The upcoming season of the Indoor Archery World Series, the international mass-participation circuit running from November to February, will combine both online and smaller live events in a change from the usual format due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Starting in November, archers around the world will be able to participate in a free monthly online…
It was archery’s first international event since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Poland’s Lukasz Przybylski and Magdalena Smialkowska claimed their first international podiums as they won the compound men’s and recurve women’s events at the 2020 International Antalya Challenge. Artem Makhnenko of Russia and Andrea Marcos of Spain also collected victories at this first major tournament…
Archery is one of the 23 sports included on the preliminary programme for the third edition of the European Games due to be held in Krakow-Malopolska, Poland in 2023. It was announced following a meeting with the European Olympic Committees in Rome. The European Games were launched in Baku in 2015. Archery featured with a format mirroring that…
One of Britain’s sporting heroes, with a gold medal win at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, John Cavanagh has enjoyed an enviable career that has taken him around the globe. Sadly, an ongoing shoulder injury has led to his early retirement from the sport. John’s introduction to archery followed a skiing accident in the…
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…
