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Features, reviews and interviews from the world of international archery. This issue includes: a head-to-head interview with Rick van der Ven and JC Valladont, advice to federations on gaining more publicity and a recap of major events in the first half of 2014. The Official Magazine of World Archery, the international federation for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of archery.
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OFFICIAL TIMEKEEPER
As you read this, the 2014 outdoor season will be well underway.
For the second year in a row, our Archery World Cup stage line-
up consists of Shanghai, Medellin, Antalya and Wroclaw.
All four have been extremely successful – as Shanghai and
Antalya have been many times already. With another year’s
experience, our organising committees in Colombia and Poland
made impressive improvements in the standard of their events.
The crowds, finals and reception to our World Cup stages in 2014
is testament to the work of our local organising committees, the
performances of our athletes and archery’s ever expanding fanbase.
We are now preparing for the Archery World Cup Final in
Lausanne – and we are proud to extend our welcome to
international officials and the public. It will be the Final’s second
visit to the city, after previously hosting the event in 2008.
The Olympic Capital is a fitting location for our premier event,
not least because significant progress has been made in the
development of our World Archery Training Centre in the city.
We recently received official confirmation that the Training Centre
has been approved for inclusion in the proposed area – and
the urban planning has been changed, which marks completion
of the first step in the administrative process. The process of
obtaining a building permit is now underway, which should allow
us to start construction after the summer.
The Centre will be an essential part of World Archery’s future
development strategy.
We will witness some of that already-successful strategy at
the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing – which will include
participants supported by our current development programmes.
Looking back, at the beginning of last indoor season, Marrakesh
hosted the first ever World Cup stage on African soil. It marked
another exciting phase in the evolution of our sport.
Three more thrilling contests followed – in Singapore, Telford and Las
Vegas – before the World Archery Indoor Championships in Nimes.
The Nimes finals drew an impressive crowd and looked impeccable
on television – and in the photographs you will see in this magazine.
Highlights from events throughout the year have been shown
numerous times on Eurosport, a network – I am proud to say –
which will feature archery for the next three years. It really is the
platform we need to ensure the sport keeps finding new fans.
Alongside Eurosport, our sponsorship programme is finding
sustained success and we continue to receive interest from
television broadcasters around the world.
Finally, I must thank everyone for their messages of support during
the IOC Executive Board and ASOIF Council elections. I continue
to represent the voices of archery, inclusive sport and evolving
formats – keeping World Archery at the heart of international
sporting excellence.
Looking forward to the challenges and opportunities we face over
the second half of this year, I hope to see you at Lausanne 2014.
Progress made on Lausanne Centre; another step in archery’s evolution
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1 Editorial by Prof Dr Uğur ERDENER
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15 The big stage: Archery World Cup 2014
24 Continents collide: all five medal at Nimes
37 Bright lights: Indoor World Cup 2013/14
49 Head to head: VAN DER VEN and VALLADONT
61 Athlete of the Year 2013
67 Spread the word: maximising publicity
72 Iconic venues: payoff for perseverance
78 Youth Olympic Games: Nanjing 2014
82 International archery arrow groups
87 World Rankings
91 Calendar
92 Member Associations
95 Sponsors and Partners
96 Thanks
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Prof Dr Uğur ERDENER elected to IOC Executive Board
At the 126th International Olympic
Committee Session in Sochi, ahead
of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Prof Dr
Uğur ERDENER was made a member of the
Olympic Movement’s Executive Board.
The vote took place on the morning of
the last day of the session. Prof Dr Uğur
ERDENER was elected with 51 votes in
favour against 42 for Mr Richard POUND,
former IOC Vice President and former Pres-
ident of WADA.
Prof Dr ERDENER said: “It is an honour to
have been appointed to such a prestigious
position. The continued promotion and pro-
gression of the Olympic Movement is para-
mount to the success and development
of all sports worldwide, and a cause I am
most passionate about.”
“As President of World Archery, I have seen
a change in the way we present sport to
world, its people and media. To retain the
attention of old Olympic fans and encour-
age the support of new, we must continue
to evolve and engage.”
As well as serving as the President of the
Turkish Archery Federation for 23 years,
Prof Dr ERDENER spent five years as
President of World Archery Europe before
becoming the first Turkish sportsman to be
elected President of an International Fed-
eration in 2005 – and is currently President
of the country’s NOC. He was re-elected to
a third term as President of World Archery
at the organisation’s 50th Congress in Belek,
Turkey last year.
Prof Dr Uğur ERDENER is the second
World Archery President to obtain a posi-
tion on the IOC Executive Board after Jim
Easton served as a Vice President from
2002 to 2006.
The IOC Session in Sochi was hailed as his-
toric because of unprecedented discussion
on the future of the Olympic Games under
the leadership of Dr Thomas BACH. The
newly-elected Executive Board will play a
key role in the implementation of the Olym-
pic 2020 Agenda.
“ It is honour to have been appointed to such a prestigious position”
President BACH addresses delegates at
the 126th IOC Session in Sochi (© IOC)
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World Archery signs three-year
broadcast deal with Eurosport
Kia extend partnership by two years
As one of the original partners of the Ar-
chery World Cup when it was launched
in 2006, Kia Motors has supported each
step of archery’s evolution to its current
status as in-demand spectator sport.
“Our seven-year relationship with Kia has
been crucial,” said World Archery Secre-
tary General Tom DIELEN.
Hyundai Motor Group Vice Chairman
Euisun CHUNG added: “Passion and ex-
citement, emotions close to Kia’s ethos,
are what make archery great. Kia Motors is
proud to be long-term supporter of such a
fascinating sport.”
The organisation will continue to have sec-
tor exclusivity as Official Car Sponsor of the
Archery World Cup for the duration of the
partnership extension. Kia’s brand, one of
positivity, economy, adventure and open-
ness – evidenced in its current marketing
strategy of inviting customer reviews – is
seen as the perfect complement for the
sport of archery.
Over the last eight years, Kia has seen the
value of its association with World Archery
consistently increase as the sport gains wid-
er exposure. Archery is now regularly broad-
cast on television channels around the world,
offers one of the best live event experiences
on the Olympic programme and gets more
press coverage than ever before.
In 2013, the company expanded its live
archery event sponsorship to include part-
nerships on Eurosport programming and
awareness campaigns, which will now
continue until the end of 2016 following a
recent extension.
Kia Motors’ overseas subsidiaries and dis-
tributors, in cooperation with global HQ, of-
ten offer additional support to archery events.
In Europe, the company recently supplied
official vehicles to the World Archery Cham-
pionships in Belek/Antalya, Turkey and the
indoor championships in Nimes, France.
Archery in Kia Motors’ home country
of South Korea is as popular as ever as
athletes prepare for this summer’s Asian
Games, which are being held in the Ko-
rean city of Incheon. The nation’s archers
won both recurve events at the World Cup
Final under the Eiffel Tower in Paris last
year, and at London 2012 Korea won three
of the four available Olympic gold medals.
Eurosport and Eurosport 2 will show
highlights from each Archery World
Cup stage in 2014: Shanghai, Me-
dellin, Antalya and Wroclaw. The Final in
Lausanne will have two dedicated live pro-
grammes on Eurosport 2 – with highlights
after on both Eurosport and Eurosport 2.
Eurosport 2 broadcast the World Archery
Indoor Championships in Nimes 2014 live,
with repeat broadcasts on Saturday 1 and
Sunday 2 March 2014 – and highlights then
broadcast on Eurosport’s main channel on
Wednesday 5 March.
Eurosport Asia-Pacific also had the option
to broadcast live or delayed coverage of the
2014 World Archery Indoor Championships
in Nimes but instead opted to carry this
season’s Archery World Cup Final.
Over the second and third years of the deal,
Eurosport will showcase Archery World Cup
stages and Finals, World Archery Champi-
onships and highlights from other major
archery events.
To complement the broadcast programme,
World Archery has planned strong promo-
tional campaigns on Eurosport’s television
and digital networks. That began with a
brand new 30-second promotional spot
that debuted on Eurosport networks on 1
March, to coincide with the first day of the
Nimes 2014 World Archery Indoor Cham-
pionships coverage.
In 2013, World Archery reached over 125
million people worldwide on the Eurosport
network with live coverage and highlights,
television and new media advertising
campaigns: an unprecedented audience
in Europe for the sport outside of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games. Viewers
were treated to World Cup Final atmo-
sphere while watching the world’s best
archers compete under the Eiffel Tower in
Paris and world championship tension on
Belek beach in Turkey.
An Olympic broadcast partner for over 20
years, Eurosport has seen ratings for live
archery positively increase in recent years
– especially since London 2012. With the
network’s expertise and experience in
televising Olympic sports, World Archery
expects to see viewing figures continue to
rise in 2014 and beyond.
“The continued demand for images of our
sport puts us in an encouraging position as
we crest the halfway point in this Olympic
cycle,” said World Archery Secretary Gen-
eral Tom DIELEN. “It’s a privilege to be back
on Eurosport for the 2014 season and for
years to come.”
“Over the last eight years, Kia has seen the value of its association with archery keep increasing as the sport gains wider exposure”
Olympic Champion
OH Jin Hyek of Korea
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Committee members gather at Lausanne HQ
World Archery’s committees conducted
their annual meetings as a group in
Lausanne this year. It was the first time
since 2002 the organisation has run an All-
Committee gathering rather than the usual
process of each group holding their meeting
separately throughout the year.
“It was an extremely valuable project,”
said World Archery Secretary General
Tom DIELEN. “We had fantastic feed-
back from the committee members
themselves, who thoroughly enjoyed the
format, and having such a mix of peo-
ple and responsibilities enabled a huge
berth of discussion and expert input that
otherwise would not have been possible.”
Representatives from the Athletes, Coach-
es, Constitution and Rules, Field Archery,
Judges, Medical and Sports Sciences, Para
Archery, Target Archery and Technical per-
manent committees were in Lausanne for
the weekend of 21/22 March, while the
Finance, Classification and World Plan ad-
hoc groups attended before or after.
The role of the permanent and ad-hoc
committees and commissions is to study
interpretations and questions, and pro-
pose recommendations to the World Ar-
chery Executive Board on issues within
their areas of responsibility.
In Lausanne, as well as fulfilling this
function, committees were asked to con-
sider how their group could contribute to
the vision of the new World Archery Plan,
which revolves around making archery
an important Olympic sport nationally, in
countries worldwide.
and our federations want to improve –
but many need encouragement and sup-
port to take the leap.”
Little steps, Vicente says, will make all
the difference. Technology is at a level
now that a strong internet presence can
be managed by a volunteer with limited
time or an employee with little experi-
ence. Putting videos and images that
archery fans are already creating in a
federation-owned web space creates an
identity that will lift public awareness of
the sport in the country.
To offer that necessary encouragement,
members of the this commission will fo-
cus on specific geographical areas over
the next three years – helping federa-
tions take those small steps that will raise
opinions of archery around the globe.
The full outcomes of the 2014 All-Com-
mittee Meeting in Lausanne will become
apparent in time. But with near hindsight,
bringing so many people with such pas-
sion, knowledge and vision for archery
together at World Archery’s headquar-
ters in Lausanne has only helped move
this successfully-evolving sport another
step forward.
“Having such a mix of people enabled a huge range of discussion and expert input”
Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on
Strategic Planning Assistance for mem-
ber associations, which looks after the
plan’s aims, Mr Vicente MARTINEZ said:
“We have a challenge now to encourage
archery’s member associations around
the world to go that extra step to make
their sport more valuable at a local, na-
tional level.”
“Thankfully, the obstacle is not a lack
of enthusiasm or knowledge – World
Archery has all the expertise necessary
Delegates at the 2014 All-Committee
meetings outside Maison du Sport
International in Lausanne
7
Korean national television network SBS
has signed a deal to show the sport in
one of the most prominent archery na-
tions through the 2017 seasons. The
network has been World Archery’s of-
ficial broadcaster in Korea since 2010
and joined production of archery at
the London Games in 2012. Korean
archers lead both the recurve world
ranking lists right now (see page 87)
and the country is sending more and
more compound archers to interna-
tonal events.
World Archery Secretary General
Tom DIELEN has served as a vice
president on the executive com-
mittee of the International Com-
monwealth Games Association
for the last four years. He was
re-elected to the committee as a
member at the organisation’s an-
nual general meeting – held during
SportAccord – in 2014. It’s a posi-
tion he has previously held, for one
four-year term before his stint as
vice chair.
International judge and former presi-
dent of World Archery Norway Vigdis
LANKSKAUG passed away recently.
She will be missed worldwide, and
World Archery’s thoughts are with Vig-
dis’ family.
Archery was officially confirmed as a
sport on the 2017 World Masters Games
in Auckland, New Zealand over the sum-
mer. The international multi-sport event
is held every four years – but, unlike
most of its kind, is completely open
entry. Over 28,000 people competed at
the Sydney edition in 2009.
Visas for Turkey have moved online. Any-
one travelling to the World Cup stage in
Antalya is advised to firstly check if they
need a visa before ordering one online
at www.evisa.gov.tr
Three new staff joined the World Ar-
chery office at the start of 2014. Ex-
perienced developer and programmer
Matteo PISANI who is well-known for
his work on Ianseo and with FITArco –
the Italian federation – is now World
Archery’s IT Manager. Laurent HADORN
is managing key contracts, particularly
with Fila, as Project Manager and, a
member of the LOCOG London 2012
Sport team, Chris WELLS has assumed
Communications Manager duties.
The International Olympic Committee
has launched online learning for ath-
letes – both aspiring and of Games level.
Called the MOOC, or Massive Online
Open Course, it’s a free internet-based
platform with a catalogue of lectures
and lessons from leading academics,
athletes and inspiring figures. Find out
more at http//onlinecourse.olympic.org
Prof Dr Uğur ERDENER was elected
unopposed to the Executive Council
of the Association of Summer Olympic
International Federation’s during Spor-
tAccord in Belek. The organisation rep-
resents the collective interests of the
federations in the Olympic programme.
Longines’ new Prize for Precision –
Stage Awards were awarded to wom-
en’s competitors at the first two World
Cup events of the season. Mexico’s
Aida ROMAN collected the prize in
Shanghai before Erika JONES (USA)
won in Medellin.
It was with great sadness that we
reported the passing of Mrs Lola
GNECCHI in July. Wife of Honorary
Vice President Francesco GNECCHI
RUSCONE, she was an active wit-
ness to the most important archery
events of the last half-century.
New rule books now online! Changes
to the rules made at congress last year
are in effect from 1 April 2014. You can
pick up the new rule book on the World
Archery website.
The World Games has launched an
online sports channel. It shows feeds
from all of the sports involved in
the four-year event – including ar-
chery. Check World Games TV out at:
http://channel.theworldgames.org/
Quick shots: news in brief
World Games TV, including compound archery!
Member Services Coordinator Raheleh AHADPOUR and President Prof Dr
Uğur ERDENER at World Archery’s booth at SportAccord Convention in Belek
8
Mexico City to host 2015 World Cup Final and 2017 World Archery Championships
The Archery World Cup Final and World
Archery Championships are the sport’s
two most important independent events.
Over the next three years, both will be
hosted in the heart of Latin America – the
centre of a continent that has seen a mas-
sive uptake in the archery’s popularity over
the last five to 10 years.
Mexico has become a key market for ar-
chery since its team took women’s individ-
ual silver and bronze at the London 2012
Olympic Games.
“Archery is central to Mexico’s sport pro-
gramme following the successes this
nation’s athletes have already achieved,”
said the Director of Sport for Mexico City,
Mr Horacio DE LA VEGA.
“It is a sport on the rise in both popularity
and participation, and there is a significant
audience for archery’s international events
and athletes within the country.”
Aida ROMAN and Mariana AVITIA have
become sporting celebrities at home and
abroad. This was particularly evident when
the Mexico City organising committee cre-
hosted a live spectator finals in a historical
part of the capital city and secured nation-
al broadcast agreements for the images.
An audience of over 13,000 watched the
competition at the venue – with many
more tuning in on television.
“Archery is central to Mexico’s sport programme following the successes this nation’s athletes have already achieve. It is a sport on the rise in both popularity and participation here…”
The athletes that took part praised the
atmosphere, smooth organisation and the
efforts of the hosting organisation to en-
gage the live crowd.
Men’s Olympic Champion OH Jin Hyek
smiled when he was asked if Mexico City
ated and delivered the innovative Mexican
Challenge to support its bids.
Inviting the best archers from around the
world to compete against the Mexican
team, Moveo Lab – the company that will
coordinate Mexico City 2015 and 2017 –
Athletes at the 2013 Mexican
Challenge showed their support
for the Mexico City 2017 bid
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should host the World Championships: “if
they invite me, I would love to come back.”
