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Archery is a precision sport in which competitors shoot arrows at a target from a fixed distance, scored by how close each shot lands to the center of a set of concentric rings. It has been part of the modern Summer Olympics since 1900, with the current recurve-bow format standardized in the 1970s, while a separate compound-bow discipline is contested at other major championships. The sport traces its competitive roots to ancient hunting and military archery traditions practiced across many cultures.

Facts
Origin Year
1931 3
Originating Region
Europe (Lwow, Poland, present-day Lviv, Ukraine) 3
International Governing Body
World Archery (formerly the Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc, FITA) 3
Identity
Symbol
bow and arrow 1
Classification
Olympic Programme Status
Current Olympic Sport 2
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1. Wikipedia, Archery
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows at a target.
  • In Group: Archery and Target Shooting, Lead
    Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows at a target.
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2. Archery at the Summer Olympics (Wikipedia)
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3. Wikipedia, World Archery
Wikimedia Foundation
  • History section, founding paragraph
    FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine).
  • Introduction
    World Archery (WA, formerly Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc - FITA) is the governing body of the sport of archery.
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Wikipedia: Olympic sports
Featured In: Olympic Games, Changes in Olympic sports
Quote, Featured In: Olympic Games, Changes in Olympic sports
including archery in 1972, tennis in 1988, curling in 1998, golf and rugby in 2016
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Wikipedia: Paralympic Games
Featured In: Paralympic Games, Notable champions and achievements
Quote, Featured In: Paralympic Games, Notable champions and achievements
She placed thirty-fourth in the Olympic archery competition, and won a Paralympic gold medal in the same event.
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Wikipedia: Archery at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1900 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Quote, Featured In: 1900 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, seven of the archery events that took place in Paris, France, are considered to be "Olympic" by Olympic historians, with 153 archers competing.
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Wikipedia: Archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1904 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Quote, Featured In: 1904 Summer Olympics, Lead section
As was common in early Olympic archery, the events held in 1904 had little resemblance to the previous edition's events (as early Olympic archery was not standardized).
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Wikipedia: Archery at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1908 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Quote, Featured In: 1908 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1908 Summer Olympics, three archery events were contested.
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Wikipedia: Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1920 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Quote, Featured In: 1920 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp marked the return of the sport after a 12-year absence following it not being contested in the 1912 Summer Olympics and the cancellation of the 1916 Summer Olympics due to World War I.
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Wikipedia: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1972 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Quote, Featured In: 1972 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics consisted of two medal events, one for men and one for women.
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Wikipedia: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1976 Summer Olympics, Lead section
Quote, Featured In: 1976 Summer Olympics, Lead section
At the 1976 Summer Olympics two archery events were contested.
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Wikipedia, 1980 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1980 Summer Olympics, Article text
Quote, Featured In: 1980 Summer Olympics, Article text
the men's archery competition, scoring 2455 points
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Wikipedia, 1984 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1984 Summer Olympics, Venues list, El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California
Quote, Featured In: 1984 Summer Olympics, Venues list, El Dorado Park, Long Beach, California
archery
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Wikipedia, 1988 Summer Olympics
Featured In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Hwarang Archery Field[E], Nowon District
Quote, Featured In: 1988 Summer Olympics, Venues list, Hwarang Archery Field[E], Nowon District
archery
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Darts - Wikipedia
Ancestor Of: Darts, History section
Quote, Ancestor Of: Darts, History section
The earliest darts were stubs of arrows or crossbow bolts.
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Bruce Thwaite (Wikipedia)
Played By: Bruce Thwaite, Paragraph 2
Quote, Played By: Bruce Thwaite, Paragraph 2
He first represented Australia at the 1957 International Stoke Mandeville Games in archery.
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Daphne Ceeney (Wikipedia)
Played By: Daphne Ceeney, Lead, archery
Quote, Played By: Daphne Ceeney, Lead, archery
She won fourteen medals in three Paralympics in archery, athletics, fencing, swimming, and table tennis from 1960 to 1968.
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Eric Magennis (Wikipedia)
Played By: Eric Magennis, Lead
Quote, Played By: Eric Magennis, Lead
Australian Paralympic lawn bowls player and archer
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Jane Blackburn (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jane Blackburn, Heidelberg 1972
Quote, Played By: Jane Blackburn, Heidelberg 1972
silver in the Archery women's singles 1B
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Margaret Harriman (Wikipedia)
Played By: Margaret Harriman, Archery paragraph
Quote, Played By: Margaret Harriman, Archery paragraph
Between 1960 and 1968 she won an impressive eight gold medals in archery.
