German national team members Elena Richter and Camilo Mayr, who both represented their country at the London 2012 Olympic Games, have announced their retirement from international archery. Mayr, 29, previously stepped away in 2013 but was attempting a comeback for Tokyo. Richter, however, was a key member of the squad that qualified Germany three quota…
Let’s have a look at how will be the 2021 European and World Archery year, after many postponements and also some cancellations due to Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown period. Of course, it is hoped that all events scheduled in 2021 will take place as normal. However, given the current public health situation, the status…
In the last four months, we virtually shot the European Archery Social Tournaments. 4 tournaments carried out on our faceboook page, where European Top Archers were voted and preferred in social matches only by followers, without shooting even an arrow. Below a recap of them: Compound Mix-Mixed Team (April) 8 mixed-team couples made by…
The Executive Board conference call took place on June 19th 2020 using GoToMeeting platform, starting at 10:00 and finishing at 13:00. REPORT BY THE PRESIDENT President Mario Scarzella in his report stressed on the fact that this is the first time that WAE Executive Board run a meeting in such a distant way, which can…
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WAE Executive Board has confirmed the following draft of 2021 calendar. Unfortunately, due to the number of postponed events, including Olympics and Paralympics, we have an increasingly busy and packed 2021 international calendar. As a consequence, some 2020 competitions, such as for instance the European Youth Championships and the European 3D Championships are cancelled and will be held…
World Archery’s Medical and Sports Science Committee has issued a document of recommendations for post-pandemic archery activities as sport restarts after the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak. The regulations are supplementary to local health rules. Emphasis is placed on hand sanitation, cleaning equipment and maintaining social distance during practice, with each archer recommended to use…
The processes were altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic and one-year delay of the Games. Updated qualification procedures for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been approved by the International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee and released by World Archery. Olympic Games Qualification Procedure Paralympic Games Qualification Procedure The documents outline the number of available quota places, the events…
Due to the ongoing worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, all international competitions are suspended until September 2020. In consequence, unfortunately, also the European Youth Championships in Lilleshall (17-22 August) is officially canceled.
The French Archery Federation gave the sad news that Jean Claude Lapostolle had passed away. Jean Claude was very active in the French and international Archery community and had covered many tasks, as international Judge, as doctor, as official, and was also deeply involved in the development of Ski Archery. His memorial service will be…
