Brown's win is a boost ahead of next year's Beijing Paralympics

The 19-year-old, who only took up the sport four years ago, was ranked number one going into the open compound event.

She set a new world record in the qualification round, beating her own previous record of 1341 by one point.

Brown then carried her good form into the knock-out phase, defeating Wang Li of China 114-108 in the final.

The University of Leicester law student also set a new world best for a 36 arrow pass over 70 metres, with a score of 345 points out of 360, and a new record for a 12 arrow pass with 116 out of 120.

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There was also individual gold for Steve Prowse in the visually impaired event with Melissa Carter winning bronze.

Kate Murray also took bronze in a tense finale to the women's recurve W2 competition.

She was up against Roksolana Dzoba of Ukraine, and after they had tied at 99 points each, Murray triumphed in a shoot-off, scoring a 10 to her opponent's nine.

Britain have a chance to add to their medal tally in the team events later this week.