The President of the Organizing Committee, Mr Paolo Poddighe, has communicated that due to Covid-19 emergency situation, the LOC cannot guarantee the organization of the Para-Archery European Championships, which was scheduled in Olbia from 30 April to 9 May 2021, and that they are forced to cancel such a Championships. Meanwhile, the LOC is working…
WAE President Mr. Mario Scarzella and Secretary General Mrs. Alessandra Colasante, together with the Executive Board, wish all of you and your families a Merry Christmas & a Happy and Safe New Year! WAE Office will be closed till January 4th
Thirty-one archers competed at the tournament in the World Archery Excellence Centre. Dutch archer Steve Wijler capped an incredible four finals at the Lausanne Invitational with a perfect four sets – and 12 arrows in the 10-ring – to beat reigning Indoor Archery World Series Champion Florian Unruh for the recurve men’s title. Wijler joined Lisa Barbelin, Mike Schloesser and Erika Damsbo atop the podium. “I don’t think I’ve been this…
On Saturday December 12th the French Archery Association held its virtual General Assembly and online elections. The outgoing President, Mr Jean-Michel Cleroy, was re-elected President of the Federation for a four-year term. Following the announcement of the election result, the newly re-elected President has thanked all delegates for the trust they placed in him once again. “From tomorrow, we will go on…
The Olympic archery programme is to remain unchanged at five medal events for Paris 2024 Olympic Games, following the approval of the sports line-up and athlete quotas for the event by the executive board of the International Olympic Committee. Archery will award medals in men’s individual, women’s individual, men’s team, women’s team and mixed team competitions. (All…
On Saturday, November 21st, the Croatian Archery Association held its General Assembly and elections. Due to epidemiological reasons and the rules of the Covid-19 Defense Headquarters, the Assembly was carried through an online election platform. Assembly gave a new four-year term for President of the Association to Mr Darko Uidl. As far as the Board…
Due to the ongoing restrictions caused by Covid-19, World Archery Europe’s Executive Board, which met via conference call on November 26th, has cancelled the 2021 European Indoor Championships, to be held in Koper (SLO) on 22-27 February. This was unanimously approved by WAE Executive Board after consultation with Mrs Irena Rosa, Competition Manager of Koper…
Sixteen (European) archers were invited to compete at this live event in the north of Switzerland. Mike and Gaby Schloesser, Florian Faber and Meeri-Marita Paas took the individual podiums at the Wohlen Invitational, the live event held to coincide with the first online stage of the 2021 Indoor Archery World Series. In the meantime, more than 2.400 people submitted scores for the online tournament. Archers…
The 2021 World Archery Para Championships have been postponed until 18-27 February 2022 as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It means that championships for para archers will be held in consecutive years as the following edition, which is scheduled for Pilsen, Czech Republic in 2023 and will act as the primary qualifier for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, remains unchanged….
The upcoming season of the Indoor Archery World Series, the international mass-participation circuit running from November to February, will combine both online and smaller live events in a change from the usual format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in November, archers around the world will be able to participate in a free monthly online…