For many years, Mexico’s athletes have
been asking for an international competi-
tion to take place on their soil. The combi-
nation of a host organisation that shares
World Archery’s value of putting athletes
at the centre of events, the opportunity to
visit a country that is leading the elite level
of the sport and is developing it at all lev-
els persuaded World Archery’s Executive
Board to award both events in unison.
It is hoped that a successful and comple-
mentary programme of community en-
gagement and sport development can
be build around the two-event cycle to
supplement current efforts of archery pro-
motion in Mexico and the Americas.
The two events are very different. Mexico
City 2015 – the Archery World Cup Final –
will feature the 32 best athletes of the year
and take place over one weekend. It will
be hosted in an iconic setting and focused
on event presentation, head-to-head in-
dividual archery and high-quality, tense
competition for television.
In 2017, the World Championships are ex-
pected to attract upwards of 500 athletes
representing 70 different countries for a
week-long tournament, which is imme-
diately preceeded by the two-day World
Archery Congress. It will also feature a
two-day finals event, held in a public and
accessible venue.
Mexico is no stranger to hosting major
sporting events. It has held Pan Am, Carib-
bean and Central American – and even the
Olympic Games (Mexico City 1968).
Archery last visited the country in 2006,
when the first World Cup Final was held
around the Mayapan Pyramids near Me-
rida, which hosted the World Archery Youth
Championships that same year.
With the committed support of Mexico
City’s Mayor, Dr Miguel ANGEL MANCERA
and Mr DE LA VEGA – who had an excel-
lent career as an athlete – World Archery
is confident that Mexico City offers a fan-
tastic opportunity for the city and sport to
deliver something truly memorable.
In front of the Chateau de Vidy, during
the International Olympic Committee’s
annual celebrations, World Archery organ-
ised a try-archery experience for Olympic
Day garden party guests.
Barcelona 1992 team gold medallist and
World Archery Events Director Juan-Carlos
HOLGADO was among the staff lending
expert tuition to a steady stream of par-
ticipants: “this is the spiritual home of the
Olympic Movement – it’s a great honour to
be here and to be included in the move-
ment’s Olympic Day celebrations.”
2015 Youth worlds awarded to Yankton
Have-a-go on IOC lawn to celebrate Olympic Day
Executive Board members awarded the
next edition of the World Archery Youth
Championships to Yankton, South Dakota,
USA in an unanimous vote.
The event will run from 8 to 14 June 2015
and is expected to draw around 600 com-
petitors from 60 countries, with a similar
number of support staff and family on top
of that figure.
The bid, submitted by the USA’s National
Field Archery Association Foundation, will
bring the competition to the organisa-
tion’s headquarters.
“We’ll give a young gener-
ation of archers a great
event while displaying
our world-class ven-
ue and City to competitors from around
the globe,” said President Mr Bruce CULL.
World Archery already partners with the
NFAA to deliver the fourth stage and Final
of its annual Indoor Archery World Cup
at the prestigious Vegas Shoot. In 2012,
Bruce CULL and his team also ran the in-
door world championships.
World Archery Events Director Juan-
Carlos HOLGADO added: “Everything is in
close proximity, the venue is very safe for
young archers and the facility is one
of the best dedicated archery
centres I have ever seen.
“Yankton 2015 will be
an excellent event.”
Juan-Carlos HOLGADO takes aim
outside the IOC headquarters
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The Dutch Archery Federation reported
reaching the 10,000-member mark in
July 2014 – for the first time its history.
It means the Netherlands’ growth plan
leading up to the Olympic Games in 2016
is well on track, and the sport is making a
strong contribution to the national policy of
increasing national sports participation to
75% by the end of the next Olympic cycle.
World Archery President Prof Dr Uğur
ERDENER accepted an invitation to
visit DPR Korea’s training facility after the
nation’s recurve women won team bronze at
the first 2014 World Cup stage in Shanghai.
He was impressed by the young age of the
athletes, their high performance and the
archery centre’s 70-metre indoor facility.
Starring award-winning pop singer M PO-
KORA, hit musical Robin des Bois pro-
vided the perfect opportunity for the French
Archery Federation to promote the sport to
the general public.
The federation ran try-archery experiences
in 17 of the 19 cities the show visited on
its tour of France, Switzerland and Bel-
gium over the first half of 2014.
Over 12,000 people took advantage of
the chance to try archery through the pro-
motion, with the majority of participants
young people – particularly girls.
“The federation’s booth never emptied,”
said Laurence FRERE, Marketing and
Communications Director for the FFTA. “A
natural association between Robin Hood
and the sport of archery has led real legiti-
macy to this initiative.”
Robin des Bois tells the story of Robin
launching an attempt to rescue his and
Maid Marion’s son – who happens to have
been imprisoned by the Sherrif of Notting-
ham, who is Marion’s father.
M POKORA is a popular artist in France
who has also featured in the country’s
version of Dancing with the Stars. He and
others from the main cast of the Robin
de Bois musical visited the Archery World
Cup Final in Paris at the end of 2013.
For more information on the FFTA’s coop-
eration with the musical’s producers, con-
tact Laurence FRERE: l.frere@ffta.fr
Star of Robin des Bois, M POKORA, tries
archery during the acclaimed show’s tour
The musical’s main cast after receiving tuition
from FFTA staff and volunteers on the range
Robin des Boisdraws 12,000+ to archery in France
Martin DAMSBO shows off the international Act of Fair
Play award he collected in July at a ceremony in Russia.
Dutch federation hits
10,000 members milestone
President visits DPR Korea
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Turkish Airlinessign on to sponsor through 2015
Competition calendar
for 2015, outdoors
and indoors, set
Turkish Airlines became the official airline
of World Archery with the launch of the
Archery World Cup in 2006. It has support-
ed the growth of that circuit and archery’s
evolution into one of the core sports on the
Olympic Programme.
With this latest two-year extension, Turk-
ish Airlines will retain its airline sector
exclusive partnership through the end of
the 2015 season.
“We are extremely thankful for Turkish
Airlines’ continued support of not only
our federation, but our athletes, officials
and staff that travel worldwide to our
events,” said World Archery President
Prof Dr Uğur ERDENER.
Archery World Cup and Indoor Archery
World Cup event dates are now fully
confirmed following the announcement of
Mexico City as host of the World Cup Final.
As well as a World Cup fixtures, 2015 will
include at least three world champion-
ships: the senior, para and youth events.
“Turkish Airlines is the best airline in Eu-
rope – and an airline that cares about its
passengers and excellence, in aviation
and in sport.”
Over the last eight years, Turkish Airlines –
the global network carrier – has seen the
value of its association with World Archery
consistently increase as the sport gains
wider exposure on television channels,
through significant international press cov-
erage and at live events around the world.
Turkey – where the airline is based – has
hosted a World Cup stage in Antalya since
2006 and held the 2013 World Archery
Championships on Belek beach.
The nation’s junior archery team are find-
ing sustained international success, too –
picking up medals at both the last indoor
and outdoor world youth championships.
For the duration of the extension, World Ar-
chery athletes and officials will continue re-
ceiving a 12kg additional luggage allowance.
Turkish Airlines receive significant
exposure in prime spots at events
Archery World Cup 2015
Stage 1 Shanghai, CHN 5-10 May
Stage 2 Antalya, TUR 26-31 May
Stage 3 Wroclaw, POL 11-16 Aug
Stage 4 Medellin, COL 8-13 Sept
Final Mexico City, MEX 24-25 Oct
Indoor World Cup 2014/15
Stage 1 Marrakesh, MAR 8-9 Nov 14
Stage 2 Bangkok, THA 6-7 Dec 14
Stage 3 Nimes, FRA 23-25 Jan 15
Stage 4 Las Vegas, USA 6-7 Feb 15
Final Las Vegas, USA 7 Feb 15
Rio will host its Olympic Test Event to-
wards the end of the year and archery is
included on the Gwangju Summer Uni-
versiade sports programme.
Continental highlights include the first
ever European Games. See the full
2015 international archery calendar at
www.worldarchery.org
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Khatuna LORIG appointed Nanjing rolemodel
Americas development evident in Nanjing qualified
Five-time Olympian LORIG will join athlete
rolemodels from all 28 Youth Olympic
sports to pass on experience and knowl-
edge to aspiring international archers.
“It’s an honour to be an ambassador to
the young athletes at the Nanjing Games,”
said Khatuna LORIG after the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee announced
her appointment. “I am humbled to be
considered a rolemodel, and excited to
work with these talented young archers.”
Still one of the USA’s top archers – she
picked up her first world championships
title in the mixed team event with Brady
ELLISON at Belek – Khatuna made her
first Olympic appearance at the 1992
Games – where she won team bronze as
a member of the Unified Team.
“Hopefully my career and experiences
will motivate and inspire the athletes.
It’s important for them to understand it
takes a lot of hard work and dedication
to achieve their goals… and sometimes,
it takes longer than you want it to,” she
explained.
LORIG’s experience is expansive. She
has attended five Games in total: Barce-
lona, Atlanta, Sydney, Beijing and London
– missing only Athens, and is training to-
wards a sixth in Rio.
At Nanjing 2014, she’ll be running
workshops, question and answer ses-
sions and offering support to the 64
young athletes: “I’m looking forward to
experiencing an Olympics that consists
of so many hopefuls. It will be interest-
ing to be at Games and not competing.
I think I will see myself in them, when
I started chasing my own Olympic
dreams.”
Khatuna is uniquely placed to offer all
the wisdom she’s collected over a career
spanning three decades coupled with
the passion she still has for competing
at a high level.
At Beijing, LORIG finished fifth, before
going one better and taking fourth in
London. If she continues that improve-
ment, the States archer is in line for a
medal at Rio. Maybe in Nanjing she’ll
meet some of the athletes that could po-
tentially stand in her way.
“They are all potential Rio Olympians,”
she said. “At Nanjing, I’ll see some tal-
ent – and be a part of getting them, and
me, to 2016!”
A World Archery partner since 2009, Glob-
al Sports Development is instrumental
in archery’s ongoing development world-
wide – but particularly in the Americas.
Training camps, coach education pro-
grammes and donations of equipment
have increased participation at grass
roots and improved international re-
sults. In fact, with Brazil, Argentina and
Guatemala all qualified for the Nanjing
2014 Youth Olympic Games, developing
archery nations are starting to make an
impact at the sport’s highest level.
President of Global Sports Development
David ULICH and Executive Member Steven
UNGERLEIDER, presented World Archery
Secretary General Tom DIELEN with copy
of the fourth edition of a youth art book
named Creative Sprit, produced by the or-
ganisation’s Culture, Education, Sport and
Ethics Programme. The publication shares
artistic painting and drawings from youth
and Olympic artists, sharing the passion of
sport and serving as an inspirational tool
for future generations.
The trio discussed the successful prog-
ress of Global Sports Development
initiatives so far, and laid down future
plans, ensuring the exciting steps for-
ward for archery in the Americas and
other developmental nations worldwide
continue hitting new targets.
“She’s been to five Games: Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Beijing and London”
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The big stage: Archery World Cup 2014
Words Chris WELLS
World Archery
Communications Manager
Images Dean ALBERGA
World Archery
Official Photographer
Familiar faces: the Archery World Cup returned to Shanghai, Medellin, Antalya and Wroclaw in 2014 – before its grand finale in the Olympic Capital, Lausanne
Four stages, one Final, 26 days of competi-
tion – 10 of those in live spectator arenas and
broadcast online and on television – spanning
three continents and attracting the very best ar-
chers from around the globe. The Archery World
Cup, now in its ninth year, is the premier interna-
tional archery series.
In 2014, the World Cup returned to the same
four stage hosts it visited in 2013 – Shanghai,
Medellin, Antalya and Wroclaw – building local
engagement as much as growing its fanbase
around the world.
At the first event of the season in Shanghai,
Longines introduced a brand new Prize for Pre-
cision – Stage Award, presented to the archer
shooting the most 10s in a specific division each
event. At Shanghai, the recurve women’s prize –
of a luxury Longines watch – went to Aida RO-
MAN, the London 2012 Olympic silver medallist
from Mexico.
In Medellin, an Indian recurve men’s team
took the Korean squad to a tense tiebreaker – af-
ter outscoring the Olympic Team Champions over
the second half of a tense match. It caught the
attention of Parque Notre’s passing spectators,
as well as those filling the stands.
The USA compounds, usually so dominant, lost
their strangehold on the team golds at Antalya.
Upset by the Netherlands in the men’s compe-
tition and Russia in the women’s, after winning
both of the first two stages, it was a microcosm
of the ongoing battle between the Americas and
European athletes in the compound divisions.
Korea issued a sharp reminder that their ex-
periment into the discipline ahead of the Incheon
Asian Games was yielding results, though: the
nation collected its first ever men’s individual
gold with the bow type.
In front of dancing fountains, Poland’s Wro-
claw stage saw a frantic individual eliminations
day push two-time World Cup Final winner Brady
ELLISON (USA) up into a qualifying position in the
rankings – and dash the hopes of countless ath-
letes that finished just outside the top seven.
With only Lausanne 2014 – and the World
Cup Final in The Olympic Capital – left on the
2014 world international calendar, recap this
year’s Archery World Cup so far…
Korean compound
women shoot
at Shanghai
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Always difficult to predict, the 2014 Archery World Cup opened to rainy weather in Shanghai,
China in April. French athletes PEINEAU, DELOCHE and PLIHON staked early claims to
Lausanne 2014 contention – while Elena RICHTER became the first German to pick up a
stage gold in the tour’s history. CHOI Bomin won Korea a compound women’s gold –
but in strange circumstances; Sara LOPEZ’s bow malfunctioned during the match.
Unheralded Colombian Daniel MUNOZ found some inspiration shooting in his
home city. He rolled through eliminations and into a gold medal final against Peter
ELZINGA, who won the stage – his first after eight years on the circuit. Korea’s re-
curves showed up and dominated the men’s recurve competitions. Germany had an-
other recurve women’s medallist – and won the team event – this time Lisa UNRUH.
2014 Archery World Cup – Shanghai medallists
Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold Hideki KIKUCHI (JPN) Elena RICHTER (GER) Seb PEINEAU (FRA) CHOI Bomin (KOR)
Silver Pierre PLIHON (FRA) XU Jing (CHN) PJ DELOCHE (FRA) Sara LOPEZ (COL)
Bronze Rick VAN DER VEN (NED) Aida ROMAN (MEX) Bridger DEATON (USA) Alejandra USQUIANO (COL)
2014 Archery World Cup – Medellin medallists
Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold LEE Seungyun (KOR) JUNG Dasomi (KOR) Peter ELZINGA (NED) Erika JONES (USA)
Silver OH Jin Hyek (KOR) Lisa UNRUH (GER) Daniel MUNOZ (COL) Toja CERNE (SLO)
Bronze KIM Woojin (KOR) Natalia ERDYNIEVA (RUS) Reo WILDE (USA) Inge VAN CASPEL (NED)
Shanghai
Stage 1
Medellin
Stage 2
21-27 April 2014China
12-18 May 2014Colombia
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Florian KAHLLUND outdid the German ladies in Antalya. The young recurve man beat
Korean KU Bonchan, who would not qualify for Lausanne even if he won – due to the
higher points totals of two of his teammates – to gold. KAHLLUND’s bow broke in the
second to last end of the final, so picked up his spare to shoot the winning arrows.
CHOI Yong Hee handed Korea its first ever compound men’s individual stage win.
Russia’s Tatiana SEGINA put herself in a win-and-in situation for her bronze medal
match with India’s resurgent Deepika KUMARI. (After a down year, KUMARI closed the
season featuring in the Wroclaw individual, team and mixed team medal matches.) It was
the only finals match at the stage with World Cup Final qualification connotations, all other
top-seven rankings being decided after eliminations. SEGINA lost, and finished eighth.
2014 Archery World Cup – Antalya medallists
Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold Florian KAHLLUND (GER) CHANG Hye Jin (KOR) CHOI Yong Hee (KOR) Natalia AVDEEVA (RUS)
Silver KU Bonchan (KOR) CHENG Ming (CHN) Rajat CHAUHAN (IND) Fatimah ALMASHHADANI (IRQ)
Bronze Takaharu FURUKAWA (JPN) HAYAKAWA Ren (JPN) Mike SCHLOESSER (NED) Janine MEISSNER (GER)
2014 Archery World Cup – Wroclaw medallists
Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold Rick VAN DER VEN (NED) Ika ROCHMAWATI (INA) PJ DELOCHE (FRA) Cansu COSKUN (TUR)
Silver Mauro NESPOLI (ITA) XU Jing (CHN) Reo WILDE (USA) Sara LOPEZ (COL)
Bronze JC VALLADONT (FRA) Deepika KUMARI (IND) Alexander DAMBAEV (RUS) Albina LOGINOVA (RUS)
Antalya
Stage 3
Wroclaw
Stage 4
9-15 June 2014Turkey
4-10 August 2014 Poland
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Lausanne will become the only
city to host the Archery World Cup
Final more than once in 2014. The Olym-
pic Capital, home of the International Olympic
Committee and many of sport’s international federations – in-
cluding World Archery – first held the event in 2008.
