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The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation (WA).They first competition held under that title took place in 1931.
Competition archery takes a wide variety of formats, but the title "World Championships" is commonly reserved for the following three events.[1]
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Outdoor World Championships in target Archery
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Indoor World Championships in target Archery
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World Championships in field Archery.
Of these, the Outdoor World Championships in target Archery is most commonly referred to as simply the 'World Archery Championships', and the winners most commonly referred to as simply "world champions". Events in those outdoor championships are held involving fixed targets at set distances, using a variety of bows, the recurve bow from 1931 and the compound bow since 1995.
Although less widely recognised, World Championship events are also held in
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Youth archery (outdoor only - field and indoor youth events are held alongside the senior championships),
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Para-archery,
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University archery and
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3D archery.
A ski archery World Championships was last held in 2007, but is not part of the current rotation.[2] Following the accession of archery to permanent sports at the Summer Universiade, the University world championships will also cease to be part of the World Archery Championships rotation in 2014.[3]
Championships
The following table shows the venue of all World Championships on the current World Archery programme:
Outdoor
Host cities
Host cities of the World Archery Championships
Host cities of the World Archery Championships (Europe - modern borders shown)
Champions
Recurve
Note: 1. Unofficial; 2. Disputed
Compound
All-time medal table
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After 2015 Championships[14][15]
Indoor
Host cities
Host cities of the World Indoor Archery Championships (North America)
Host cities of the World Indoor Archery Championships (Europe)
Champions
Recurve
Compound
Recurve Junior
Compound Junior
Youth
Champions
Since 2002, two classes have been contested at the Youth World Championships:
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Junior (under 20)
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Cadet (under 17)[20]
Recurve Junior
Compound Junior
Recurve Cadet
Compound Cadet
Para
Champions
Recurve Standing / Open
Compound Open
Wheelchair / Visual Impairment
Note: 1. W1/W2 in 2011
Field
Host cities
Host cities of the World Field Archery Championships
Host cities of the World Field Archery Championships (Europe - modern borders shown)
Champions
Men
Note: 1. Mixed team competition
Women
Note: 1. Mixed team competition
Junior Men
Note: 1. Unofficial
Junior Women
Note: 1. Unofficial
University
Champions
Recurve
Compound
3D
Champions
Men
Women
References
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^ http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/home/history/worldchampionships.aspx WA : History of the World Championships
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^ http://www.worldarchery.org/en-us/worldchampionships/worldchampionshipshome/archives/20062012.aspx
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^ First day of the 50th World Archery Congress
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^ http://www.archery.org/en-us/results/bytypeofcompetition/worldchampionships.aspx
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^ http://www.archery.org/en-us/results/bytypeofcompetition/indoorworldchampionships.aspx
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^ http://www.archery.org/en-us/results/bytypeofcompetition/youthworldchampionships.aspx
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^ http://www.archery.org/en-us/results/bytypeofcompetition/paraarchery.aspx
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^ http://www.archery.org/en-us/results/bytypeofcompetition/fieldworldchampionships.aspx
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^ http://www.archery.org/en-us/results/bytypeofcompetition/universityarchery.aspx
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^ http://www.archery.org/en-us/results/bytypeofcompetition/3dworldchampionships.aspx
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^ http://www.texasarchery.org/Documents/NAAHist/ArcheryChampions2ndEditionOpt.pdf
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^ http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-Archery-3556.html
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^ http://www.fisu.net/en/FISU-Archery-3556.html
External links
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World Archery Federation
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World Archery Indoor Championship
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