The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation (WA).They first competition held under that title took place in 1931.
Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the title World Championships is commonly reserved for the following three events:
- Outdoor World Championships in target Archery
- Indoor World Championships in target Archery
- World Championships in field Archery.
Of these, the Outdoor World Championships in target Archery is most commonly referred to as simply the 'World Archery Championships', and the winners most commonly referred to as simply "world champions". Events in those outdoor championships are held involving fixed targets at set distances, using a variety of bows, the recurve bow from 1931 and the compound bow since 1995.
Although less widely recognised, World Championship events are also held in Youth archery (outdoor only - field and indoor youth events are held alongside the senior championships), Para-archery, University archery and 3D archery. A ski archery World Championships was last held in 2007, but is not part of the current rotation. Following the accession of archery to permanent sports at the Summer Universiade, the University world championships will also cease to be part of the World Archery Championships rotation in 2014.
Video World Archery Championships
World Archery Championships Events
Maps World Archery Championships
Outdoor
- Main Article : World Outdoor Archery Championships
Indoor
- World Indoor Archery Championships
Field
- World Field Archery Championships
3D
- World 3D Archery Championships
Ski Archery
- World Ski Archery Championships
The 8th Ski Archery World Championships held in Moscow in Russia in 2013.
Para
- World Para Archery Championship
- https://www.ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=818 - 2015
- http://ianseo.net/Details.php?toId=2040 - 2017
Champions
Recurve Standing / Open
Compound Open
Wheelchair / Visual Impairment
Note: 1. W1/W2 in 2011
Youth
- World Youth Archery Championships
Champions
Since 2002, two classes have been contested at the Youth World Championships:
- Junior (under 20)
- Cadet (under 17)
Recurve Junior
Compound Junior
Recurve Cadet
Compound Cadet
University
- World University Archery Championships
Champions
Recurve
Compound
See also
- Asian Archery Championships
- African Archery Championships
- European Archery Championships
References
External links
- World Archery Federation
- World Archery Indoor Championship
Source of article : Wikipedia