In 2014, Place de Navigation, the public square alongside
Ouchy harbour on Lac Léman, will be transformed into a spec-
tator archery arena – and host the world’s best athletes for a
weekend of ticketed and live-broadcast competition.
Paris 2013 – last year’s Final – was organised under the
Eiffel Tower, and images hit over 100 million television contacts
around the world through distribution agreements with Euro-
2014 Archery World Cup FinalVenue Place de Navigation, Lausanne
Dates 6/7 September 2014
Athletes 32 in four competition divisions
Prize money over CHF 100,000
Television audience upwards of 100 million contacts
Website www.lausanne2014.ch
sport, regional-specific deals
and transnational video feeds.
The schedule for 2014 remains un-
changed from previous years, with Saturday re-
served for compound archery finals and Sunday for the recurve,
Olympic-style division.
Individual winners at the World Cup Final – in the four com-
petition categories: compound and recurve men and women –
collect CHF 20,000 each from the prize fund, with money dis-
tributed down to fourth place.
For more information on the Lausanne 2014 Archery
World Cup Final, visit www.lausanne2014.ch and the World
Archery website: www.worldarchery.org
Lausanne: The Olympic Capital
Final
6/7 September 2014Switzerland
A drawing of the
Lausanne arena
Lausanne 2014:
arena from the air
Lausanne 2008: The
Olympic Capital will be
the only city to host the
World Cup Final twice
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XU Jing, London 2012
team silver medallist,
topped the individual
Archery World Cup
rankings in 2014
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Archery World Cup Rankings: Recurve women
Rank Athlete Nation
1 XU Jing CHN
2 JUNG Dasomi KOR
3 Elena RICHTER GER
4 Lisa UNRUH GER
5 JOO Hyun Jung KOR
6 Aida ROMAN MEX
7 CHENG Ming CHN
+ Switzerland host nation representative
Archery World Cup Rankings:Recurve men
Rank Athlete Nation
1 Rick VAN DER VEN NED
2 Marcus DALMEIDA BRA
3 Pierre PLIHON FRA
4 Brady ELLISON USA
= OH Jin Hyek KOR
6 LEE Seungeun KOR
= Florian KAHLLUND GER
+ Switzerland host nation representative
Recurve man
World Ranking: 2
2013 Archery World Cup
Shanghai Winner
Antalya Winner
Medellin DNA
Wroclaw Fourth
Paris Champion
Recurve woman
World Ranking: 1
2013 Archery World Cup
Shanghai Winner
Antalya Silver
Medellin DNA
Wroclaw Winner
Paris Champion
OH Jin Hyek Korea
Last
yea
r’s
win
ners
Olympic Champion OH Jin Hyek won three of the four Ar-
chery World Cup events he attended in 2013 – including
the Final in Paris. He’s qualified to defend his title in 2014,
but has struggled in matches against teammate LEE.
YUN Ok Hee made her return to the Korean team in
2013 – after disappearing following the Edinburgh 2010
Archery World Cup Final. She didn’t make the team again
in 2014, despite being ranked number one in the world!
YUN Ok Hee Korea
Sara LOPEZ during
the Shanghai 2014
medal matches
Peter ELZINGA waited
eight years for his stage
win at Medellin 2014
Takaharu FURUKAWA:
Longines Prize for Precision
stage winner in Antalya
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Archery World Cup Rankings: Compound men
Rank Athlete Nation
1 Sara LOPEZ COL
2 Albina LOGINOVA RUS
3 Erika JONES USA
4 Natalia AVDEEVA RUS
5 Linda OCHOA MEX
6 Alejandra USQUIANO COL
7 Toja CERNE SLO
+ Switzerland host nation representative
Archery World Cup Rankings: Compound men
Rank Athlete Nation
1 Reo WILDE USA
2 Peter ELZINGA NED
3 Pierre Julien DELOCHE FRA
4 Sebastien PEINEAU FRA
= Bridger DEATON USA
6 Rajat CHAUHAN IND
7 CHOI Yong Hee KOR
+ Switzerland host nation representative
Compound man
World Ranking: 11
2013 Archery World Cup
Shanghai Silver
Antalya Bronze
Medellin Fourth
Wroclaw 17th
Paris Champion
Compound woman
World Ranking: 6
2013 Archery World Cup
Shanghai DNA
Antalya 17th
Medellin Winner
Wroclaw 6th
Paris Champion
Danish compound archer DAMSBO was in a win and in
situation as the eliminations unravelled at the last 2014
World Cup stage in Wroclaw. As in: win the entire tourna-
ment, and he’d qualify. He didn’t quite manage it…
USQUIANO was the second Colombian to win a World
Cup stage in 2013, after Sara LOPEZ took gold at An-
talya. In 2014, she didn’t pick up any stage gold – but
she’ll be at Lausanne, defending her Finals title.
Martin DAMSBO Denmark
Alejandra USQUIANO Colombia
*Athletes may decline their invitation to the Archery World Cup Final. In this case, the next ranked archer is invited – and so on
The Archery World Cup rankings decide which athletes are
invited to compete at the World Cup Final each year. Archers
receive points according to their final placing at each of the four
stages, with their three highest point finishes combined, and
the field ranked from highest to lowest.
The top seven ranked archers are joined by one host nation
representative to make the eight World Cup finalists.
The 2014 Archery World Cup Final rosterUntil individual elimination day at Wroclaw, the last stage of
the season, there were very few athletes locked for Lausanne.
Erika JONES (USA), Peter ELZINGA (NED), OH Jin Hyek (KOR)
and Elena RICHTER (GER) all had such big advantages that it
was unlikely they would be caught. But outside of the four lead-
ers, only a couple more archers were mathematically safe.
It made for a frantic day, which saw two-time recurve men’s
World Cup Final Champion Brady ELLISON (USA) jump 10 spots to
sneak into qualification at the last hurdle; France’s world number
one recurve man PJ DELOCHE and Mexican woman Linda OCHOA
battled into an invitation with top-eight results – and Russian Eu-
ropean Champion Tatiana SEGINA put herself in a situation where
if she won the Wroclaw bronze medal match, she’d collect enough
points to jump above the number seven ranked recurve women.
SEGINA couldn’t beat India’s Deepika KUMARI.
Defending ChampionsTwo of the four 2013 Archery World Cup Final Champions
qualified for Lausanne 2014: OH Jin Hyek – also the Olympic
Champion, from Korea – in the recurve men’s competition and
compound woman Alejandra USQUIANO (COL).
Rookies with potentialPierre PLIHON burst onto the French recurve team prior to the
2014 season – and managed a silver medal at his first interna-
tional competition, Shanghai 2014.
PLIHON consistently reached the latter stages of competition,
maintaining his position in the upper reaches of the rankings.
Brazilian 16-year-old Marcus DALMEIDA made his first indi-
vidual finals at Wroclaw, the season’s last stage – but a number
of top eight placings had already won him a Lausanne invitation.
Mid-way through the Olympic cycle, Marcus is considered
Brazil’s best medal hope in the archery competition at Rio 2016.
Read more about the World Cup Final at www.worldarchery.org
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Eleven years after the southern French town
last held the World Archery Indoor Champi-
onships, Nimes opened its doors to nearly 400
junior and senior athletes from over 60 nations.
Much has changed between the 2014 edi-
tion of the world indoors and the 2003, which
many of the French spectators that attended still
remembered. Not least, the ever-popular Nimes
European Tournament has turned the town’s Parc
des Expo into one of the best-known indoor ar-
chery venues in the world.
In fact, one of the nicest things about Nimes 2014 –
many of the archers said – was shooting at venue
they knew so well. And seeing the organisers raise
the level from the open-entry tournament that
runs year-in, year-out – to a fully-decorated world
championships arena.
Some things haven’t changed since 2003:
Michele FRANGILLI is still the recurve men’s
18-metre ranking round world record holder with
597 (he shot that back in 2001)…
…Reo WILDE is still one of the best indoor ar-
chers in the world…
…and French fans still love watching indoor ar-
chery at the highest level.
When Australia’s Ryan TYACK delivered a 10 with his final arrow of Nimes 2014 Oceania picked up gold. That put the last of the five continents on the podium
Continents collide: All five medal at Nimes
Qualification at Nimes:
a shooting line well-
known by many of
the competing archers
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AsiaJ
apan’s Miki NAKAMURA shot an impressive string of recurve
women’s elimination matches after qualifying in a strong third.
She beat Moldovan Alexandra MIRCA in the semifinals in straight
sets, posting two perfect 30s to advance to a gold medal match
against Aida ROMAN.
In the final, NAKAMURA lost a little of her level, managing a
best set score of 28. It was not enough against ROMAN, who
didn’t go lower than 29 – and closed out a straight-set win with
two perfect 30s, just as NAKAMURA had done to MIRCA the
round before.
Against a strong Ukraine in the recurve team gold medal
match, Japan’s men were off the pace. Hideki KIKUCHI, Naoya
ONIYAMA and Shungo TABATA came in six points shy of the Eu-
ropeans, but secured Asia’s – and Japan’s – second podium
finish of the tournament.
In a continent that is historically unsuccessful at indoor dis-
cipline events, Japan’s double-silver was quite an achievement.
Medals: AsiaNation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan 0 2 0 2
Total 0 2 0 2ROMAN versus NAKAMURA:
the recurve women’s gold medal match
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Americas
Often automatically favoured indoors, due to the number, level
and depth of competition talent for the discipline in the country,
the USA only won two of the seven gold medal finals its athletes
qualified for.
Reo WILDE – who was champion last time the world indoors
were in Nimes, 11 years ago – couldn’t beat Italy’s Sergio PAGNI
in the men’s final, and Christie COLIN fell to Sophie DODEMONT,
from France, in the women’s.
A Mexican compound women trio beat a heavily-favoured
States squad to team gold – before announcing that they’d be
“going out for crepes to celebrate” – but the compound men put
on an impressive show to win their semifinal, then final.
Over their last three matches, Jesse BROADWATER, Braden
GELLENTHIEN and WILDE only shot five arrows out of the
10-ring. (Five out of a total of 72 arrows!) And their semifinal
against Sweden was a perfect 240.
Reigning outdoor world champion Denmark were three
points behind the USA in the final.
Mexico’s Aida ROMAN, who began the week talking
about her new collection of lucky charms (see right), won
her first individual international medal since London 2012 silver,
by beating Miki NAKAMURA of Japan to recurve women’s gold.
Medals: AmericasNation Gold Silver Bronze Total
USA 2 5 3 10
Mexico 2 0 0 2
Total 4 5 3 12
Reo WILDE, who won the
indoor worlds last time it
was in Nimes, shot in the
gold medal match again
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I have paid my dues to get this record,” said a grinning Erika
JONES. “I’ve been flirting with it for many years. The first time I tied
it was when I was 17 – so I’m really excited that today was the day.”
The double World Games gold medallist was on a three-tourna-
ment winning streak after picking up Indoor World Cup titles at
Singapore, Telford and Las Vegas.
“The first half was really great,” an understatement for a com-
manding 299, “but I knew anything could happen in the second
half – so I just tried to stay focused and do the best I could.”
“I actually didn’t know whether my second to last arrow was a
10 or a nine.” That 59th shot was really close, just touching the line
in the end – but impossible to call from the shooting line. As far as
JONES knew, she needed a strong 10 to finish and take the record
by a point: “I just tried to stay focused and do the best I could.”
She shot a 10, the arrow before was also called in – and, by
just two points, Erika JONES broke a world record that had stood
for 13 years.
Erika’s world record
New lucky charms
Several lucky bracelets and an image of a saint gifted by a stranger
as she traveled to London accompanied Aida ROMAN on her Olym-
pic journey in 2012. The result of that trip is one most of us know:
individual silver in front of a roaring Lord’s crowd.
Aida keeps those charms safely at home in Mexico, for fear of
losing that which brought her Olympic success. This year, she’s
starting a new collection of lucky bracelets instead.
“I love colours. I love how bracelets sound… and I have the lucky
eye with me.” Smiling, she points to the enamel blue design adorn-
ing the latest addition to her collection.
However, Aida doesn’t place the responsibility of her perfor-
mance purely on what’s around her wrist. “In the end, the respon-
sibility for good shooting does not lay on the lucky charms, but on
myself and my bow.”
Mexico’s Aida ROMAN collected her first
individual medal since the silver she
won at the London 2012 Olympic Games
The USA’s Erika JONES set a new world best of 595 during qualification
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AfricaThe African continent’s lone medal came courtesy of the South
African compound women’s team. The fourth seeds needed
a shoot-off to win their quarterfinal match against Russia: in
which they produced three 10s to a disappointing Russian 28.
Against USA in the semifinals, Gerda ROUX, Jeanine VAN
KRADENBERG and Danelle WENTZEL dropped behind early –
and never caught up. The trio lost by three and went into a
bronze medal match against Italy, who’d just lost their own
shoot-off to eventual winners Mexico.
The South African team rolled to a comfortable, five-point
victory – 230 to 225 – over Italy, and collected a well-earned
world indoor bronze.
VAN KRADENBERG also made the compound women’s indi-
vidual finals: she lost to eventual silver-medallist Christie COLIN
in the semis, before trading sets with France’s Pascale LEBECQUE
in the bronze medal match.
A pair of perfect 30s from LEBECQUE pushed the home archer
in front – and she took the match, 7 set points to 3, over the
surprise African finalist. Medals: AfricaNation Gold Silver Bronze Total
South Africa 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 1 1
Surprise finalists South Africa qualified in fourth and converted
the strong seeding into a team bronze medal
VAN KRADENBERG shoots
during the compound
women’s bronze final
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“I’ve never won an individual world title before,” said Italy’s Ser-
gio PAGNI after beating the USA’s Reo WILDE in the compound
men’s individual final. “It’s a relief that wait is finally over!”
In the tensest match of the tournament, multiple indoor world
title holder WILDE put too many arrows out of the middle. PAGNI
shot a clutch of methodical 29-point three-arrow sets, backed up
with a pair of 30s, to take the match 6-4.
Ukraine had a clean sweep of the senior recurve team golds –
men’s and women’s – as well as a pair of silvers in the junior team
events. Beijing 2008 Olympic Champion Viktor RUBAN lost out to
Australia’s Ryan TYACK in the recurve men’s gold final – while An-
astasia PAVLOVA recovered from a tight semifinal against Aida RO-
MAN to beat Moldova’s Alexandra MIRCA to bronze in straight sets.
To the pleasure of the home crowd, France’s Sophie DODEMO-
NT survived a five-set match-up with the USA’s Christie COLIN to
win the individual compound women’s title. See the next page for
more on the former Olympic-medal-winning recurve shooter.
European archers won gold in each of the junior individual divi-
sions and all the senior recurve categories – collecting the conti-
nent the largest medal count of Nimes 2014.
EuropeUkrainian men celebrate recurve team gold:
(L-R) IVANYTSKYY, IVASHKO, RUBAN
France’s junior recurve men won team gold Ukraine’s women completed the nation’s
clean sweep of the recurve team golds
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Medals: EuropeNation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ukraine 3 3 3 9
Italy 3 1 1 5
France 2 0 1 3
Germany 1 2 0 3
Turkey 1 0 1 2
Hungary 1 0 0 1
Russia 0 1 2 3
Croatia 0 1 1 2
Denmark 0 1 1 2
Poland 0 0 2 2
Netherlands 0 0 1 1
Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 11 9 14 34
Two-time World Cup
Final winner Sergio
PAGNI celebrates his first
individual world title
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Olympic medal to compound star“I wanted to try something new,” says Sophie DODEMONT, who was
part of France’s bronze medal-winning team at the Beijing Olympic
Games in 2008, but failed to qualify for the London Games.
“After things did not go well in 2012, I did not want to quit ar-
chery and told myself, why not give compound a try?”
What was “just a recreational activity with club friends” at the
beginning soon emerged into a more serious activity. Within a
year, Sophie became a full member of the French national com-
pound team.
