[3] In January 2008 Burgess and her boyfriend were treated for injuries sustained in an attack by a group of teenagers outside an indoor archery range in Cheadle, near Stockport, Greater Manchester, the pair both suffering bruising to the face.

Burgess concluded the preliminary ranking round, in which archers were seeded for the subsequent elimination stages based on their total score from 72 arrows, 40th of the 64 competitors.

Her tally, combined with that of her teammates Williamson and Folkard, additionally placed Great Britain second for the team elimination rounds, behind only reigning champions South Korea.

[10] In the women's team event, which was contested prior to the individual competition, Burgess, Williamson and Folkard secured victory over Japan in the quarter-finals before defeated by China in the semi-finals.

[13] Burgess narrowly missed out on qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics held in London; she did however claim a gold medal alongside Michael Peart at the European Grand Prix in Cyprus in the mixed team recurve competition.