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ELECTIONS IN THE RUSSIAN ARCHERY FEDERATION Mr. Vladimir Esheev, during the General Meeting held on 27 January 2013, was re-elected as President of the Russian Archery Federation, for the next 4 years’ period. Congratulations!

GIAN PIERO SPADA HAS LEFT US We are greatly saddened to learn of the death of Mr. Gian Piero Spada, from Italy, at the age of 57 years old, after fighting with cancer for a long period. He started his career as a judge in Italy from 1988. In 1993 he was appointed as Chairman…

Archery included among the 25 core sports of the Olympic Programme. Archery has been included among the core sports of the Olympic Games. The Executive Board of IOC, in the meeting held in Losanna on 12th February, agreed on the 25 sports it will proposeto the 125thIOC Session for approval as the core sports for…

With the European Indoor Championships … our new Twitter account: follow us on @archeryeurope ! Ready for the #Euro_Indoor2013…whether you’re at home on the sofa or shooting in the competition…stay tuned and share the excitement!  

WORLD MASTER GAMES The World Master Games will be held in Turin (Italy) from 2nd to 11th August (Archery from 5-9 August). Already 112 archers from 17 countries have registered for the archery competitions. The only participation requirement is being a registered archer of at least 30 years old. Recurve and Compound will be featured…

The WAE Executive Board Meeting was held in St. Petersburg on 11th May. These are some of the important decisions taken by the Board members. European Games The President informed that archery is an official sport of the 2015 European Games. The Games will be held in Baku (Azerbaijan) in 2015, and it is estimated…

A new and exciting competition, the Conquest Cup, was held on Wednesday 29 May in Istanbul. It was a competition between two Continents competing against each other as a team, Europe against Asia. Both Europe and Asia selected four men and four women each to challenge each other in individual, team and mixed team matches. The…

The XVII edition of the Mediterranean Games is starting in Mersin (TUR) with the Opening Ceremony which will be held  today at 19,30. The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event, with participation exclusively from countries around the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe, Africa and Asia meet. All 24 member countries of the ICMG are expected to…

In the archery team competitions, the first medals were awarded to Egypt for Men and to Italy for Women The University of Mersin hosted yesterday the eliminations and the finals of the Teams. In the Recurve Men Team Egypt surprisingly defeated in the semifinal Italy. The Egyptian team, with Youth Olympic Champion Ibrahim Sabry, Hady…

Recurve Individual finals concluded the Mediterranean Games held in Mersin (TUR). In the women finals Guendalina Sartori won the gold medal. She defeated the Spanish Mirene Etxeberria Ferrer 7-3. On her way to final, she defeated in the quarter Nada Kamel (EGY) 7-3 and in semifinal her teammate Natalia Valeeva 7-3. For the bronze medal,…