Shooting her first international compound season in 2013, she
reached the individual quarterfinals at the Antalya World Cup and
earned France’s wild card for the 2013 World Cup Final – the only
Olympic medallist to ever compete in this event in compound.
In August, after the European Archery Championships in Ech-
miadzin, Armenia, Sophie announced her retirement from interna-
tional competition. She said that she had achieved all she wished
to in the sport, and would now only compete nationally.
Sophie DODEMONT (left) and Pascale
LEBECQUE on the podium after winning
individual compound women’s gold and
bronze in front of a home French crowd
One to watch: junior finalist
Jan VAN TONGEREN (NED)
Turkey’s junior recurve team received the bronze
France’s DODEMONT – an
Olympic medallist – on route
to a compound title in Nimes
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OceaniaA
ustralia’s Ryan TYACK didn’t lose a set until his recurve men’s
gold medal match against Beijing 2008 Olympic Champion
Viktor RUBAN.
Not even against Aussie teammate Taylor WORTH in the
semifinals, who’d also impressed during the eliminations
stages and knocked out the number two seed, Florian KAHL-
LUND (GER) in a quarterfinal shoot-off. Both shot good 10s,
but the Australian archer’s was closer to the middle.
WORTH told the Win&Win Archery Fan Reporter earlier in
the tournament that he loved shoot-offs, and would always
back himself to win a one-arrow situation. It’s something to
do with the pressure, the Aussie explained: he feeds off the
energy – and will do what is necessary to win.
His semifinal with TYACK, unfortunately, didn’t go that far –
although the match had the feeling of a final about it. TYACK
opened the match with six straight 10s, to jump 4-0 ahead
on set points, before securing his place in the gold medal
match with a 29.
Against RUBAN, for gold, TYACK nearly kept his clean-
sheet intact. Just a second-set 28, to Viktor’s 29, marred
the Australian’s tournament-long streak. The pair shared set
points in the third and fourth regulation ends, and went into
a fifth-set decider.
Where TYACK stepped up to the mark, in a big way.
Cool and collected, he drilled three arrows into the
middle, collecting Nimes gold in style.
Medals: OceaniaNation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia 1 0 0 1
Total 1 0 0 1
TYACK only lost one
set all tournament, and
that was in his final
against Viktor RUBAN
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Perhaps more anticipated than the TYACK–RUBAN final even, was
the bronze medal contest between WORTH and the USA’s Brady
ELLISON. The reason: the pair have history.
Aussie WORTH has ELLISON’s number, particularly outdoors.
In three fourth-round elimination matches at 70 metres, ELLISON
hasn’t beaten WORTH once. The most hurtful of these, though, was
at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
ELLISON started this Nimes bronze medal match with a pair of
29-point sets, jumping 4-0 ahead and looking like he’d conquer
his WORTH-shaped gremlin.
Things changed in the third: Brady’s arrows went wild, into the
red and he only scored 26. It was 4-2, and WORTH was back in the
match! But not for long… ELLISON recovered his form, shot a 30,
and stole gold from his nemesis from down under.
Recurve men’s bronze, WORTH versus ELLISON:
USA’s Brady faces the Australian that knocked
him out of the London 2012 Olympic Games
Ryan TYACK of Australia acknowledges the crowd
after becoming indoor archery world champion
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Individual medallists (senior)
Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold Ryan TYACK (AUS) Aida ROMAN (MEX) Sergio PAGNI (ITA) Sophie DODEMONT (FRA)
Silver Viktor RUBAN (UKR) Miki NAKAMURA (JPN) Reo WILDE (USA) Christie COLIN (USA)
Bronze Brady ELLISON (USA) Anastasia PAVLOVA (UKR) Stephan HANSEN (DEN) Pascale LEBECQUE (FRA)
Team medallists (senior)Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold Ukraine Ukraine United States Mexico
Silver Japan Germany Denmark United States
Bronze Netherlands Poland Sweden South Africa
Individual medallists (junior)Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold M. WECKMUELLER (GER) Tatiana ANDREOLI (ITA) Viktor OROSZ (HUN) Mariya SHKOLNA (UKR)
Silver Carlo SCHMITZ (GER) Ariuna ZHARGALOVA (RUS) Mario VAVRO (CRO) Emily BEE (USA)
Bronze David PASQUALUCCI (ITA) Sylwia ZYZANSKA (POL) Bridger DEATON (USA) Lexi KELLER (USA)
Team medallists (junior)Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold France Italy United States Turkey
Silver Ukraine Ukraine Italy United States
Bronze Turkey Russia Croatia Russia
All five continents medalled at Nimes 2014. Europe won the
medal haul count over the Americas – the two continents tradi-
tionally strong in the discipline – buoyed by a clean sweep
of the junior categories, but Asia, Africa and Oceania all
left with at least one podium finish.
While Japan and Australia’s success might have
been expected, South Africa’s was less so.
(Japan holds a yearly, prestigious indoor tournament and is
probably the Asian nation with the biggest following for the dis-
cipline. Australia’s young recurve pair – although admitting that
they practice the indoor round outdoors, because the weather
in the southern hemisphere is just too good in the European
winter month to be stuck inside – had already recorded large
scores at open indoor internationals.)
If any evidence is needed of the worldwide development of
archery – even outside of the Olympic, outdoor discipline –
then the Nimes medal standings are a good place to start.
Final tallies: Europe collected 34 junior and senior medals
in total, including both individual compound, junior individual
recurve, recurve team and junior team golds. Americas archers
climbed the podium nine times – with the USA defending their
long-standing monopoly on the compound men’s team title,
and Aida ROMAN picking up an individual crown. Asia had two
silvers, courtesy of Japan – and both Africa and Oceania fin-
ished Nimes 2014 with one medal each.
An impressive
performer at the
opening ceremony,
suspended in mid air
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Words Chris WELLS
World Archery
Communications Manager
Images Dean ALBERGA
World Archery
Official Photogapher
The most popular collection of open-entry ar-
chery events run worlwide, the Indoor World
Cup competition divisions attracted over 1,500
registrations in 2013/2014.
In 2013, a first ever World Cup stage was
held on the African continent, to start the indoor
series: in Marrakesh, Morocco. As well as being
popular with local and regional athletes – includ-
ing drawing representatives from nearby Egypt,
Sudan and more African countries – a large Euro-
pean contingent competed, along with some top
USA team members.
Nimes, a founding host of the Indoor Archery
World Cup, did not hold a stage in 2013/14, in-
stead focusing on organising the Indoor Archery
World Championships. (See page 24.) Telford
held the European leg of last year’s tour, joining
the Asian stage in Singapore and fourth stop and
Final in Las Vegas, USA.
The world-famous Vegas Shoot, the first two
days of which make up the fourth stage of the
Indoor World Cup, broke its own participation re-
cord in 2014 – topping out at over 2,200 athletes.
NFAA President Bruce CULL – who’s head of
the Vegas organising team – noted the growth in
youth divisions, particularly the girls’.
For him, and many in the archery industry, it’s
the rewards of a pop culture – film and television –
that’s been featuring archery heavily for the last
half decade. Exposure turned to awareness, into
engagement – and finally into an archery-practis-
ing public, now competing at world events.
Marrakesh, Singapore, Telford and Las Vegas – the four host cities of indoor archery’s premier global series in 2014
Indoor archery: World Cup, worldwide tour
Levi MORGAN, highly-touted
professional 3D archer in
the USA, shot his first World
Archery indoor round in Telford
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Indoor Archery World Cup Final medallists (senior)Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold Rick VAN DER VEN Naomi FOLKARD Braden GELLENTHIEN Crystal GAUVIN
Silver Matteo FISSORE Tatiana SEGINA Bridger DEATON Inge VAN CASPEL
Bronze JC VALLADONT Anna BOTTO Peter ELZINGA Naomi JONES
Stage Marrakeshone
Naomi JONES lost
to Crystal GAUVIN
in the semifinals,
but beat Pascale
LEBECQUE to bronze
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Defending Indoor Archery World Cup Champion Braden GEL-
LENTHIEN tied his semifinal with the compound men’s world
number one PJ DELOCHE at five set points each. The pair needed
a shootoff to settle the match, but both shot dead centre.
Second time around, GELLENTHIEN was better – advancing
into a gold medal final against USA compatriot Bridger DEATON,
which he promptly won.
A States archer won the compound women’s gold in Marrakesh,
too – and needed two one-arrow shoot-offs to do it. First against
Naomi JONES in the semifinals, who took bronze, then to beat
Netherlands team member Inge VAN CASPEL in the final.
Rick VAN DER VEN, Dutch Olympic fourth place finisher in Lon-
don, and Great Britain’s Naomi FOLKARD won the recurve com-
petitions. VAN DER VEN beat Italian Matteo FISSORE in four sets –
while FOLKARD took all five to beat number one seed Tatiana SEGI-
NA, from Russia. SEGINA had only dropped one set before the gold
medal match. World field champion JC VALLADONT took recurve
men’s bronze, Anna BOTTO the women’s.
Choose between them?
GELLENTHIEN and DELOCHE
shot dead centre Xs in
their semifinal shoot-off
Marrakesh was the first
World Cup event on African soil
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Reo WILDE is the undisputed king of the Singapore
stage: he won it for a third time in a row in 2013, by
beating his brother Logan in the compound men’s final.
It wasn’t an easy match. The siblings traded blows
until the fifth and final set, when Reo edged ahead.
Reo’s gold-medal-winning World Games mixed
team partner shut out two-time world champion Albina
LOGINOVA in the compound women’s gold medal match.
Erika JONES, after only surrendering two set points to
Christie COLIN in the semis, cruised to a 6-0 victory over
the experienced Russian.
Rare indoor competitors, team India bagged silver and
bronze on the recurve men’s podium – but it was JC VAL-
LADONT with gold. Tarundeep RAI had been on something of
a hot streak before meeting the Frenchman in the final.
VALLADONT let RAI have just two set points on his way to
winning gold.
The recurve women’s podium was a clean sweep – but not
for India. The feared LH Team, a professional squad from Ko-
rea, made their first appearance of the last indoor season in
Singapore – and proceeded to beat everyone.
JEON Sungeun, who medalled at the Wuxi 2013
World Archery Youth Championships just months before
the Singapore event, beat teammate KIM Min Jong in
a 6-0 final. Even if KIM Yu Mi had lost the bronze, it
still would have been an all-Korea top three: CHANG
Hye Jin came in fourth.
Indoor Archery World Cup Final medallists (senior)Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold JC VALLADONT JEON Sungeun Reo WILDE Erika JONES
Silver Tarundeep RAI KIM Min Jong Logan WILDE Albina LOGINOVA
Bronze Atanu DAS KIM Yu Mi Steve ANDERSON Christie COLIN
twoStage Singapore
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Erika JONES shut out Albina
LOGINOVA in the Singapore
compound women’s final
JC VALLADONT, French world
field champion, during qualifications
KAMINSKI beat
BANJEREE before
losing to JC
VALLADONT
Team LH in their first appearance
of the year: a clean sweep of
the recurve women’s podium
WILDE brothers: Reo (left) and Logan (right)
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Indoor Archery World Cup Final medallists (senior)Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold JC VALLADONT KIM Yu Mi Peter ELZINGA Erika JONES
Silver Thomas FAUCHERON PARK Se Hui Mike SCHLOESSER Camilla SOEMOD
Bronze Sjef VAN DEN BERG Aida ROMAN Levi MORGAN Janine MEISSNER
threeStage TelfordJean-Charles VALLADONT beat
French teammate and friend
Thomas FAUCHERON in the
Telford recurve men’s final
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Thomas FAUCHERON took the lead early in the recurve men’s
gold medal match at Telford. Two sets down, Jean-Charles
VALLADONT – FAUCHERON’s teammate in the French squad –
rallied and recovered.
Jean-Charles won the next three sets, finishing with two
perfect 30s to secure his second stage gold in a row, after
Singapore, and his third series podium of the year. FAUCHERON
had knocked out top ranked ELLISON in a quarterfinal shoot-off,
posting a closer-to-the-middle 10.
Sjef VAN DEN BERG – who was seeded second after qualifica-
tion – beat veteran German indoor and field archer Sebastian
ROHRBERG to bronze.
Mexico’s Olympic silver medallist Aida ROMAN was able
to put a spot in Korean Team LH’s dominance of the recurve
women’s event in Telford.
She beat Singapore gold medallist JEON Sungeun in the
bronze final, finishing with nine-straight 10s and three per-
fect-30 sets.
The all-Korean recurve women’s gold
medal match went to a second shoot-off –
and both shot 10 for a second time
Peter ELZINGA, shooting during his
final against Mike SCHLOESSER
The shoot-off arrow that put
ELZINGA into the final
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KIM Yu Mi, who equalled the ranking round world record during
qualification (and shot a 9 with her last arrow), converted her
top seeding into recurve women’s gold.
The final went to two shoot-offs. KIM and PARK Se Hui shot
identical 10s with their first arrows, and were close to needing
a third decider when they repeated those 10s with their second
shots. The judge chose a winner, though: KIM.
Erika JONES beat Camilla SOEMOD, 6-2, in the compound
women’s final – for her second stage gold in a row.
USA compound archer Levi MORGAN shot his first international
outside of America in Telford. The highly-touted 3D pro was
dominant in the eliminations matches, before losing to Peter
ELZINGA in a semifinal shoot-off. ELZINGA’s arrow was a clean
centre – but MORGAN went on to win bronze.
ELZINGA, then, won compound men’s gold over Dutch inter-
national teammate Mike SCHLOESSER – the reigning outdoor
world champion. The tense match took all five sets, with the
pair drawing all but one.
ELZINGA celebrates winning
compound men’s goldJC VALLADONT enters the finals arena
Janine MEISSNER qualified well,
won compound women’s bronze
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Indoor Archery World Cup Final medallists (senior)Category Recurve men Recurve women Compound men Compound women
Gold Rick VAN DER VEN PARK Se Hui Seb PEINEAU Erika JONES
Silver Matteo FISSORE CHANG Hye Jin Braden GELLENTHIEN Crystal GAUVIN
Bronze Brady ELLISON KIM Yu Mi Levi MORGAN Rosalia DOMINGUEZ
FinalLas Vegas2013/14 Indoor Archery World Cup Final
compound men’s champion Seb PEINEAU
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Athletes’ scores from the first two days of the three-day Ve-
gas Shoot are used to calculate the Indoor Archery World
Cup ranking points assigned for the fourth stage.
The top sixteen archers in each of the four competition divi-
sions – compound and recurve men and women – are then
invited to participate in the Indoor Archery World Cup Final on
Saturday evening, day two, in Las Vegas.
Erika JONES and Jean-Charles VALLADONT were clear fa-
vourites in the compound women’s and recurve men’s divisions
respectively – both coming off the back of two stage wins in a
row, at Singapore and Telford.
The world number one from the States, JONES converted
her top seed into Indoor World Cup Final gold. She didn’t drop
a point in her final, shooting three 30-point sets to shut Crystal
GAUVIN out.
JC VALLADONT wasn’t so successful. He lost only his sec-
ond match of the international indoor season, to the same man
that beat him the first time.
Italian Matteo FISSORE beat VALLADONT in the Marrakesh
semifinals – and in the Las Vegas quarters.
FISSORE proceeded to beat the USA’s LAZAROFF – who lost
the bronze medal match to Brady ELLISON – before contesting
gold with Rick VAN DER VEN.
Marrakesh gold medallist Rick admitted to not feeling on top
form for the Vegas event, especially the two days of shooting that
comprised stage four, but forced himself into a groove for the
Finals that saw him score nothing less than a 29 in a single set.
After beating ELLISON in a semifinal shoot-off, VAN DER VEN
claimed the recurve men’s Indoor World Cup title in four sets,
6-2, over FISSORE. The Italian simply could not keep up.
Team LH got revenge on Aida ROMAN for stealing a Telford
podium spot from them in Telford, KIM Min Jong knocking the
Mexican athlete out in the second round. KIM would lose the
bronze to another KIM on her team, Yu Mi, before PARK Se Hui
took recurve women’s gold ahead of CHANG Hye Jin. Still a
Korea – and LH – one, two, three and four!
Erika JONES beat defending
Indoor World Cup Champion
Andrea GALES on her way to gold
Korean team LH: gold, silver, bronze Brothers Reo and
Logan hug it out
after their first round
match; Logan won
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Ranked 15, Sebastien PEINEAU beat outdoor world champion
Mike SCHLOESSER in a first round shoot-off. He then won his
quarterfinal, with a shoot-off, before taking his semifinal in a
conventional four sets.
