Lindsey Carmichael

• Home: Lago Vista, Texas
• Birthdate: July 22, 1985

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