Tag: archer
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Deepika India’s sportsperson of 2013
Lausanne, Feb 17, 2014: Following a third consecutive silver medal at the Archery World Cup Final, Deepika KUMARI was named Sportsperson of the Year at the India Sport Awards. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist, who has over 200,000 followers on Facebook, picked up her first podium of the year in Shanghai before two last-8 finishes…
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Archery listed among Olympic core sports by IOC
Lausanne – Switzerland, Feb 13, 2013: Archery, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced yesterday that archery has been introduced to form part of the core sports for the 2020 Olympic Games. However the sport of wrestling faces being removed from the programme. The presentation and visibility of archery has developed dramatically over the last decade,…
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VALLADONT world champion at home!
Val d’Isere – France, August 19, 2012: Jean-Charles VALLADONT (FRA) became the first recurve men world champion for France! Elena RICHTER (GER) won it in recurve women. Jesse BROADWATER (USA) got his first individual world title in compound men and so did Ivana BUDEN in compound women. The new barebow world champions are Sebastian JUANOLA…
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Final Olympic Individual Qualifications Ogden
World Archery News, June 25, 2012: Ogden, On Friday, the last individual Olympic qualifications took place for the countries that didn’t have a place (per gender). There was 7 spots for the men available and 8 for the women. They were contested by 80 men (from 35 countries) and 50 women (from 25 countries). This…
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Athletes Committee: Election, Procedure and Application Form
Lausanne – April 27, 2012: Athletes Committee, The World Archery Athletes Committee—which has been partially re-elected in Turin in July 2011 during the World Archery Championships—will conduct a re-election of their 6th member representing the Field Archery. This will take place in Val d’Isere where the World Archery Field Championships will be held from 14-19 August…