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World Archery
AbbreviationWA (formerly FITA)
Formation4 September 1931; 92 years ago (1931-09-04)
Founded atLwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine)
TypFederation of national associations
HauptsitzLausanne, Switzerland
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
159 national and other associations
Official language
Englisch
President
Uğur Erdener
First Vice-president
Mario Scarzella
AffiliationsInternational Olympic Committee, International World Games Association
Websiteworldarchery.sport

World Archery (WA, also and formerly known as FITA from the French Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.

History

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FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine). Its seven founding member states were France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy.[1] The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the Olympic Games (the sport had not been featured since 1920). FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

To celebrate the organization's 80th anniversary in July 2011, a large majority of the FITA Congress voted to change the name from FITA to the World Archery or WA.[2]

In March 2022, in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federation announced that no athlete, team official, or technical official from Russia or Belarus will be permitted to participate in any international archery event, their flags and anthems are banned, and no archery events would be held in the two countries.[3]

In July 2023, on the question that whether or not to re-allow athletics with Russian and/or Belarusian passports to participant international archery competitions under neutral identities, World Archery asked both national archery federations to submit personal datas for investigations, as both federations denied to complete such requirements, WA said that it's unlikely to allow neutral athletes unless once procedure can be completely followed.[4]

In December 2023, World Archery launched its own OTT Service with an Subscription Video On Demand model and live streaming of main events.[5]

Identity

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Flag

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World Archery
UseSport Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion3:5
Adopted1 April 2012
DesignWhite field with a WA logo

The WA flag has a white background, with the organization's logo in the middle.[6][7]

Member associations

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Further information: Category:National members of the World Archery Federation

As of April 2019, 159 national federations and other associations are members of World Archery.[8]

  • Albanien
  • Algerien
  • Andorra
  • Argentinien
  • Armenien
  • Amerikanisch-Samoa
  • Australien
  • Österreich
  • Aserbaidschan
  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesch
  • Barbados
  • Belgien
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Weißrussland
  • Bhutan
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Brasilien
  • Britische Jungferninseln
  • Bulgarien
  • Kamerun
  • Zentralafrikanische Republik
  • Kambodscha
  • Kanada
  • Tschad
  • Chile
  • China [zh]
  • Kolumbien
  • Komoren
  • Costa Rica
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Kroatien
  • Cuba
  • Zypern
  • Tschechische Republik
  • DR Congo
  • Dänemark
  • Dominica
  • Dominikanische Republik
  • Ecuador
  • Ägypten
  • El Salvador
  • Eritrea
  • Estland
  • Falklandinseln
  • Färöer Inseln
  • Fidschi
  • Finnland
  • Frankreich
  • Gabun
  • Georgien
  • Deutschland
  • Ghana
  • Great Britain
  • Griechenland
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong, China
  • Ungarn
  • Island
  • Indien
  • Indonesien
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Irland
  • Israel
  • Italien
  • Japan
  • Kasachstan
  • Kenia
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Kirgisistan
  • Laos
  • Lettland
  • Libanon
  • Libyen
  • Liechtenstein
  • Litauen
  • Luxemburg
  • Macau
  • Mazedonien
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mauretanien
  • Mauritius
  • Mexiko
  • Moldawien
  • Monaco
  • Montenegro
  • Mongolei
  • Marokko
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Niederlande
  • Neuseeland
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Norfolkinsel
  • North Korea
  • Norwegen
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Papua-Neuguinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippinen
  • Polen
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Katar
  • Rumänien
  • Russland
  • Ruanda
  • St. Kitts und Nevis
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Saudi-Arabien
  • Senegal
  • Serbien
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapur
  • Slowakei
  • Slowenien
  • Somalia
  • Südafrika
  • Südkorea
  • Spanien
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Surinam
  • Schweden
  • Schweiz
  • Tahiti
  • Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
  • Tadschikistan
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad und Tobago
  • Tunesien
  • Türkei
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Vereinigte Staaten
  • Uruguay
  • Usbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Simbabwe

Rankings

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Main article: World Archery Rankings

World Archery publishes world rankings for each category of outdoor competitive archery (men / women; recurve / compound; individual / team / mixed team), updated following every official eligible event.[9]

Each archer earns a ranking score for each competition. The ranking scores are calculated through a combination of the ranking factor of the tournament (as determined by the quality of competition, the number of competitors, and how recently the competition took place) and points based on the competitor's final position in the competition. The archer's four highest ranking scores are then combined to form their 'Added Ranking Score', which forms the basis of the ranking list.[10]

Current rankings

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Current number one ranked archers

  • Updated 7 August 2024
Discipline Men Women Mens's Team Women's Team Mixed Team
Recurve  Marcus D'Almeida (BRA)  Lim Si-hyeon (KOR) Südkorea Südkorea Südkorea Südkorea Südkorea Südkorea
Compound  Mike Schloesser (NED)  Ella Gibson (GBR) Indien Indien Indien Indien Vereinigte Staaten Vereinigte Staaten