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Roy Fowler (Paralympian) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Roy Fowler (Paralympian), Competitive career, archery
Quote, Played By: Roy Fowler (Paralympian), Competitive career, archery
His favourite sport was archery
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Olympedia: Yana Tuniyants (Olympedia)
OlympediaPlayed By: Yana Tuniyants, Results
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Archery
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Brady Ellison (Wikipedia)
Played By: Brady Ellison, Lead
Quote, Played By: Brady Ellison, Lead
who competes in recurve archery
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Deepika Kumari (Wikipedia)
Played By: Deepika Kumari, Lead
Quote, Played By: Deepika Kumari, Lead
is an Indian recurve archer
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Mauro Nespoli (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mauro Nespoli, Lead
Quote, Played By: Mauro Nespoli, Lead
is an Italian archer
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Mete Gazoz (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mete Gazoz, Lead
Quote, Played By: Mete Gazoz, Lead
is a Turkish recurve archer
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Takaharu Furukawa (Wikipedia)
Played By: Takaharu Furukawa, Lead
Quote, Played By: Takaharu Furukawa, Lead
is an archery athlete from Japan
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Jean-Charles Valladont (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jean-Charles Valladont, Lead
Quote, Played By: Jean-Charles Valladont, Lead
is a French archer
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Oh Jin-hyek (Wikipedia)
Played By: Oh Jin-hyek, Lead
Quote, Played By: Oh Jin-hyek, Lead
is a South Korean archer
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Ki Bo-bae (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ki Bo-bae, Lead
Quote, Played By: Ki Bo-bae, Lead
is a South Korean recurve archer and three-time Olympic gold medalist
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Marco Galiazzo (Wikipedia)
Played By: Marco Galiazzo, Lead
Quote, Played By: Marco Galiazzo, Lead
is an Italian archer
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Park Sung-hyun (Wikipedia)
Played By: Park Sung-hyun, Lead
Quote, Played By: Park Sung-hyun, Lead
is an archer from South Korea
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An San (Wikipedia)
Played By: An San, Lead
Quote, Played By: An San, Lead
is a South Korean archer competing in women's recurve events
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Chang Hye-jin (Wikipedia)
Played By: Chang Hye-jin, Lead
Quote, Played By: Chang Hye-jin, Lead
is a South Korean former recurve archer
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Alejandra Valencia (Wikipedia)
Played By: Alejandra Valencia, Lead
Quote, Played By: Alejandra Valencia, Lead
is a Mexican archer
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Hazel Greene (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hazel Greene, Lead
Quote, Played By: Hazel Greene, Lead
is an Irish archer, who has competed three times for Ireland in the Summer Olympic Games.
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Fok Ming Shan (Wikipedia)
Played By: Fok Ming Shan, Lead
Quote, Played By: Fok Ming Shan, Lead
is a Hong Kong archer.
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Ray Rogers (archer) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Ray Rogers (archer), Lead, sport
Quote, Played By: Ray Rogers (archer), Lead, sport
Ray Rogers is an American retired archer.
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Simon Fairweather (Wikipedia)
Played By: Simon Fairweather, Lead
Quote, Played By: Simon Fairweather, Lead
is an archer born in Adelaide, South Australia
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Michele Frangilli (Wikipedia)
Played By: Michele Frangilli, Lead
Quote, Played By: Michele Frangilli, Lead
is an Italian archer
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Hiroshi Yamamoto (archer) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Lead
Quote, Played By: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Lead
is a Japanese athlete who competes in archery
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Jay Barrs (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jay Barrs, Lead
Quote, Played By: Jay Barrs, Lead
is an American archer
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Justin Huish (Wikipedia)
Played By: Justin Huish, Lead
Quote, Played By: Justin Huish, Lead
is an American double Olympic champion in Archery
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Darrell Pace (Wikipedia)
Played By: Darrell Pace, Lead
Quote, Played By: Darrell Pace, Lead
is a former archer from the United States
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Lee Sung-jin (Wikipedia)
Played By: Lee Sung-jin, Lead
Quote, Played By: Lee Sung-jin, Lead
is a recurve archer from South Korea
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Janet Dykman (Wikipedia)
Played By: Janet Dykman, Lead
Quote, Played By: Janet Dykman, Lead
is an American archer
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Damien Letulle (Wikipedia)
Played By: Damien Letulle, Lead
Quote, Played By: Damien Letulle, Lead
is a French archer
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Zahra Nemati (Wikipedia)
Played By: Zahra Nemati, Lead
Quote, Played By: Zahra Nemati, Lead
is an Iranian Paralympic and Olympic archer
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Kim Je-deok (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kim Je-deok, Lead
Quote, Played By: Kim Je-deok, Lead
is a South Korean archer
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Mariana Avitia (Wikipedia)
Played By: Mariana Avitia, Lead
Quote, Played By: Mariana Avitia, Lead
is a Mexican recurve archer
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Choi Mi-sun (Wikipedia)
Played By: Choi Mi-sun, Lead
Quote, Played By: Choi Mi-sun, Lead
is a South Korean recurve archer
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Dola Banerjee (Wikipedia)
Played By: Dola Banerjee, Lead
Quote, Played By: Dola Banerjee, Lead
is an Indian sportswoman who competes in archery
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Laxmirani Majhi (Wikipedia)
Played By: Laxmirani Majhi, Lead, sport
Quote, Played By: Laxmirani Majhi, Lead, sport
Laxmirani Majhi (born 26 January 1989) is an Indian female right handed recurve archer.