It earned him a crack at Braden GELLENTHIEN in a true title
match – since Braden won the Indoor World Cup Final the pre-
vious year. PEINEAU started strong. Really strong: 30, 30 and
30. At 5-1 up, he needed just a draw to take gold – and that’s
exactly what PEINEAU got with the last set. A draw, and a win.
PEINEAU’s first victim SCHLOESSER did get revenge during The
Vegas Shoot just a day after. Aged just 20, he became the first
ever European archer to win the competition – the most popular,
well-known and followed open-entry indoor archery event in
the world.
(An astounding achievement considering the calibre of com-
petition, and the number of top European athletes that have
come close.)
The last man SCHLOESSER beat to win Vegas: PEINEAU!
Indoor Archery World Cup 2014/20158-9 November Indoor Archery World Cup stage 1 Marrakesh (MAR)
6-7 December Indoor Archery World Cup stage 2 Bangkok (THA)
23-25 January Indoor World Cup stage 3 Nimes (FRA)
6-7 February Indoor World Cup stage 4 and Final Las Vegas (USA)
Reo WILDE ducked out early,
beaten by his own brother, Logan
JC VALLADONT lost his
second match of the
international indoor season
to the same person he lost
the first: Matteo FISSORE
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Words Chris WELLS
World Archery
Communications Manager
Images Dean ALBERGA
World Archery
Official Photographer
French translation
Jean-Denis GITTON
FFTA Communication
Rick VAN DER VEN and Jean-Charles VALLADONT
were impressive over the 2013/14 indoor sea-
son. VAN DER VEN won the Indoor World Cup stage
at Marrakesh and the tour Final at Las Vegas, while
VALLADONT took gold at the other two legs: Singa-
pore and Telford.
In 2014, both Rick and JC are the most experi-
enced in their respective international squads – as
the average age of the French and Dutch recurve
teams is around 23!
Neither men climbed the podium at Nimes
2014, the World Archery Indoor Championships
held in February, which was something of a sur-
prise considering their recent pedigree.
World Archery caught up with the pair as they pre-
pared to shoot qualification in the South of France.
Chris WELLS Two of the most talented archers
right now, Rick VAN DER VEN and Jean-Charles
VALLADONT. Thanks for getting together! How
is it to be here in Nimes?
Jean-Charles VALLADONT Excellent. I’m used to
it, so…!
Rick VAN DER VEN Yes, we come here a lot, but
it’s nice to be at a world championships here.
World Archery caught up with a pair of recurve archers with world and European titles to their young names – and leading the pack on the international stage
Head to head: VAN DER VEN and VALLADONT
Rick and Jean-Charles have impressive
resumes, but both are only in their twenties
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CW Of course, Nimes is usually an Indoor World Cup stage:
what’s different about it this year?
RvdV The level is higher as it’s a worlds, and there’s a different
feel about the competition venue. Everyone’s wearing their interna-
tional colours rather than sponsor shirts.
JCV For me, it’s fairly similar. I’m here to focus solely on me, not
anyone else!
CW So focusing on your archery, you’ve both been success-
ful – but particularly so inside this year. What makes you so
good indoors?
RvdV We have two different seasons in the year: indoors and out-
doors. In the break, we get that chance to relax and replenish. It
gives you that bit of a mental kick, allows you to come back bigger
and better.
I had that kick this season, I’ve come back indoors better than I
have ever been before.
JCV For me, indoors is a much bigger mental game. You have to
cope with your head far more to achieve indoors.
CW Talk to me about that mental game.
RvdV Every nine you shoot makes you lose that set. Outdoors, you
can shoot a nine and it’s okay. That’s the pressure of indoors – you
have to shoot straight 10s to win any given set.
JCV It’s really very easy to shoot a 10 indoors because the zone
is so big and close – I mean, compared to outdoors where it is a
good distance away. Your mental game has to be so much stronger
than outdoors because it takes more effort to keep it inside that
10, even if it is big.
You’ve got to concentrate and focus more, because you’re worry-
ing about missing a target that you know you can hit, easily. It’s all
about shot process.
CW More effort, do you still enjoy it?
JCV Oui! It makes a real differentiation between practice and com-
petition. It’s not the same mental behaviour for each. It’s really easy
to shoot 10s in practice, when you’re shooting indoors, but it’s all
different when you go to compete.
RvdV I actually enjoy indoors more than outdoors. I started indoors
first and was pretty late going outdoors. I enjoy the tournaments and
the pressure of it all, and the difference between a 10 and a nine.
Don’t misunderstand me: I like outdoors! But I probably enjoy
indoors more.
CW And there’s no wind indoors, of course!
RvdV [laughs] There’s no wind for anybody! It’s the same for all
the archers on the line.
JC VALLADONT shot a 10 with his last arrow in Belek, it helped secure world team bronze for France over Korea
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At the end of the day, it only depends on each archer whether he
shoots a 10 or a nine.
Having said that though, with the set system and alternate shoot-
ing outdoors one archer can have wind and shoot a nine – and the
next archer no wind and shoot a 10.
It can make a difference in the match… but that is the game
we play.
CW Is there anything, technique wise, you have to focus on
more indoors?
RvdV Most of the time I try to do everything the same, but some-
times I make adjustments. It’s not good to be always searching for
the perfect feeling. Better to just start shooting.
My form actually changes a bit – the real small details – every day.
JCV It’s all about alignment. Shoulders should be in a straight line
towards the target – in the same direction, it’s so important. Apart
from that it’s all in your head.
CW Why did you start indoors in the Netherlands, Rick – is
it true that most clubs have an indoor facility but very few
an outdoor?
RvdV Yes, most don’t have an outdoor range. But more and more
have acquired them in the last couple of years. We have some re-
ally big clubs that have serious outdoor ranges.
CW What’s the traditional round shot by Dutch archers?
RvdV One arrow at 25 metres, 36 times! That’s how indoor archery
really started in the Netherlands. It’s the main tournament in the
south of the country, parts of Belgium and Italy… a little, but not
as much.
JCV France, too!
CW Do you both still shoot in these kind of tournaments?
RvdV Only if my club wants me to. We have a special competition
every year, to find the best club in the Netherlands – and I maybe
shoot this kind of tournament three times a year.
I have to use the practice end to get a sight mark usually because
I haven’t trained at 25 metres at all.
JCV No… in France it’s only for fun. I’m a high-level archer and I
only shoot 18 metres indoors. I don’t do many things for fun.
CW Understandable – and it’s admirable that you still shoot
the format for your club sometimes, Rick.
RvdV When time permits! I have a busy schedule…
CW You both say you concentrate a lot more indoors, so what
do you do for fun?
Despite not feeling his best, Rick VAN DER VEN secured the 2013/2014 Indoor World Cup Final title in Las Vegas
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Rick VAN DER VENNetherlands
Recurve man Age: 23
World Ranking: 5 Best World Ranking: 4 (20 May 2014)
First year in national team: 2008
Club: De Vriendenkring 1987
Profession: archer, mechanical engineer
2014 Indoor World Cup (individual)
Stage Venue Position
1 Marrakesh Winner
2 Singapore DNA
3 Telford 17th
4 and Final Las Vegas Winner
2013 Archery World Cup (individual)
Stage Venue Position
1 Shanghai 17th
2 Antalya 17th
3 Medellin 4th
4 Wroclaw 33rd
Final Paris DNQ
Current titles
European Champion (outdoors)
European Team Champion (outdoors)
Other results
Nimes 2014 world indoors team bronze
Belek/Antalya 2013 world outdoors team silver
London 2012 Olympic Games 4th place
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Other results
Nimes 2014 world indoors team bronze
Belek/Antalya 2013 world outdoors team silver
London 2012 Olympic Games 4th place
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Jean-Charles VALLADONTFrance
Age: 25 Recurve man
Best World Ranking: 11 (current) World Ranking: 11
First year in national team: 2007
Club: Torpes
Profession: archer
2014 Indoor World Cup (individual)
Stage Venue Position
1 Marrakesh Bronze
2 Singapore Winner
3 Telford Winner
4 and Final Las Vegas 7th
2013 Archery World Cup (individual)
Stage Venue Position
1 Shanghai 6th
2 Antalya 33rd
3 Medellin 33rd
4 Wroclaw 9th
Final Paris DNQ
Current titles
World Archery Field Champion
Other results
Belek/Antalya 2013 world outdoors team bronze
Torino 2011 and Ulsan 2009 world outdoors team silver
Beijing 2008 Olympian
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World Archery Field Champion
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Belek/Antalya 2013 world outdoors team bronze
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Beijing 2008 Olympian
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JCV I’m a man of the outdoors, a man of nature. Walking, hiking…
all that.
RvdV I watch movies. Or shoot some more.
CW Do you live at a training centre?
JCV Not anymore, actually. I live in a big house with four other
people. I wanted to get away from the training centre, because I
wanted a real break in the day.
I’m training from morning to evening, all day long, and then I want
my own space, my own home. I’ve been living in this house for two
years now.
CW Are you shooting better since you’ve moved out?
JCV Yes, and I’m happier. It’s changed a lot.
CW What about you, Rick?
RvdV I just finished school, four weeks ago, so I wasn’t at the
training centre in Papendaal all that much. Studies are important,
so I concentrated on them.
I’ll probably move back after these world championships and stay
there four days a week. Last year it was more one day a week, but
it doesn’t make all that much difference to me.
I shoot at my local club at home every day. The club is only 20
minutes drive away. It works for me.
CW Let’s talk about this indoor season. Jean-Charles, you
lost two matches all year indoors coming into Nimes, both
to Matteo FISSORE from Italy. Are you… glad he’s not here?
JCV [laughs] He’s not my black beast!
RvdV [laughs] What?
JCV [smiling] An opponent that always beats you!
Matteo is a really good archer, a good opponent – and I was just
unlucky in Vegas because he shot really well. I shot good, but he
shot way better. In Marrakesh, he beat me in a shoot-off.
It doesn’t bother me that I lose to him twice. It’s just not in my mind –
and really, it’s just a coincidence.
I’ve got nothing against him, and I’m not glad he’s not here. It’s actu-
ally a bit sad, he’s a good archer, good guy – and he speaks French.
CW Rick, you are Indoor Archery World Cup Final Champion
right now, since you won the 2014 Final in Las Vegas. Must
have been great?
RvdV It was a fantastic feeling for me – and for all the Dutch there,
actually. Mike SCHLOESSER won The Vegas Shoot tournament and
I got gold in the World Cup, so we had a lot to celebrate.
Johan VAN DRUNEN, owner of JVD – the big distribution centre
in the Netherlands – was at Vegas. He told us to be downstairs at
7pm on Sunday evening and we’d go out to dinner.
We got downstairs from our hotel and there was a huge limousine
waiting to pick us up!
We went out, had a great night: dinner, chatting and then an early
night – because we had to leave at about 7am.
JCV After no sleep!
[Both laugh]
CW Which was the bigger win, Marrakesh – as the first ever
World Cup stage on African soil – or Vegas?
RvdV Probably Vegas, because it’s a bigger tournament and the Fi-
nal. Marrakesh is still a World Cup. It doesn’t matter to me whether
it’s in Nimes or Telford or Singapore from an archery side. It’s still
a World Cup.
JCV Vegas is my favourite.
CW Why?
JCV Parce que… [pauses] parce que Vegas! [laughs]
It’s Vegas baby. There is so many things to do around the competi-
tion. Sightseeing and shopping… the Grand Canyon.
CW A little time on the tables?
JCV No!
RvdV [cuts in] Yes he is! First day I arrived in Vegas, I saw him at
the table doing tricks with his chips [mimes flipping casino chips
between his fingers].
[Both laugh]
JCV I really enjoy the place. Vegas is just only archery but so much
more. It’s a real event.
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Rick VAN DER VEN came fourth at
the London 2012 Olympic Games
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VALLADONT says his highlight of the
2013/2014 indoor season was the
Telford Indoor World Cup stage final
against Thomas FAUCHERON
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RvdV I agree, Marrakesh was fantastic to go to – especially be-
cause I hadn’t been before – and Telford did an awesome job for a
first event, but Vegas is still the big tournament of the year.
JCV Singapore was also really nice. It’s a very interesting country,
but it’s nothing like Vegas. It was really great to see the city for
three days, but it’s quite a small city. It was a good length for a visit.
Vegas, however, you could stay for a month.
CW What was the best moment of this last indoor season
for you? Best match?
JCV The final of Telford. Shooting against Thomas [FAUCHERON].
He’s a good friend, but once we shot the first two ends I had to
switch my mental game from being friends to being opponents. I
had to convince myself to make the difference at that moment.
I was able to and it made me extremely glad. We were – and still are
– friends, but we were opponents, too. The switch worked and I won.
CW For you, Rick, what was your best?
RvdV Probably winning Vegas and the World Cup Final.
I was shooting really well in the weeks before Marrakesh, so I was
expecting to do well there, shoot well. Not necessarily win it – it’s
terrible to assume that – but get a medal for sure.
At Vegas, though, I couldn’t hit anything in the weeks before. I just
showed up to see what would happen.
How I shot on Sunday in The Vegas Shoot, that’s how I would ex-
pect myself to shoot. I’m glad I could pull it all together in the
elimination rounds for the World Cup Final.
It’s my best memory – so far. Hopefully I still have time to get a
better memory!
CW On the Saturday in Vegas you shoot in the daytime,
sometimes early morning, in the main competition – then
late at night for the World Cup Final. Is that a problem for
you? And what do you do in the gap?
RvdV If we shoot at 7am, we finish at nine or 10 and then have
to wait until four in the afternoon or even seven in the evening. We
go watch a movie in the room or head to the Vegas strip and walk
around a little bit.
Back by 2pm to get something to eat and relax in the room, before
shooting again.
JCV Yeah, casino and shopping. I go to the Bass Pro Shop! It’s a
huge fishing, archery and outdoors store. Really huge. I’ve spent
four or five hours there before.
CW Sounds fun! Okay, we’re in Nimes and we have a com-
bined youth-senior championships, are there any of your
young teammates we should be keeping a close eye on?
JCV Thomas KOENIG. He’s shooting as a junior man here – and he
shot a perfect 300 for 30 arrows at our national selections. It made
for a 595 total in the end.
RvdV We have Sjef [VAN DEN BERG]. He can get frustrated at
times, but if he gets off that – then he’ll probably be really big. But,
he has to want it.
CW Were you like that when you were younger?
RvdV Not that much. I had talent, but I still really wanted it. I
didn’t enjoy school, and when school didn’t go very well I just
started shooting more. When I finished school I shot even more –
I really wanted it, set goals for myself and though I got frustrated,
I didn’t show it.
Sjef has the tendency to show it a bit more. Throw his bow
around or slam it into the ground. Hopefully he can get over that
in the future.
Don’t forget the even newer Dutch guy, too. His name is Jan VAN
TONGEREN; he is a 15-year-old junior who is already really good.
CW Both your senior teams are quite young, do you take on
more leadership-type roles now and in the future? We don’t
speak about it so much in archery, but it’s true that there are
leaders in teams.
JCV Definitely.
RvdV I’m the oldest one in our team. I’m 23 now, and I’m the
oldest one. I came fourth in the London Olympic Games and be-
cause I’ve achieved more people see me as the leading person
in the team.
JCV Since Romain GIROULLE, the old leader of the French team
moved on, I have taken that mantle. Someone the team can rely on
during matches. Leadership is all based on results.
Romain was the natural leader because of his results. He was the
best. Being a natural born leader goes hand in hand with being a
winner. It’s not about being the oldest or the youngest for us.
CW Do results come with that leader personality, is it a two
way thing?
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JCV Absolutely. I try to joke, entertain the others – be the funny
guy. People say I’m like the glue. It would be different if I were not
there, I think.
When someone leaves the team, like it was when Romain left,
things break.
You need that person – that leader – to keep it together.
CW Rick, what do you admire about Jean-Charles?
RvdV He can shoot great scores with aluminium arrows… and I
totally can’t.
He’s won two world cups this season, great outdoors and at field.
A good all rounder.
CW And Jean-Charles, what about Rick?
JCV Technique. Shooting form.
RvdV [laughs] It works for me.
JCV It’s clean, I like it. But you do look funny with your lips moving
and kissing when you shoot!
[Both laugh while Rick makes funny movements with his mouth]
RvdV That’s the horrible thing when I watch myself on television.
I’m always thinking: what the hell am I doing there? I don’t even
know I’m doing it!
JCV Aside from the mouth, I like the straightness of Rick’s form.
How directed towards the target it is when he releases.
RvdV That’s what people tell me. My bow shoulder is way to high,
and I know it, but I can’t put it down – it stays there – and I’m not
properly in-line until I release.
