Background
Newall was born at her father"s estate in Rochdale on 17 October 1854.
Newall was born at her father"s estate in Rochdale on 17 October 1854.
She took part at the 1908 Summer Olympics, held in White City, London. The entire field competing in the women"s archery were British. On the first day of the Archery competition the weather in White City Stadium was so poor that the event was stopped at one point.
On the close of the first day Queenie was behind Dod by ten points.
The second day"s weather was much improved and Queenie overtook Dod, eventually winning with a score of 688 points, 46 points ahead of Dod who finished in the silver medal position. She continued in the sport following the First World War, her last score was recorded by the Cheltenham archery club in 1928.
She died at her home in Cheltenham on 24 June 1929.
She was 53 years old at the time, still the oldest female gold medal winner at the Olympic Games. Great Britain did not win another women"s archery medal at the Olympics until 2004. She joined the Cheltenham Archers club in 1905, and was national champion on three occasions in 1911, 1912 and 1914. By 1907 she had won four of the five regional meetings The expected winner of the women"s archery, Alice Legh, chose not to compete and so Queenie"s main rival was Lottie Dod who was a sporting all-rounder. The victory made Queenie the oldest woman to win an Olympic medal, at the age of 53 years and 275 days, a record which still stands as of 2012. At the following National Championships, Newell was defeated by Alice Legh but she went on to win it in 1911, retained it in 1912, and won it once more in 1914. After the 1908 Olympics, no female British archer won an Olympic medal until Alison Williamson won the bronze in the women"s individual competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
