Lisa Barbelin

Barbelin trains at the Société de tir de Dieuze in Dieuze, Moselle,[2] and Les Archers riomois in Auvergne.[3][4]

She competed at the 2017 European Junior Archery Cup, finishing third in the individual event in Marathon, Greece, and second in the individual and team events in Poreč, Croatia.[2] That year she also came third in the team event at the 2017 World Youth Archery Championships.[5] She was part of the French team that came third in the team event at the 2019 Archery World Cup event in Medellín, Colombia.[6] In the same year, she competed in the World Youth Archery Championships, finishing second in the team event and fourth in the individual event.[7][8] Later in the year, she attended a 10-day workshop in Gwangju, South Korea, where she was trained by former Olympic champion Ki Bo-bae.[9] In February 2020, Barbelin won the French women's Olympic selection test event.[10] During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in France, she trained in her parents' garden in Ley, Moselle.[1]

In December 2020, Barbelin came third at an Indoor Archery World Series that was held virtually.[11] In March 2021, she won an event in Poreč.[12] In June 2021, Barbelin won the recurve event at the 2021 European Archery Championships.[4][13][14] She was the first French woman to win a European Archery Championships since Bérengère Schuh in 2008.[3][4] As a result, she became the number one ranked women's archer,[13] and she qualified for the women's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4][13] Her qualification was assured after winning her quarter-final match at the Championships.[15] Her position as number one women's archer was brief as in the same month she was demoted to second place;[16] she was overtaken by Indian Deepika Kumari.[17] At the Games, Barbelin finished 13th in the ranking round,[18] and was eliminated from the knockout section of the event in the round of 8.[19] Later in the year, Barbelin was part of the French team that came third in the women's team event at the 2021 World Archery Championships.[20] She was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the individual[21] and mixed team events at the Championships.[22]

She won the gold medal in the women's recurve event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.[23][24] She was part of the French team that finished third in the recurve event at the 2022 Archery World Cup event in Medellín, Colombia.[25] She was part of the French team that came second in the recurve event at the 2023 European Games.[26]

Barbelin is from Ley, Moselle, France.[27] She studies chemistry at Sorbonne University.[27][28] Barbelin is also an amateur pianist.[28]

• Lisa Barbelin at the World Archery Federation