification. He is a member of the Hertford Company of Archers. He is righthanded and uses arrows that are long and a draw weight of . Browne made his Paralympic debut at the 2008 Summer Games held in Beijing, China. In the individual recurve he placed nineteenth in the ranking round and progressed as far as the quarterfinals, losing to Lee Hong-gu of South Korea. In the team recurve he was part of the Great Britain team, along with Mick Beard and Michael Karaphillides, which qualified tenth and lost in the first round of competition to Thailand.