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Lucilla Boari (Wikipedia)
Played By: Lucilla Boari, Lead
Quote, Played By: Lucilla Boari, Lead
is an Italian recurve archer
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Atanu Das (Wikipedia)
Played By: Atanu Das, Lead, sport
Quote, Played By: Atanu Das, Lead, sport
is an Indian archer
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Göran Bjerendal (Wikipedia)
Played By: Göran Bjerendal, Lead
Quote, Played By: Göran Bjerendal, Lead
is a Swedish archer
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Barbara Anderson (athlete) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Barbara Anderson (athlete), Lead
Quote, Played By: Barbara Anderson (athlete), Lead
A multi-discipline athlete, Anderson found particular success in class 1 swimming events in which she won three of her gold medals.
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Danielle Brown (Wikipedia)
Played By: Danielle Brown, Lead
Quote, Played By: Danielle Brown, Lead
Danielle Brown MBE (born 10 April 1988) is a British competitive archer and award winning children's author.
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John Cavanagh (archer) (Wikipedia)
Played By: John Cavanagh (archer), Lead
Quote, Played By: John Cavanagh (archer), Lead
John Cavanagh (born 21 July 1956 in London) is a disabled British archer.
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Anita Chapman (Wikipedia)
Played By: Anita Chapman, Lead
Quote, Played By: Anita Chapman, Lead
Anita Chapman MBE (born 3 July 1952) is a British Paralympic archer who won medals at four Paralympics.
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Jo Frith (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jo Frith, Lead
Quote, Played By: Jo Frith, Lead
Joanna Frith (born 16 June 1961) is a British archer who represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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Jodie Grinham (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jodie Grinham, Lead
Quote, Played By: Jodie Grinham, Lead
Jodie Michelle Grinham (born 26 July 1993) is a British archer who represents Great Britain in the Summer Paralympics.
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Helen Hilderley (Wikipedia)
Played By: Helen Hilderley, Lead
Quote, Played By: Helen Hilderley, Lead
Helen Hilderley is a British Paralympic athlete.
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Nathan MacQueen (Wikipedia)
Played By: Nathan MacQueen, Lead
Quote, Played By: Nathan MacQueen, Lead
Nathan MacQueen (born 24 June 1991) is a British Paralympic archer.
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Margaret Parker (archer) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Margaret Parker (archer), Lead
Quote, Played By: Margaret Parker (archer), Lead
Margaret Parker is a British Paralympic archer.
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Phoebe Paterson Pine (Wikipedia)
Played By: Phoebe Paterson Pine, Lead
Quote, Played By: Phoebe Paterson Pine, Lead
Phoebe Paterson Pine (born 3 December 1997) is a British paralympian and archer.
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Valerie Robertson (Wikipedia)
Played By: Valerie Robertson, Lead
Quote, Played By: Valerie Robertson, Lead
Valerie Robertson (née Forder; born 1943) is a British former Paralympic athlete who competed in archery, athletics, swimming, and wheelchair fencing, winning at least a silver medal in
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Kathleen Smith (archer) (Wikipedia)
Played By: Kathleen Smith (archer), Lead
Quote, Played By: Kathleen Smith (archer), Lead
Kathleen Smith or Kathy Critchlow-Smith is a British Paralympic archer who has competed at five Paralympics.
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Jessica Stretton (Wikipedia)
Played By: Jessica Stretton, Lead
Quote, Played By: Jessica Stretton, Lead
Jessica Stretton (born 23 March 2000) is a British Paralympic archer with cerebral palsy.
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John Stubbs (archer) (Wikipedia)
Played By: John Stubbs (archer), Lead
Quote, Played By: John Stubbs (archer), Lead
John Stephen Stubbs (born 12 July 1965) is an English competitive archer.
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John Walker (archer) (Wikipedia)
Played By: John Walker (archer), Lead
Quote, Played By: John Walker (archer), Lead
John Stewart Walker (born 5 September 1974) is a disabled British archer.
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Kim Woo-jin (archer)
Played By: Kim Woo-jin, lead paragraph, plays
Quote, Played By: Kim Woo-jin, lead paragraph, plays
Kim Woo-jin (Korean: 김우진; Korean pronunciation: [ki.mu.dʑin] or [kim] [u.dʑin]; born June 20, 1992) is a South Korean archer specializing in recurve archery.
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