[2] Bridger began archery in 1976, at the age of four, in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.
[3] At the 1988 World Field Championships in Bolzano, Italy, she won a bronze medal in the junior women's recurve event.
[5] In December 2001, she was nationally ranked as the best female recurve archer in Australia with a WRL of 59, best listed of 1,288 and 2,518 current points.
[5] She was part of the Australian team at the 2002 European Grand Prix event held Turkey from 26 to 30 June.
[6] She won a bronze medal in the women's team event alongside teammates Madeleine Ferris and Marianne Gale at the 2002 World Field Championships in Canberra, Australia.
[4] In March 2003, she was ranked the best female Australian archer in recurve, ahead of Jo-Ann Galbraith.
[11] Bridger attended a national team training camp in Canberra in September 2011 and March 2012.
[14] As of 30 April 2012[update], she is ranked as Australia's top female recurve archer.
[16] In March at the 2012 Olympic Games Nomination Shoot Results, she finished first with a score of 2579.