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Summary Championships

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See also: World Archery Championships

The following table shows the venue of all World Championships on the current World Archery programme:

Denotes inaugural event
Year World Championships
Outdoor Indoor Youth Para Field University 3D
1931 Polen Lwów
1932 Polen Warsaw
1933 Vereinigtes Königreich London
1934 Schweden Båstad
1935 Belgien Brussels
1936 Czechoslovakia Prague
1937 Frankreich Paris
1938 Vereinigtes Königreich London
1939 Norwegen Oslo
1946 Schweden Stockholm
1947 Czechoslovakia Prague
1948 Vereinigtes Königreich London
1949 Frankreich Paris
1950 Dänemark Copenhagen
1952 Belgien Brussels
1953 Norwegen Oslo
1955 Finnland Helsinki
1957 Czechoslovakia Prague
1958 Belgien Brussels
1959 Schweden Stockholm
1960
1961 Norwegen Oslo
1962
1963 Finnland Helsinki
1965 Schweden Västerås
1966
1967 Niederlande Amersfoort
1968
1969 Vereinigte Staaten Valley Forge Vereinigte Staaten Valley Forge
1970
1971 Vereinigtes Königreich York Vereinigtes Königreich Cardiff
1973 Frankreich Grenoble
1974 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zagreb
1975 Schweiz Interlaken
1977 Australien Canberra
1979 West Germany Berlin
1981 Italien Punta Ala
1982 Vereinigtes Königreich Kingsclere
1983 Vereinigte Staaten Los Angeles
1984 Finnland Hyvinkää
1985 Südkorea Seoul
1986 Österreich Radstadt
1987 Australien Adelaide
1989 Schweiz Lausanne
1990 Norwegen Loen
1991 Polen Kraków Finnland Oulu Norwegen Sandefjord
1992 Niederlande Margraten
1993 Türkei Antalya Frankreich Perpignan Frankreich Moliets-et-Maa
1994 Italien Roncegno Frankreich Vertus
1995 Indonesien Jakarta Vereinigtes Königreich Birmingham
1996 Vereinigte Staaten Chula Vista Slowenien Kranjska Gora Frankreich Vaulx-en-Velin
1997 Kanada Victoria Türkei Istanbul
1998 Schweden Sunne England Stoke Mandeville Österreich Obergurgl Taoyuan
1999 Frankreich Riom Cuba Havana Neuseeland Christchurch
2000 Frankreich Belfort Italien Cortina d'Ampezzo Spanien Madrid
2001 China Beijing Italien Florence Tschechische Republik Nymburk
2002 Tschechische Republik Nymburk Australien Canberra Thailand Chonburi
2003 Vereinigte Staaten New York Frankreich Nîmes Spanien Madrid Frankreich Sully-sur-Loire
2004 Vereinigtes Königreich Lilleshall Kroatien Plitvice Spanien Madrid
2005 Spanien Madrid Dänemark Aalborg Italien Massa Carrara Italien Genoa
2006 Mexiko Mérida Schweden Gothenburg Slowakei Viničné
2007 Deutschland Leipzig Türkei İzmir Südkorea Cheongju Ungarn Sopron
2008 Türkei Antalya Vereinigtes Königreich Llwynypia Tainan
2009 Südkorea Ulsan Polen Rzeszów Vereinigte Staaten Ogden Tschechische Republik Nymburk Italien Latina
2010 Ungarn Visegrád China Shenzhen
2011 Italien Turin Polen Legnica Italien Turin Österreich Donnersbach
2012 Vereinigte Staaten
Las Vegas
2013 Türkei Belek China Wuxi Thailand Bangkok Italien Sassari
2014 Frankreich
Nîmes
2015 Dänemark Copenhagen Vereinigte Staaten Yankton Deutschland Donaueschingen Italien Terni
2016 Türkei
Ankara
2017 Mexiko Mexico City Argentinien Rosario China Beijing Polen Wrocław
2018 Vereinigte Staaten
Yankton
2019 Niederlande 's-Hertogenbosch Spanien Madrid Niederlande 's-Hertogenbosch Kanada Lac La Biche
2021 Vereinigte Staaten Yankton Polen Wrocław Vereinigte Staaten Yankton
2022 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Dubai Italien Terni
2023 Deutschland Berlin Republic of Ireland Limerick Tschechische Republik Plzeň

Events

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Summer Olympics

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Sharon Vennard and Yan Huilian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Some targets and a windsock at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
See also: Archery at the Summer Olympics

Archery was first competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1900 and, after a long hiatus from 1924, became a regular event from 1972. Team events were added in 1988. Recurve archery is currently the only discipline competed at the Olympics.