Then it’s in-line and to the target. It works for me, and that’s the
main thing.
CW What do you call kissing the string in French?
JCV The Van der Ven? [both laugh]
CW Fantastic! A good note to finish on. One final question:
When was the last time you shot against each other indoors –
and who will win the next match?
JCV European Championships… he won, 6-4.
RvdV If we meet again soon, it’s a coin toss.
JCV The strongest would win! [laughs]
At age 23, VAN DER VEN (right) is the most
experienced on the young Dutch team –
who have already won European titles and
picked up bronze at Nimes 2014
Team SHIBUYA rules Target Archery!
Christie COLIN, USA 7 Gold Medals at the 2011 WA World Cup
Sergio PAGNI, ITA 2010 & 2011 WA World Cup Champion
Natalia VALEEVA, ITA Multiple World Champion
Christopher PERKINS, CAN 2011 World Champion
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The award was expanded to include both a male and female
category for 2013 – where previously there had only been one
overall winner.
Seven archers were shortlisted in each category, before thou-
sands of the archery public voted on their favourite through World Ar-
chery’s social media accounts. Members of World Archery’s Athletes
and Coaches Committees ranked their favourites in a separate poll.
The two votes were combined to give an average, and shortlisted
athletes were ranked on this overall figure.
It is the biggest response to date for a World Archery public vote –
with athletes, familes, friends and federations getting behind their
nominated candidates.
Turn the page to discover who won, and see some national
sportsperson of the year award winners below.
Over 12,000 people from the archery public and World Archery’s athletes and coaches committees voted on their favourite athletes of last year
Athlete of the Year 2013
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist, who has over
220,000 followers on Facebook, picked up her first po-
dium of 2013 in Shanghai before two last-eight finishes in
Medellin and Wroclaw.
That won her a ticket to Paris, and her fourth Archery World
Cup Final in a row. And for the third time since 2011, Deepika
KUMARI made it to the gold medal match – where she nar-
rowly missed out on the title to Korea’s YUN Ok Hee.
At the age of just 19, KUMARI’s titles include Common-
wealth Games Champion, world cadet and junior crowns and
five World Cup stage podiums – including Antalya gold in
2012 – as well as those three Archery World Cup Final silver
medals over the last three years.
KUMARI and her fellow recurve women were also named
Indian Team of the Year, thanks to gold medals in Medellin and
Wroclaw to close out the 2013 season.
Three-time World Cup Final silver medallist named India’s sportsperson of the year
Denmark choose Maja JAGER as international athlete of 2013
Current recurve women’s World Champion Maja JAGER beat mo-
torcar driver Tom KRISTENSEN – who has won multiple 24-hour
races at Le Mans – and World Champion Skeet shooter Jesper
HANSEN to the award live on national Danish television.
“Maja JAGER is the rightful winner,” said President of the Dan-
ish National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of
Denmark Niels NYGAARD. “At the World Championships in
Turkey she took out all the top archers one by one, among
them the Olympic Champion from London.”
JAGER had not made it past the 1/16 elimination round in
an international competition during the 2012 and 2013 sea-
sons before upsetting the world numbers one and two – KI Bo
Bae and YUN Ok Hee from Korea – on the way to gold at the
Belek World Championships last October.
After picking up the award, an ecstatic Maja JAGER em-
phasised how much she appreciated the recognition. “It’s a
huge acknowledgement,” said the Danish star – and one that
comes at a good time for archery in the country, which will
host the next World Championships from 26 July to 2 August
2015 in Copenhagen.
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Compound man Age: 29
World Ranking: 11 Best World Ranking: 2
The Danish compound archer made the final
four in each of the first three World Cup
stages in 2013, before storming to gold
at his third World Cup Final. Leading the
Danish compound team to a world title
in Belek and dominating the Berlin
Open to finish the year solidified
DAMSBO’s claim on this honour.
He also won the 2013 interna-
tional Act of Fair Play award.
Martin DAMSBODenmark
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Men’s athlete of the year
*World Rankings and ages correct as of 25 June 2014
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Mike SCHLOESSER Netherlands
OH Jin Hyek Korea
John STUBBS Great Britain
Compound man Age: 20
World Ranking: 5 Best World Ranking: 5
Twenty-year-old SCHLOESSER’s first international po-
dium was a big one. He was the highest compound scorer
in every eliminations stage at the 2013 World Archery
Championships before beating experienced French ar-
cher PJ DELOCHE by five points in the gold medal match
in Belek. A new fan favourite? SCHLOESSER had 41%
of the archery public’s vote for Athlete of the Year!
Recurve man Age: 32
World Ranking: 2 Best World Ranking: 1
Since getting over the gold medal hump at London 2012 (of
all places), OH has found re-climbing the podium steps a
great deal easier! He did it at the Shanghai World Cup stage
to start 2013, then in Turkey, then in Paris at the World Cup
Final. Korea’s leading recurve man was not able to complete
the triple (Olympics–World Cup Final–Worlds), as although
he won mixed team gold with KI Bo Bae at the World Cham-
pionships in Belek, the individual title evaded him…
Compound man Age: 49
Para World Ranking: 3
The two golds and a silver STUBBS collected helped
Great Britain to seven-medal haul at the World Para-
Archery Championships in 2013. He took the individual
compound open title, improving on his silver from 2011,
team compound title and won the mixed team sil-
ver with double-Paralympic champion partner Danielle
BROWN. No para-archer had a better time in Bangkok!
Compound man Age: 39
World Ranking: 2 Best World Ranking: 1
Although not quite as phenomenal as his record-setting
2012 (three World Cup stage wins in a row and six individual
golds – and a silver – out of seven international tournaments),
Reo WILDE added a seventh career World Cup stage win in
Medellin last season. Partnered with World Archery’s Female
Athlete of the Year for 2013, Erika JONES, the States com-
pound archer also picked up the World Games mixed team title.
Recurve man Age: 19
World Ranking: 1 Best World Ranking: 1
…when new Korean face LEE Seungyun beat OH in the Belek
recurve gold medal match. LEE, in his first international
season, never finished out of the top eight in competition. As
well as his world title, he qualified for the World Cup Final
courtesy of an individual gold medal at the fourth World
Cup stage of the year in Wroclow. Definitely one to watch.
Recurve man Age: 25
World Ranking: 11 Best World Ranking: 11
Reigning World Field Archery Champion from 2012, Jean
Charles VALLADONT competed with a vengeance in the
two Indoor Archery World Cup legs of this season in 2013.
Second in Marrakesh and winner in Singapore, the recurve
archer has been on a roll since his emotional last arrow in
Belek – a 10 that helped secure team bronze over Korea.
Reo WILDE USA
LEE Seungyun Korea
Jean-Charles VALLADONT France
2 (26%)
4 (15%)
6 (4%)
3 (15%)
5 (9%)
7 (4%)
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Compound woman Age: 25
World Ranking: 1 Best World Ranking: 1
Compound women’s world number one
Erika JONES had four World Cup silvers
in 2013, the last coming at her third Final
in four years. But the 25-year-old’s best
performance of the year: individual and
mixed team gold at the World Games in
Cali… or winning a massive 39% of the
public vote on the way to being named
World Archery’s Female Athlete of 2013!
Erika JONESUSA
1 (27%)
Women’s athlete of the year
*World Rankings and ages correct as of 25 June 2014
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YUN Ok Hee Korea
Kristina HEIGENHAUSER Germany
Compound woman Age: 19
World Ranking: 2 Best World Ranking: 2
Individual gold on home soil at July 2013’s Medellin World
Cup stage announced LOPEZ’s arrival as a world class archer.
Since then, she picked up bronze at the World Games, a
Junior World Champion title, moved up to second in the world
rankings… and has become something of a fan favourite.
Recurve woman Age: 29
World Ranking: 1 Best World Ranking: 1
At the end of 2010, YUN Ok Hee won the World Cup Final
and the Asian Games, before disappearing from inter-
national archery… until 2013. Last year, she won World
Cup stages one and four, took silver at two, and won
the Final, again. Then bronze at the World Champion-
ships confirmed what we already knew: YUN Ok Hee
was back! And she deserves her spot on this list…
Compound woman Age: 26
World Ranking: 4 Best World Ranking: 2
Ex-international pistol shooter Kristina HEIGENHAUSER won the
compound women’s division at the Belek World Championships
in only her second season with the German archery team. She
has climbed the individual podium at seven of the 11 interna-
tional tournaments she has competed at. Not a bad record!
Compound woman Age: 32
Para World Ranking: 5
DAG secured double-gold at last year’s World Para-Archery
Championships in Bangkok. She beat Beijing and Lon-
don Paralympic Champion Dani BROWN (GBR) to the
compound women’s open title, then again to the com-
pound mixed team title with partner Erdoğan AYGAN.
Recurve woman Age: 22
World Ranking: 13 Best World Ranking: 8
…as does the person who knocked YUN out of the World
Championships: Maja JAGER, who also dispatched
Olympic champion KI Bo Bae on her way to gold in
Belek. JAGER was named Denmark’s Athlete of the Year
for her achievement, lives and trains in Korea – and
is certainly a name to watch looking towards Rio.
Recurve woman Age: 29
Para World Ranking: 1
Double Paralympic Champion Zahra NEMATI took re-
venge for her 2011 World Para-Archery Championships
final loss to China’s XIAO Yanhong in 2013. She took
recurve women’s W2 gold in a tense five-set match
in Bangkok, Thailand – and shows no sign of letting
off before the 2014 Asian Para Games in Incheon.
Burcu DAG Turkey
Maja JAGER Denmark
Zahra NEMATI Iran
2 (20%)
4 (11%)
6 (6%)
3 (19%)
5 (11%)
7 (5%)
Sara LOPEZ Colombia
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Strategising communications is no easy task –
and most archery federations have other priori-
ties that take precedence. There are two key areas
that should never be ignored, however. Social media
and media relations don’t have to be full-time jobs,
and just a little focus can go a long way.
Social MediaPlatforms like Facebook and Twitter are a tremen-
dous – and free – promotional tool for federations.
Although social media can seem intimidating, it’s
critical to take advantage of this technology because
so many people, members of the federation and our
target audience, are using it.
Social media can introduce archery to new fans,
make heroes out of top athletes and connect fed-
erations with their current, new and prospective
members. If nothing else, social media is a valuable
customer service tool which, when done correctly,
provides a unique opportunity to interact with a cap-
tive audience – and leave enquirers with a greater
(and public) sense of satisfaction.
Answering a question privately on the telephone
will resolve an issue for one person, but posting the
response publicly on Facebook – for example – will
satisfy that person, anyone else unsure on the same
subject and let people know just how interactive,
friendly and helpful the organisation is.
Facebook is a good example, because in most
countries Facebook is the place to start. With 1.23
billion users worldwide at the end of 2013, it is the
social media giant that cannot be ignored. Getting
started is simple, there’s a quick guide on the next
page. You do need to have a personal account to
start the process – but it doesn’t need to be one
you use!
It’s important to create an organisation page for
the federation rather than use a personal account as
people can like and follow the page – become a fan –
rather than send you a bunch of friend requests!
Posts should be interesting and search for a re-
sponse from your audience – so that people engage
with the content, rather than have it disappear in
their newsfeed. Photos, videos and links tend to
work better than text. Use images that are colourful
and visually appealing.
Time content with your events, and post images
of archers enjoying the sport – not just a 1,000 pic-
tures of the back of people’s heads when they’re
on the shooting line. The more varied the content,
the more you’ll find out what your followers like and
what will grow your fanbase.
Monitor your community, too. Archers love social
media, and they love posting great content. All you
have to do is press the share button to put it in your
page’s newsfeed. For that matter, you should also
follow World Archery, other federations and archery
community pages. They’re interesting and you’ll find
plenty of engaging material to feed to your followers.
Do keep an eye on what people post on your
page. Individuals don’t become angels just because
they’ve logged on to the internet. A positive response
to complainers and a hide of any abusive comments
with a soft warning (the first time, at least) is usually
enough to steer discussions in the right direction.
Most importantly: keep your page up to date. If
all your content is old, then you just will not get fol-
lowers as old content does not get distributed to the
Words Teresa Johnson
World Archery Social
Media Coordinator
While budgets are tight, archery organisations can still make the most of opportunities to spread their message with little investment of time and money
Spread the word: maximising publicity
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Head to ‘Create a Page’:
just type it into the top search bar
Enter some information, including
your federation website and choose a
URL address for your Facebook page.
Make sure that’s something that’s
easy to remember and type – so avoid
using punctuation characters – then
upload your logo as the profile image
Choose the ‘Sports League’ subcategory –
then name your page something suitable…
(your federation name or ‘archery + country’)
Choose the ‘Entertainment’ category
Creating a Facebook page
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Your page is ready to go! Add in a cover photo, start
posting and promoting the sport…
Facebook public. It sounds like a lot of work but, thankfully – you’ll
be glad to hear – it’s not! Not only can you schedule posts to ap-
pear at set times in the future within Facebook itself, but programs
like HootSuite and Sprout Social let you do advanced scheduling
and return useful analytics to help plan for the future.
At the end of the day, what it means is that someone spending
20 minutes on loading in scheduled posts on a Monday morning
can keep a Facebook page up-to-date, engaging and growing for
a whole week. The time investment is not large!
There are lots of other social media platforms that return a lot
for not much time; Instagram and Twitter are currently very popu-
lar, and both communities will help you reach a younger audience –
a bonus for our growing sport!
Instagram is a cool photo-sharing app that lets you create an
account and then share to your public Facebook and Twitter pro-
files. Twitter is a site that’s built for sharing information – news,
links, photos – in 140 characters or less. All three sites (Facebook,
Instagram and Twitter) make use of hashtags.
Hashtags are searchable social media adjectives. They de-
scribe something. Create a hashtag for each of your major events,
and share them far ahead of time with your public: on event sig-
nage, event web pages, social media and any other communica-
tions platforms.
Make sure your hashtag is simple and intuitive. The hashtag
for the Rio 2016 Games is #Rio2016, for the Antalya world cups
#WCAntalya and the next worlds in Copenhagen: #WAC2015.
The goal during events is to get participants posting their photos
and updates and including the event hashtag – to create an online,
searchable conversation about the subject. It is a great way to get
free publicity for archery, your federation and the tournament itself.
Another great technique is taking photos at your events, and
sharing them in Facebook albums immediately after competition
on event days. During event announcements, encourage partici-
pants to like the federation on Facebook and follow on Twitter for
event updates, photos and more. You can also use Twitter to keep
fans at home up to date on event scores and provide some com-
mentary around the competition – a service that has been proven
to drive fan loyalty.
It’s essential in this day and age to have a social presence –
and it can be delivered easily… and it’s getting easier.
With so many young people involved in archery, why not
task one of them with managing your social media platforms?
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Media RelationsGetting a leg up in your relations with the press is a step-by-step
task – but reporters are much more likely to talk about the sport if
they get contact and news directly from the governing body. And,
importantly, know where to go to if they have a question.
Building a media list is the best place to start. Find out
who’s been writing about the sport already in your country by
searching under the news tab in Google. Click on articles, the au-
thoring reporter’s name and then see if you can find their email ad-
dress. If not another Google search – authors name + email – will
usually do the trick!
If you can’t find their details, take note of the URL and publication.
You can always submit stories via the agency’s contact form.
Once you’ve compiled your media list, make a calendar of
story ideas that are newsworthy. Take a look at your high-profile
events, and note any interesting athlete stories that may be worth
asking a journalist to cover. Remember that the most compelling
story is one relating to a human interest angle, so journalists will
always be most interested in stories of struggle and triumph or a
piece that otherwise tugs at the heartstrings.
Your calendar doesn’t have to be extensive. Little and regular –
keeping in contact with journalists – is far more valuable than
nothing at all.
The internet is full of great articles on writing press releases,
so do some investigation before you begin. There are a few es-
sentials to keep in mind:
Put the federation logo at the top
Include your contact details
Include the date and location
Make sure the title gets to the point quickly, delivering maxi-
mum impact in as few words as possible
The first two sentences must be strong, get right to the point
of the press release and give the audience (journalists) good
reason to keep reading
Be sure to answer the questions any reader would want to know:
who, what, when, where, why, and how. Read the press release
once for content, spellcheck it, then review it again to be sure it
gets the point across without being too wordy.
Distribute your press release to your media list with a pitch
email that explains why journalists should write about your story.
Either attach the press release to the email or cut and paste it into
the body of your message, below your pitch.
The technique is up to you, but be sure that your pitch ex-
plains what the story is, why it’s important and how the journalist
can contact you for more information. If you have time, tailoring
your pitch to journalist’s writing and readership will lead to more
of your material being picked up.
