Nancy Vonderheide

Nancy Vonderheide (born c.1939 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States), later Nancy Kleinman, was a World Champion archer who represented the United States.

Nancy Vonderheide

Medal record
Women’s Archery
Representing  United States
World Championships
	1961 Oslo	Individual
	1961 Oslo	Team
	1963 Helsinki	Team
	1963 Helsinki	Individual

Vonderheide took up archery in 1959 after starting to date Marvin Kleinman, a partner at the legal firm she was working at, who was a keen archer.[1] Within two years, she won the World Championships in Oslo as an unknown; she also set two new world records at the event. She went on to carry out a record breaking 16 competition unbeaten streak, before being upset at the 1963 Championships by compatriot Victoria Cook. She was not selected for the United States team for any future Championships.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Nancy Kleinman died on March 11th, 2017 after a long illness. [8]

References

1. News and Courier 22 December 1964: Concentration is key in archer
2. "1961 WAC results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
3. "1963 WAC results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
4. Archery Champions by Robert Rhode, 4th edition 1971 Archived 2013-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
5. Sports Illustrated cover feature, 5 Aug 1963: "She Started At The Top"
6. Enquirer 23 Dec 2001: "Straight and Arrow"
7. New York Times: "American Sets World Record In Chicago Women's Archery"
8. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cincinnati/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-kleinman&pid=184488090&fhid=31078