Tom Dielen, World Archery secretary general, has been re-elected to the International World Games Association Executive Committee. The World Games has been referred to as ‘the Olympics of the compound discipline’, and features a field round for recurve and compound…
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WA Secretary General elected to World Games Committee
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Kenny Allen hit by para-archery reclassification
The latest reclassification of para-archery competitors has affected another British squad member. Kenny Allen, who has been part of the team for seven years, is the second Team GB archer to lose out under the new regulations after Danielle Brown’s…
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Watch the World Indoors
The Indoor World Championships will be reaching a wider audience than any archery Indoor Championships before, as it will be broadcast live on World Archery’s YouTube channel, World Archery TV, starting on Friday 28 February with the team junior compound…
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WA President Elected to International Olympic Committee Executive Board
Professor Ugur Erdener, president of World Archery, was elected to the board of the International Olympic Committee at the 126th IOC session in Sochi. The only other World Archery president to have been awarded a place on the IOC board…
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WA Athletes of the Year
Compound archers Martin Damsbo and Erika Jones have been named as World Archery’s athletes of the year. Martin Damsbo achieved medals at World Cup stages before winning the individual grand final in Paris, and collected team gold with Denmark at…
Brown appeal accepted
Danielle Brown is due to have her disability classification re-assessed. The archer, who was not classified as a para-athlete under World Archery’s new rules brought in last November, has had her appeal accepted by World Archery and will be re-tested…
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Vote for World Archery Athlete of the Year!
World Archery has announced that the poll for decide the athlete of the year is open until 20 December – so get your votes in! There are two categories: men and women, which will cover compound, recurve, and all para-archery…
Archery a core Olympic sport
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Athlete of the year
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