LANCASTER, Pa. — Casey Kaufhold, 17, of Lancaster County, won the silver medal at the Word Archery Championships in Yankton, South Dakota on Sept. 26. The silver was the first time a U.S. woman medaled in the event in 33 years.
The last time a U.S. female athlete medaled at the event was when Denise Parker won bronze in 1989.
Kaufhold beat the Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, An San of South Korea, in the semifinals by a of 6-2. She then lost to Jan Minhee, also of South Korea, in the final by a score of 0-6.
The Conestoga Valley High School senior attended her first Olympics in Tokyo last summer, coming in at 17th.
Kaufhold began doing archery when she was 3 years old and began competing at age 8.
“When I tell somebody I do archery they have a whole bunch of questions because they don’t really know how the scoring works, the distance, all that. I like to share the sport because not everybody knows a lot about it,” she said.
Kaufhold hopes to attend Texas A&M University after graduating this year.
Her next major competition will be the Junior Pan Am Games in November in Cali, Colombia.