Once you’ve put a press release process in place, building a
media kit is the best way to increase your media audience. It’s a
document that gives more background around a press release –
and gives a quick snapshot of the federation’s world, so that re-
porters don’t have to spend time researching.
A media kit consists of:
Cover sheet: federation logo, a striking photo, two introductory
paragraphs about the federation and the contact details of who-
ever handles media enquiries
Background: contact information at the top, a few paragraphs
introducing the organisation’s mission, vision, history and goals.
Fact sheet: key information like number of followers on social
media, website traffic, number of federation members, list of
major competitions and how many archers are expected. In-
clude a quick profile on any top international athletes (people
stories go further)
Press release: the story the reporter should be writing!
Print the kit on ordinary printer paper and hand it out at tourna-
ments, or email it to journalists you’ve contacted to get complete,
truthful and valuable mentions of archery in the media.
With just a little bit of time investment and thinking outside the
box, federations can reap big publicity dividends without spending
any real money.
Forming good relationships with journalists and taking the time
to set up a thriving social network will put your organisation in a
position to take advantage of the ongoing surge in archery interest.
If you have any questions about any information con-
tained in this article, contact World Archery Communica-
tions: info@archery.org
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Iconic venues: payoff for perseverance
Words Chris WELLS
World Archery
CoCommm unications Manager
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The most well-known archery venue around the
world right now is a cricket ground. Lord’s was
a fitting host to the highest-rated spectator event at
the London Games, but the idea of using an estab-
lished, iconic setting is not new to those familiar with
modern archery events.
Back in 2003, New York hosted the World Ar-
chery Championships in Central Park. Since then,
and the launch of the sport’s premier World Cup tour,
international archery events have been held around
the Mayapan pyramids, in the Olympic capital, over-
looking the Bosphorus and under the Eiffel Tower.
“It brings something extra to the event,” says Mads
BANG AAEN KORNERUP, event director for the 2015
World Championships in Copenhagen. “Even though
it’s been five years since we held the World Cup
Final in Nyhavn harbour, people still talk about it.”
Iconic venues inspire an incidental crowd. Tourist
spots receive thousands of viewers daily, and put-
ting a high-level sports production in an unexpected
place is a fantastic vessel for the positive messages
that international competitions convey.
Don’t worry, though: the icon in the background
isn’t a distraction! At last year’s World Cup Final
Archery is the perfect sport to host in public and impressive venues. It can be challenging, but the hard work reaps dividends – for the sport and setting
The perfect amalgamation of sport and
venue at the Paris 2013 World Cup Final
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in Paris, the archery field was opposite the Champ de Mars and
the most-visited paid monument in the world. But riders on the
open top tour buses travelling down Avenue de New York were
not looking at the Eiffel Tower – most heads were turned in the
opposite direction, past the spectator stands and into the archery
on the Trocadero Fountains.
It attracted a large crowd to free-access spectator areas, and
made people’s trip to the landmark even more memorable than
it was going to be. Not only had tourists seen the famous steel
monument, but they had seen it on a day it would be presented in
association with something quite special: sport.
The first modern Olympics to take advantage of blending im-
ages of setting and sport with archery was Athens. In 2004, the
organising committee held the competition finals at the Panathinai-
kos stadium, which was the centrepoint for the 1896 Games in the
same city.
A combination of modern sport, modern- and ancient-history
– the stadium was build in marble before 300BC – that has been
used as an example and a comparison ever since.
“The event will live longer,” explains Mads. It’s not just those
bystanders on the day that take memories away with them – but
the broadcast images and photography that leave a real impact on
both the sport and venue.
Edinburgh was the first and only city in the United Kingdom to
date to host the Archery World Cup Final. Event Scotland event di-
rector Stuart TURNER remembers the “significant media coverage”,
and Councillor Steve CARDOWNIE called it the “ideal opportunity
for the city to showcase itself to a global audience”.
Neither sport nor venue could have attracted such press inter-
est alone, but the combination and creativity required left quite an
impression. As did the imposing image of a brooding Edinburgh
Castle hanging over one of the world’s elite archers making history
by winning back-to-back titles on the premier series.
Using an established location for sport does come with chal-
lenges. Chris MARSH, competition manager for the archery events
at London 2012, cited the three biggest challenges he faced as
using the iconic aspects of the Lord’s pavilion to greatest effect;
gaining the trust and understanding, and building a relationship
with the incumbent organisation – and fulfilling archery’s techni-
cal requirements in a venue designed for something very different.
These requirements make using iconic venues impossible for
some sports. While a beach volleyball stadium could fit at Horse
Guard’s Parade, stands big enough to hold a crowd of FIFA World
Cup supporters would be impossible.
That’s where archery counts itself lucky. When the competition
reaches its showcase stage, the finals, there are only ever two ar-
chers on the line. The space constraints are minimal: as long as
there is room for stands, somewhere for the athletes to stand and a
spot for the targets at a flat trajectory, the sport really is quite flexible.
Some constraints are not based on space, but rather who uses
it. “You must work together with other residents,” advises Copen-
hagen 2015’s event director Mads, referring to the numerous ca-
fes and restaurants that line the Nyhavn venue used in 2009. “You
cannot interrupt their routine too much.”
If managed correctly, residents soon see the benefits of hosting
the event as much – if not more – than the city and sport itself.
“At Lord’s, we not only successfully protected the integrity of
the venue – structurally as well as the venue’s historical brand,
the ‘Home of Cricket’ – but grew it,” says satisfied com-
petition manager Chris. “The stands were
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London 2012: Lord’s Cricket GroundOlympic Games
Spectators: 61,150 seats
Broadcast audience: 71.5 million peak, average 23.3 million
per minute, cumulative 161,765 million hours watched
Broadcast coverage: OBS worldwide, IOC YouTube channel
Cophenhagen 2009: Nyhavn HarbourWorld Cup FinalSpectators: 3,000+ seats plus 6,000+ casual spectators
Broadcast audience: 100,000 million+ contacts
Broadcast coverage: Live on Archery TV, TRT (Turkey) and
Powernost (Ukraine). Feature story on DR 1 (Denmark) and
Guardian website (UK) on Rio 2016 announcement day.
Highlights on MBC (Korea) and 22 other channels worldwide
Edinburgh 2010: Princes Street GardensWorld Cup FinalSpectators: 4,000+ seats plus 6,000+ casual spectators
Broadcast audience: 100,000 million+ contacts
Broadcast coverage: Live on Archery TV, SBS (Korea)
Highlights on BBC (UK) and 20 other channels worldwide
Paris 2013: Trocadero FountainsWorld Cup Final
Spectators: 6,000+ seats plus 10,000+ casual spectators
Broadcast audience: 100,000 million+ contacts (Repucom report) plus 200,000 cumulative internet
Broadcast coverage: Live on Archery TV, EuroSport (pan-European and international), SBS (Korea),
Equipe 21 (France) and in Myanmar. Features on TF1, France 3 and M6 (France). Extended
highlights on Sports Unlimited platform (165 million homes worldwide), Fox Sport/Star Asia
(Pan-Asia), Setana Africa (Pan-Middle East/Africa), PCTV (Mexico) and more than 17 others
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2006 Archery World Cup Final:
in the Mayapan pyramids, Mexico
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full every day, spectators left hugely satisfied, the event looked
great on television and Lord’s were proud to become the ‘Home
of Archery’, too.”
Each International Olympic Committee member at London 2012
was gifted a Lord’s branded cricket ball with the adjusted ‘Home of
Archery’ slogan emblazoned in gold and featuring a miniature arrow
drilled right through.
Next on archery’s iconic calendar is the Olympic Capital of
Lausanne, which will become the first city to host the sport’s
World Cup Final a second time in September 2014. With views
of Lac Léman and the Swiss Alps in one direction, a beautiful
château and lake-front façade in the other, the harbour at Ouchy
will produce the next set of images that present archery in a
phenomenal setting.
Then it’s on to Copenhagen in 2015, before Rio’s Sambodromo –
the final mile of Brazil’s most famous carnival – has its shot at
usurping Lord’s as the most enjoyed Olympic and Paralympic ar-
chery show ever. Of course, the marathon runners will be well over
the finishing line before any arrows are released.
There is now opportunity to bring sport to places that would
never have been possible in recent decades. With the increased
interest in the broadcast of all sport events, the demand for im-
pressive visuals and imposing images is at an all-time high.
It takes creativity, the will to take on a challenge and huge
amounts of co-operation, but using an established, iconic venue to
host a major archery event can reap huge rewards. For the sport,
for the venue and city – and for the huge numbers of people in-
spired by the beautiful combination of both.
THe most recognisable
archery venue right
now? A cricket ground…
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Youth Olympic Games: Nanjing 2014
Words Deqa NIAMKEY
World Archery Senior
Development Coordinator
Images Dean ALBERGA
World Archery
Official Photographer
Following the first edition of Youth Olympic Games
at Singapore 2010, World Archery’s Develop-
ment Department – in collaboration with Olympic
Solidarity, National Olympic Committees and Global
Sports Development Foundation – put an assistance
programme in place.
The aim was to increase participation of ar-
chers from all continents at the upcoming second
Youth Olympics, which is being held in Nanjing,
China from 16-28 August 2014. The project was
to complement its primary goal by providing as-
sistance to applicable member associations with
the greatest development needs.
In collaboration with each continental association,
training camps and special assistance programmes
were put in place to provide technical and physical
support to archers selected to national teams.
This programme ran throughout the Nanjing
qualification progress – and is ongoing today – with
emphasis on a continental championships, qualifi-
cation events or a specific training camp in view of
these Games.
From Singapore to Nanjing – Youth Olympic Games key in ensuring archery’s development efforts increase elite participation in younger generation
Rick VAN DEN OEVER
shoots for Youth Olympic
silver in the background
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AMERICASThe Americas organised the first continental training camp, with
the expertise of Olympic medalllist Richard PRIESTMAN (GBR). It
contributed tremendously to the success of Argentina, Brazil, Cuba
and Colombia at the Wuxi 2013 World Archery Youth Champion-
ships in China.
AFRICAOver 5-16 April 2014, Windhoek, Namibia hosted Africa’s training
camp, which ran around the continent’s championships and quali-
fication event for the Nanjing Games. Pascal COLMAIRE, World
Archery Development Director, is providing his experience and ex-
pertise to the event.
The Windhoek camp included seven countries, one of which was
a delegation from the Central Africa Republic, a nation in a civil war
state. Head coach Peniel NGABA and Princilla FANGBI, an archer in
the team, reached out to peers with the difficulties they face.
They managed to continue training for Windhoek despite the
unrest at home. Princilla stayed with her coach to practise, leaving
her family – who found refuge at an airport kept safe by the French
army – and embarked on a mission to acquire transits visas for
South Africa to reach Namibia, since the embassies in Bangui re-
main closed through the civil difficulties.
A 1,426km drive to Douala, a very dangerous road, was the
only option to get those visas. “My country is experiencing civil
war,” said head coach NGABA. “Yet the bow, which has been used
throughout history as a weapon, is now gathering various people
together in a friendly environment.”
Xander REDDIG, who will represted Namibia at Nanjing – after
he shot high scores at the end of March 2014 – said:
“What always touches me the most is seeing the language and
culture barriers between participants broken down by a love of ar-
chery. Sport is a universal language, and it is important to transmit
to future generations as a development and educational tool. The
story of the Central Africa Republic team shows members’ true
passion for archery.”
EUROPELjubljana, Slovenia, hosted 33 participants from 11 European
countries from 12-18 May 2014. The camp was conducted by
Filippo CLINI (ITA) and Matija ZLENDER (SLO), archer and member
World Archery’s Athletes Committee.
ASIA and OCEANIAWorld Archery’s Partner Centre in Bangkok ran the fourth and final
combined camp for Asia and Oceana from 6-20 June 2014, con-
ducted by coach Yap Lee CHONG (MAS).
Those countries that do not frequently participate at events gained
valuable experience and adjusted to an unfamiliar competition en-
vironment at these camps. World Archery’s Development Partners
offered financial support to ensure the participation of countries
without the regular budget to attend.
Brazilian archer Marcus DALMEIDA – who has qualified for
the 2014 Archery World Cup Final as well as a Nanjing com-
petitor – proves that these initiatives can improve the lives of
the future generations of international archers. While provid-
ing financial and technical support during talent detection pro-
grammes, these archery stars of five, 10, 15 or 20 years time
get chances they would not have otherwise had.
The mixed team competition at
Singapore mixed athletes from
different nations for the first time
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Marcus did not imagine his life would change in such a short
period of time. From the favelas of Marica, Rio de Janeiro to
national hero status, Marcus is on the right track to offering
Brazil host country medal potential at Rio 2016.
It is effective collaboration between World Archery’s Develop-
ment Department and member assoications that is key in making
these projects a success. “It is the first roll-out of this kind of project,
and our developing national federations have expressed resounding
gratitude for the initiative,” said World Archery Development Depart-
ment Senior Coordinator Deqa NIAMKEY. “It is the chance to give
the young and future archery stars the chance of taking part in the
greatest sporting competition in the world, the Olympic Games.”
A maximum of one archer per nation per
division may compete at Nanjing –
meaning athletes spend more time with
competitors from other sports and more
time shooting alone on the tourament field
Silver medal mixed team from the
Balkan peninsula: Greek archer
PARASKEVOPOULOU and Slovenia’s RAJH
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Fact file: Nanjing 20142nd Summer Youth
Olympic Games
Dates: 16 to 28 August 2014
Estimated athletes: 3,600
Estimated nations: 204
Events: 222 in 28 sports
Motto: Share the Games,
Share our Dreams
Singapore 2010: MedallistsLike the Summer Olympics, Youth Olympic Games include only a recurve archery competition.
Category Boys Girls Mixed team
Gold Ibrahim SABRY (EGY) KWAK Ye-Ji (KOR) Gloria Filippi (ITA) and Anton KAROUKIN (BLR)
Silver Rich VAN DEN OEVER (NED) TAN Ya-Ting (TPE) Zoi PARASKEVOPOULOU (GRE) and Gregor RAJH (SLO)
Bronze Bolot TSBZHITOV (RUS) Tatiana SEGINA (RUS) Begunhan UNSAL (TUR) and Abdul JAFFAR (SIN)
*all competitors at the Youth Olympics are between 14 and 17 years of age.
Athletes at Nanjing 2014 are born on or after 1 January 1997 and on or before 31 December 1999.
Truly-mixed team competitionAt the Youth Olympic Games, the mixed
team archery competition combines two
athletes representing entirely different
countries (and National Olympic Com-
mittees) – that’s why, in the final medal
rankings, a Mixed-NOC team will likely take
the top spot!
It’s a fascinating twist on the popular
competition event, where one male and
one female athlete battle for pair suprem-
acy – as it breaks down barriers between
competitors who may not even be able to
communicate easily as they speak differ-
ent languages.
At Singapore, the truly-mixed team
competition was a resounding success –
and at Nanjing, the event will make use of
the new set-system format. It is certainly
something to look forward to.
Archery at the Youth Olympic Games
Games: Singapore 2010 Nanjing 2014
Competition dates: 18-21 August 24-28 August
Competitors 64 64
Nations: 41 43
Key new nations at Nanjing: Venezuela,
Guatemala, Benin, Libya and the Philippines
Singapore 2010 girls podium:
(L-R) KWAK, TAN and SEGINA
A unique challenge and experience: winning the Youth Olympic mixed team event
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Words and images
Dr James PARK
and James LARVEN
Australia Archery
Images Dean ALBERGA
World Archery
Official Photographer
Archers score more if their arrow groups are op-
timally placed on the target… that is a fact. If
your tight group of six arrows is in the nine, then you
won’t score as much as if your group was in and
around the 10.
Observation of target faces at indoor events –
where archers have individual target faces – over
many years suggests that athletes do not always
pay enough attention to setting their sights cor-
rectly. Often, groupings are off-centre, resulting in
considerable score loss compared to the highest-
possible score they could have obtained with the
same groups.
Under the rules used up until last year, both re-
curve and compound archers shot individual target
faces at 50 metres. Compound archers for their
72-arrow 50-metre ranking round and recurves in
the FITA – now 1440 – round that will no longer be
shot at international competitions.
We saw an opportunity to measure how well the
best archers in the world set their sights – and
compare the two bow styles before the rules
changed and recurve athletes would only shoot at
70 metres.
World Archery kindly agreed to our research proj-
ect, so long as we did not disrupt the events and any
archers shooting in them! We selected stage one of
the 2013 Archery World Cup at Shanghai and the
Belek/Antalya 2013 World Archery Championships
as the venues for our data collection.
