According to the BBC, the incident is understood to have taken place within the last four years during an international competition.

In an initial statement, Archery GB chairman Mark Davies claimed his understanding was that "the allegations were investigated and dealt with at the time to the satisfaction of the alleged victim as well as the local authority".

However, the governing body has now confirmed that they have been contacted by the alleged victim, who told them she has spoken to police about the incident.

Following this, Davies said that the organisation had now suspended the coach, who has not been named.

"We received a call from the alleged victim referred to in the BBC report, who has confirmed that contact was made with the police last week," he said.

"As such, we last night suspended a coach until further notice, pending police enquiries."

Speaking to the BBC, the victim, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, said she did not push her complaint previously for fear of losing funding.

"I didn't go through with a complaint at the time because I was put in a position where it was implied by staff that I didn't want to be the one to lose the coach his job and that I was new to the programme, and I didn't want to risk that either," the athlete told the BBC.

"I was worried I would lose my funding and position on the programme, but that should never have been the case.

"I should have felt like I could trust the staff to help me work through that time, not threaten me.

"They told me that if I dropped my complaint they would discipline the coach appropriately themselves.

"That was something they said to try to ease me I think.

"I'm doing what I should have done a few years ago and I am not afraid of them now."

An Archery GB press conference is due to be held tomorrow to discuss the situation further.

According to the BBC, the athlete previously claimed the coach had acted "inappropriately" and offered her alcoholic drinks in a written statement forwarded to staff at Archery GB.

The coach also reportedly wrote separately to both the athlete and a former team manager to apologise.

It is claimed the former team manager was then told the matter was closed after the athlete decided she wanted no further action to be taken.

The team manager later resigned after "pressure was being put on me to be quiet about this incident and if I were to remain in my post the people above me would not allow me to follow up on my concerns".

It comes less than two weeks after UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl admitted that issues exposed in some sports over recent months are "very concerning", before insisting they are being addressed.

A review into the culture of British Cycling’s world-class performance programme concluded that some athletes had complained of a "lack of encouragement or support", while staff members referred to a "culture of fear in the organisation".

A recent report into the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association also claimed that a senior coach had been accused of racism.

Other sports have also been at the centre of allegations, including claims of bullying made to Paralympic squad members by an unnamed coach at British Swimming.

In March, the organisation launched an "independent fact-finding investigation" after the claims were made.

The investigation is ongoing.