Ten places in each of the compound men’s and compound women’s competitions were assigned at the end of 2016. The final world ranking list of the 2016 season filled 20 of the remaining quota places in the compound archery competition at the 2017 World Games, being held in Wroclaw, Poland in July. Wroclaw marks the second…
The candidatures for World Archery Europe Athletes Liaison officially opens! Are you interested in to be the next Athletes Liaison for the next 4-years-period 2017-2020? The elected athlete will act as Liaison between the archers and WAE Executive Board. Form is open until 20th February 2017. The candidatures must be sent by email to WAE…
2016 edition of European Archery 3D Championships start official today evening with the Opening Ceremony near the Mokrice Castel in Catez (SLO). 4 days of competitions for 209 archers from 18 countries in the 4 courses built in the beautiful Golf Club all around the Castel. Follow results on ianseo: http://www.ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=1347 Photogallery: https://www.archeryeurope.org/index.php/photo-gallery/category/209-mokrice2016 Video, highlights and Live…
The new Olympic Channel is now online with news, videos, champions, events, features and much more. Take a look on official website: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/
Last day, last matches, last medals in Rio for Men individual competition. Third Silver Medal for an European archer at Olympics Rio 2016, Jean-Charles Valladont took 2nd place after the Finals against Ku Bonchan (KOR, of course). With Ku Bonchan’s victory in the men’s event, Korea won all four titles for the first time at…
Chang Hye Jin beat Lisa Unruh of Germany, 6-2, in the women’s Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal match. World number six Chang Hye Jin became the eighth Korean athlete since 1984 to claim Olympic gold in the women’s individual competition at the Games, after a four-set final against Germany’s Lisa Unruh in the Sambodromo’s Rio 2016 archery arena….
Since the event was introduced in 1988, the Korean women have never lost a match at the Games. Chang Hye Jin, Choi Misun and London 2012 individual Olympic Champion Ki Bo Bae won Korea its eighth consecutive Olympic archery women’s team title at Rio 2016, with wins over Japan, Chinese Taipei – and Russia in…
The Korean team was nearly perfect, dropping just three points in 18 arrows to take archery’s first Olympic gold at Rio 2016. And no European Teams on the final podium. World number one Korea shot consecutive sets of 60, 58 and 59 points in the Olympic final to beat the USA to the recurve men’s…
World Archery President Prof Dr Ugur Erdener was elected an IOC Vice President at the IOC Session in Rio de Janiero. Prof Dr Erdener had been a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board since 2014. He was elected to one of two open IOC Vice President positions at the 129th IOC Session, held…
Just one day to Opening Ceremony of XXXI Olympic Games 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (BRA), but less then 24 hours to archery competition. Olympic Games will start on 5th August and will end on 21st August. Attached an interesting infographic of the Games (Source: rio 2016 olympics infographic thanks to dr-discount for the illustrations). Archery competition will go…