It would be remiss not to thank the staff and of-
ficials at both events for being so helpful and assist-
ing us to collect the information we required.
At Shanghai, we photographed every target fac-
es following the 36 arrows shot at 50 metres by the
recurve archers. We also had the opportunity to take
photographs after 30 metres, so added the figures
into the study for a second comparison.
There’s a difference between shooting fantastic groups of arrows on the target and scoring well. Just how many points could top archers make if they moved where they were aiming?
International archery arrow groups
Target face example: compound 50 metresArchers stand to gain an average of 3 points every 36 arrows
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Collecting information was slightly more difficult from the com-
pound athletes, as compound archers’ faces change a little more
regularly. We photographed targets after compound practice ends
and after the first six scoring ends of their 72-arrow 50-metre
round. Some were photographed a further time, at the end of the
ranking round.
It was a vast amount of data to process. About 20,000 arrow
holes to log just after Shanghai – and it took several weeks. We
cross-checked our digitisation against the actual scores obtained
by the archers to make sure we hadn’t accidentally altered the
data while collating it.
The collection process was repeated again at the World Ar-
chery Championships in the south of Turkey. We focused mainly
on the recurve archers and compound women – but even so, it
came to a total of 10,000 arrow holes to process! It was, again,
a large task.
Target face example: recurve 30 metres Target face example: recurve 50 metres
Data of over 30,000 arrow
holes were collected, collated
and analysed during the study
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Dr James PARK and James LARVEN have published
the full results of their study in the Proceedings of the
Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: The Journal
of Sports Engineering and Technology.
The paper is called “Analysis of scores and arrow
grouping at major international archery competitions”,
and can be found at:
http://pip.sagepub.com/content/early/recent
Read report in full
Some of the digitisation was automated – but it’s almost impos-
sible to do so completely. Overlapping arrow holes and holes close
to the score lines couldn’t be properly assigned by the system, so
these had to be entered manually. After collecting practice arrows
for the compound archers – these had to be deleted from the sys-
tem, too, as we wanted to focus on competition scores.
Once the data was fully inputted, we could compare archers’
actual scores against the highest potential score had their sights
been centred on the target. It quickly became clear that there was
significant discrepancy between the two figures.
Certainly, in some cases athletes had set their sights very well –
and some had even achieved the maximum possible score. Most
of these archers were top compound men, as might be expected.
However, some athletes – including those with high scores in
the competition – did not set their sights very well at all. Many
archers could have gained an additional five to 10 points over
the 50-metre distance, simply by moving their group just a small
amount. In the most extreme case, an archer could have gained an
additional 23 points over 36 arrows!
On average, archers’ score loss due to lack of optimal sight setting
was three points per 36 arrows.
Interesting to note, though, is that each position in the rank-
ing round is work between one half and one whole point. So a
small gain through better sight settings could mean the difference
between making the cut to the head to heads or sitting out of the
elimination stages of a competition – or, more likely, the difference
between a top-eight bye or not. A big difference indeed!
Looking at a target face in retrospect, it is usually pretty easy to
tell if an archer has a well-set sight. Take a look at the examples on
the last pages. However, during an event – detecting such trends
as an athlete is not so easy. Archers need to take a careful look at
groupings and holes each end – before the arrows are removed
from the target – if they wish to keep their sights set optimally.
During competition, there are so many things to worry about
that most probably prefer to focus on other things.
There are certainly points to be gained, though – and that’s
something that archers, coaches and officials are always keen
to hear about!
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Outdoor World Ranking
Recurve MenRank Progress Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 LEE Seungyun Asia KOR Korea 311.5
2 OH Jin Hyek Asia KOR Korea 295.5
3 DAI Xiaoxiang Asia CHN China 224
4 Takaharu FURUKAWA Asia JPN Japan 198.5
5 Rick VAN DER VEN Europe NED Netherlands 191
6 Crispin DUENAS Americas CAN Canada 178
7 Brady ELLISON Americas USA USA 176
8 Khairul Anuar MOHAMAD Asia MAS Malaysia 158.5
Recurve WomenRank Progress Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 YUN Ok Hee Asia KOR Korea 243.25
2 KI Bo Bae Asia KOR Korea 238
3 XU Jing Asia CHN China 229.45
4 Aida ROMAN Americas MEX Mexico 203
5 CHANG Hye Jin Asia KOR Korea 198
6 JOO Hyun Jung Asia KOR Korea 193.5
7 Inna STEPANOVA Europe RUS Russia 191.5
8 JUNG Dasomi Asia KOR Korea 173.25
Compound MenRank Progress Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 Pierre-Julien DELOCHE Europe FRA France 336.5
2 Reo WILDE Americas USA USA 282.7
3 Braden GELLENTHIEN Americas USA USA 204.35
4 +1 Sergio PAGNI Europe ITA Italy 200.5
5 +1 Mike SCHLOESSER Europe NED Netherlands 199
6 –2 Peter ELZINGA Europe NED Netherlands 197.6
7 Alexander DAMBAEV Europe RUS Russia 192.85
8 CHOI Yong Hee Asia KOR Korea 182.25
Compound WomenRank Progress Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 Erika JONES Americas USA USA 318.7
2 Sara LOPEZ Americas COL Colombia 227.95
3 Alejandra USQUIANO Americas COL Colombia 226.175
4 Kristina HEIGENHAUSER Europe GER Germany 220.05
5 Albina LOGINOVA Europe RUS Russia 212.6
6 Ivana BUDEN Europe CRO Croatia 195.375
7 CHOI Bomin Asia KOR Korea 175.05
8 Camilla SOEMOD Europe DEN Denmark 171.075
as of 25 June 2014
YUN Ok Hee (KOR)
Pierre-Julien DELOCHE (FRA)
Jones ERIKA (USA)
OH Jin Hyek (KOR)
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Recurve Men Open
Rank Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 TSENG Lung Hui Asia TPE Chinese Taipei 166.125
2 Paul BROWNE Europe GBR Great Britain 139
3 Hasihin SANAWI Asia MAS Malaysia 135.4
4 Hanreuchai NETSIRI Asia THA Thailand 131.3
5 Vaclav KOSTAL Europe CZE Czech Republic 112
6 Maik SZARSZEWSKI Europe GER Germany 101.475
7 Zafer KORKMAZ Europe TUR Turkey 98.75
8 Oguzhan POLAT Europe TUR Turkey 91.75
Compound Men Open
Rank Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 Jere FORSBERG Europe FIN Finland 200
2 Matt STUTZMAN Americas USA USA 166
3 John STUBBS Europe GBR Great Britain 149
4 Dogan HANCI Europe TUR Turkey 114
5 Kevin EVANS Americas CAN Canada 102.5
6= Peter KASKAK Europe SVK Slovakia 98
6= Giampaolo CANCELLI Europe ITA Italy 98
8 Martin IMBODEN Europe SUI Switzerland 92.25
Recurve/Compound Men W1
Rank Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 Jean Pierre ANTONIOS Europe FIN Finland 187
2 Jeff FABRY Americas USA USA 185
3 David DRAHONINSKY Europe CZE Czech Republic 179
4 Norbert MURPHY Americas CAN Canada 173
5 Peter KINIK Europe SVK Slovakia 111.5
6 John CAVANAGH Europe GBR Great Britain 111
7 Jerry SHIELDS Americas USA USA 86.75
8 Fabio AZZOLINI Europe ITA Italy 85
Jean Pierre ANTONIOS (FIN)
Jere FORSBERG (FIN)
TSENG Lung Hui (TPE)
New para archery classifications and competition divisions came into effect on 1 April 2014.
This world ranking list includes archers classified to compete in para archery events from this date.
Para Archery World Rankingas of 15 June 2014
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Recurve Women Open
Rank Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 Zahra NEMATI Asia IRI Iran 207
2 Milena OLSEWSKA Europe POL Poland 181.25
2 Brigitte DUBOC Europe FRA France 155.75
4 Irina BATOROVA Europe RUS Russia 123
5 Iryna VOLYNETS Europe UKR Ukraine 120.7
6 Wasana KHUTHAWISAP Asia THA Thailand 113.9
7 Javsmaa BYAMBASUREN Asia MGL Mongolia 113
7 XIAO Yanhong Asia CHN China 113
7 Elisabetta MIJNO Europe ITA Italy 113
Compound Women Open
Rank Athlete Continent Code Country Points
1 Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA Europe RUS Russia 152
2 Mel CLARKE Europe GBR Great Britain 138
3 Marina LYZHNIKOVA Europe RUS Russia 111
4 Karen VAN NEST Americas CAN Canada 107.5
5 Burcu DAG Europe TUR Turkey 100
6 Zandra REPPE Europe SWE Sweden 99.75
7 Olga POLEGAEVA Europe RUS Russia 88
8 Carmen RUBIO Europe ESP Spain 85.5
Recurve/Compound Women W1
Rank Athlete Continent Code Country Points
– no athletes yet ranked in division –
Stepanida ARTAKHINOVA (RUS)
Zahra NEMATI (IRI)
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OUTDOOR CALENDAR 20145-10 August Archery World Cup stage 4 Wroclaw (POL)
16-28 August Youth Olympic Games Nanjing (CHN)
19-24 August World Archery Field Championships Zagreb (CRO)
5-7 September Archery World Cup Final Lausanne (SUI)
19 September - 3 October Asian Games Incheon (KOR)
INDOOR CALENDAR 2014/158-9 November Indoor Archery World Cup stage 1 Marrakesh (MAR)
5-7 December Indoor Archery World Cup stage 2 Bangkok (THA)
8-9 December Indoor Para Archery World Cup Bangkok (THA)
23-25 January Indoor World Cup stage 3 Nimes (FRA)
6-8 February Indoor World Cup stage 4 and Final Las Vegas (USA)
OUTDOOR CALENDAR 20155-10 May Archery World Cup stage 1 Shanghai (CHN)
26-31 May Archery World Cup stage 2 Antalya (TUR)
8-14 June World Archery Youth Championships Yankton (USA)
12-28 June European Games (Archery: 16-22 June) Baku (AZE)
3-14 July 28th Summer Universiade Gwangju (KOR)
10-26 July Pan American Games (Archery: 13-18 July) Toronto (CAN)
24-25 July World Archery Congress Copenhagen (DEN)
26 July-2 August World Archery Championships Copenhagen (DEN)
11-16 August Archery World Cup stage 3 Wroclaw (POL)
8-13 September Archery World Cup stage 4 Medellin (COL)
15-22 September Rio 2016 Olympic Games Test Event Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
24-25 October Archery World Cup Final Mexico City (MEX)
Red To be confirmed
Bold Archery World Cup/Indoor Archery World Cup Events
Italics World Championships
Blue World multisport events (Olympic/Paralympic, World Games and others)
Calendar
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ALG Algeria
ARG Argentina
ARM Armenia
AUS Australia
AUT Austria
AZE Azerbaijan
BAH Bahamas
BAN Bangladesh
BAR Barbados
BEL Belgium
BEN Benin
BER Bermuda
BHU Bhutan
BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina
BLR Belarus
BRA Brazil
BUL Bulgaria
CAF Central African Republic
CAM Cambodia
CAN Canada
CHA Chad
CHI Chile
CHN People’s Republic of China
CIV Ivory Coast
CMR Cameroon
COD Democratic Republic of the Congo
COL Colombia
COM Comoros
CRC Costa Rica
CRO Croatia
CUB Cuba
CYP Cyprus
CZE Czech Republic
DEN Denmark
DOM Dominican Republic
ECU Ecuador
EGY Egypt
ESA El Salvador
ESP Spain
EST Estonia
FIJ Fiji
FIN Finland
FLK Falkland Islands
FPO Tahiti
FRA France
FRO Faroe Islands
GAB Gabon
GBR Great Britain
GEO Georgia
GER Germany
GHA Ghana
GRE Greece
GUA Guatemala
GUI Guinea
HAI Haiti
HKG Hong Kong, China
HON Honduras
HUN Hungary
INA Indonesia
IND India
IRI Islamic Republic of Iran
IRL Ireland
IRQ Iraq
ISL Iceland
ISR Israel
ISV Virgin Islands
ITA Italy
JPN Japan
KAZ Kazakhstan
KEN Kenya
KGZ Kyrgyzstan
KIR Kiribati
KOR Korea
KOS Kosovo
KSA Saudi Arabia
KUW Kuwait
LAO Lao People’s Democratic Republic
LAT Latvia
LBA Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
LBR Liberia
LIB Lebanon
LIE Liechtenstein
LTU Lithuania
LUX Luxembourg
MAC Macau
MAR Morocco
MAS Malaysia
MAW Malawi
MDA Republic of Moldova
MEX Mexico
MGL Mongolia
MKD F.Y.R.O. Macedonia
MLT Malta
MNE Republic of Montenegro
MON Monaco
MRI Mauritius
MYA Myanmar
NAM Namibia
NCA Nicaragua
NED Netherlands
NEP Nepal
NFI Norfolk Islands
NGR Nigeria
NIG Niger
NOR Norway
NZL New Zealand
PAK Pakistan
PAN Panama
PAR Paraguay
PER Peru
PHI Philippines
PLW Palau
PNG Papua New Guinea
POL Poland
POR Portugal
PRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
PUR Puerto Rico
QAT Qatar
ROU Romania
RSA South Africa
RUS Russian Federation
RWA Rwanda
SAM Samoa
SEN Senegal
SIN Singapore
SLE Sierra Leone
SLO Slovenia
SMR San Marino
SOM Somalia
SRB Serbia
SRI Sri Lanka
SUD Sudan
SUI Switzerland
SUR Suriname
SVK Slovakia
SWE Sweden
TGA Tonga
THA Thailand
TJK Tajikistan
TOG Togo
TPE Chinese Taipei
TRI Trinidad and Tobago
TUN Tunisia
TUR Turkey
UGA Uganda
UKR Ukraine
URU Uruguay
USA United States of America
UZB Uzbekistan
VAN Vanuatu
VEN Venezuela
VIE Vietnam
ZIM Zimbabwe
153 Member Associations
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Official Sponsors
Official Car Sponsor of World Archery
KIA Motors
SporToto
FILA
Official Airline of World Archery
Turkish Airlines
Longines
Official Partners
Official Bow Partners
Hoyt
Official Arrow Partners
Easton Technical Products Inc.
DHL Global Forwarding
Official Presenter of the Archery Fan Reporter
Win & Win Archery
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Development Fund Partners
Danage of Scandinavia
Denmark
HIGH FIVE VICTORY
FIVICS Archery*
(formerly “Soma Archery”)
Korea
Rosa Inc.
Japan
Easton Technical Products Inc.
USA
Hoyt
USA
Samick Sports Co. Ltd
Korea
Win & Win Archery Co.
Korea
®
™
Lancaster Archery Supply
USA
Shibuya Archery
(a division of Yasui & Co.)
Japan
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Associate Members
Archery Life Co.
Korea
Arrowhead*
(also sells under “Temple Faces”)
Great Britain
Asahi Archery Inc.
Japan
Bagar & Pilar
Sweden
Bjorn Bengtson Sweden AB*
Sweden
Danage of Scandinavia
Denmark
Decut
China
Easton Technical Products Inc.
USA
HIGH FIVE VICTORY
FIVICS Archery*
(formerly “Soma Archery”)
Korea
Geologic*
France
Hoyt
USA
Ishii Archery Co. Ltd.
Japan
Arrow Wraps
Socx Arrow Wraps
Netherlands
*Licensed Manufacturers of World Archery target faces. Only target faces produced by licensed manufacturers may be used at World
Archery events.
JP Archery Co.
Japan
J.V.D. Distribution*
Netherlands
Krueger Targets*
Germany
®
™
Lancaster Archery Supply
USA
LAS Distribution
France
Mathews Inc.
USA
Maple Leaf Press Inc.*
USA
M.K Korea
Korea
Petron
United Kingdom
Samick Sports Co. Ltd
Korea
Shibuya Archery
(a division of Yasui & Co.)
Japan
Win & Win Archery Co.
Korea
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World Archery wishes to thank its Sponsors, Partners, Suppliers
and Associate Members for their support and contribution to
the development of archery.
Special thanks to the World Archery President, Robert C.W. SMITH,
Uğur KORKMAZ, Hakan BALCI, Dean ALBERGA, Vanahé ANTILLE,
Teresa JOHNSON, Dr James PARK, James LARVEN, the World
Archery Staff and Officers, as well as any other involved person in
this issue for their valuable contributions.
Next issue of The Target magazine: Winter 2014
www.worldarchery.org
Published by World Archery in Ankara, Turkey
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