Archery is also competed at the Summer Paralympics (recurve and compound disciplines), the Youth Olympic Games (recurve only), and the World Games (Field archery only).

World Championships

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See also: World Archery Championships

FITA began holding Target World Championships in 1931. They were held every year until 1959, when the Championships became biennial events. 1959 was also the first year that FITA held the World Field Championship.

Presently, there are five principal formats of the World Archery Championships: Outdoor, Indoor, Youth, Para-Archery, and Field. Each is held every two years on different rotations. World Championships are also held every two years in 3D archery and University sport. In 2007, a ski archery World Championships was held in Moscow; this is yet to be repeated and is not included in the current rotation.[12]

Number Events First Last
1 World Outdoor Target Championships 1931 2019 (50th)
2 World Indoor Target Championships 1991 2018 (14th)
3 World Field Archery Championships 1969 2018 (26th)
4 World 3D Archery Championships 2003 2019 (9th)
5 World Ski Archery Championships 1999 2017 (10th)
6 World Para Archery Championships 1998 2019 (12th)
7 World Youth Archery Championships 1991 2019 (16th)
8 World University Archery Championships 1996 2016 (11th)

World Cup

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See also: Archery World Cup

The Archery World Cup is an annual event that was inaugurated in 2006. It is designed to present archery in 'spectacular' locations.[13]

The format consists of 4 rounds competed across the world during a calendar year. The best individual and mixed team performers across these rounds are then invited to compete in the World Cup Final at the end of the year.[14]

An indoor World Cup, competed in 3 rounds with a final during the winter season, was inaugurated in the 2010–11 season.

Other

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Archery is an optional sport at the Universiade and the Commonwealth Games.

Current champions

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The following archers are the current champions of the major World Archery Federation events:

Discipline Event Summer Olympics
2024 		World Championships
2023 		World Cup Series Final
2023
Recurve Men's Individual  Kim Woo-jin (KOR)  Mete Gazoz (TUR)  Marcus D'Almeida (BRA)
Women's Individual  Lim Si-hyeon (KOR)  Marie Horáčková (CZE)  Kang Chae-young (KOR)
Men's Team  Südkorea (KOR)
Kim Je-deok
Kim Woo-jin
Lee Woo-seok 		 Südkorea
Kim Je-deok
Kim Woo-jin
Lee Woo-seok
Women's Team  Südkorea (KOR)
Jeon Hun-young
Lim Si-hyeon
Nam Su-hyeon 		 Deutschland
Katharina Bauer
Michelle Kroppen
Charline Schwarz
Mixed Team  Südkorea (KOR)
Lim Si-hyeon
Kim Woo-jin 		 Südkorea
Lim Si-hyeon
Kim Woo-jin
Compound Men's Individual  Ojas Pravin Deotale (IND)  Mathias Fullerton (DEN)
Women's Individual  Aditi Gopichand Swami (IND)  Sara López (COL)
Men's Team  Polen
Rafał Dobrowolski
Przemysław Konecki
Łukasz Przybylski
Women's Team  Indien
Parneet Kaur
Aditi Gopichand Swami
Jyothi Surekha Vennam
Mixed Team  Vereinigte Staaten
Alexis Ruiz
Sawyer Sullivan

Presidents

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Period Name Land
1931 Mieczysław Fularski  Polen
1931 – 1939 Bronisław Pierzchała  Polen
1946 – 1949 Paul Demare  Frankreich
1949 – 1957 Henry Kjellson  Schweden
1957 – 1961 Oscar Kessels  Belgien
1961 – 1977 Inger Kristine Frith  Vereinigtes Königreich
1977 – 1989 Francesco Gnecchi-Ruscone  Italien
1989 – 2005 James L. Easton  Vereinigte Staaten
2005 – Uğur Erdener  Türkei

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History of World Archery". World Archery Federation. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ^ Mieville, Didier. "Darrell Pace Named Athlete of Century; FITA Becomes World Archery Federation". World Archery Communications. FITA Communication. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Russia and Belarus prohibited from participating in international events". World Archery.
  4. ^ "Update on eligibility of athletes with Russian/Belarusian passport issued at World Archery Congress". World Archery. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ Kasule, Melissa (12 December 2023). "World Archery taps Joymo to launch dedicated OTT platform - Digital TV Europe". Digital TV Europe. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Olympic qualification procedure released for archery at Paris 2024". World Archery. 12 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Book 1, Chapter 1, Art. 1.26.2" (PDF). Southern Counties Archery Society. 15 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Members". World Archery. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013.
  9. ^ "Search". Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Search" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  11. ^ "World Rankings - World Archery". worldarchery.org.
  12. ^ "World Archery > WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS > World Championships Home". Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  13. ^ "Search". Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  14. ^ [1] Archived 8 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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