FITA for 1995 Ú FITA Membership Includes Member Associations in 105 Countries As of 31 March 1995
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FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE TIR À L'ARC POCKETBOOK 1995 Facts, figures and information about the sport of Archery FAST FACTS ABOUT THE FITA FOR 1995 Ú FITA membership includes member associations in 105 countries as of 31 March 1995. Ú 1995 will see a busy schedule of major championships: 23-26 March III World Indoor Championships Birmingham, GBR 11-26 March XII Pan American Games Mar del Plata, ARG 1- 6 August XXXVIII World Target Championships Jakarta, INA 24-29 August I European Junior Championships Lilleshall, GBR 28 Aug.-3 Sep. XI European Field Championships Lillehammer, NOR 26-30 September I African Championships Harare, ZIM Archery will also be a featured sport in the X Pacific Games to be held in Tahiti in August. Ú A frenzy of record breaking highlighted the 1994 season, with 14 Olympic Division records set or tied by men and 11 new or tied records by women. Among the most impressive was the perfect 30 m score of 360 points (36 arrows) by Korea's Seung- Hoon Han and an 18-arrow Olympic Round record by Kazakhstan's Vadim Chikarev of 175 points. Ú The Compound Division exploded in 1994 as new records were set in every men's category and in seven of 11 women's categories. Compound competitions were held for the first time in the World Junior Championships, the Championships of the Americas and the Championships of Europe and the Mediterranean. The Compound Division will be contested for the first time ever in the World Target Archery Championships in 1995. Ú The FITA achieved a historic milestone when its president was named as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Jim Easton was selected as the second member of the IOC in the United States during the 103rd IOC Session in Paris, France in September. FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE TIR À L'ARC POCKETBOOK 1995 Facts, figures and information about the sport of Archery FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE TIR À L'ARC POCKETBOOK 1995 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The 1995 Season 1.01 The Season Ahead ........................ 5 1.02 The 1995 International Schedule ............. 7 • Outdoor Target Archery .................. 7 • Indoor Target Archery .................... 18 • Field Archery........................... 21 2. 1994 in Review 2.01 The highlights ........................... 23 • Records set in 1994 ...................... 23 2.02 Goodwill Games III ....................... 24 2.03 XIV World Field Championships ............ 27 2.04 III World Junior Championships ............. 36 2.05 XII Championships of the Americas .......... 50 2.06 XII Asian Games ......................... 55 2.07 XIV Championships of Europe and the Mediterranean........................... 60 2.08 World Rankings .......................... 75 3. FITA Rules and Rounds 3.01 The divisions ............................ 87 3.02 The disciplines ........................... 87 3.03 About Indoor Target Archery ............... 89 3.04 About Outdoor Target Archery .............. 91 3.05 About Field Archery ...................... 97 - 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. FITA Rules and Rounds, continued 3.06 The targets .............................. 101 4. FITA History 4.01 Archery in history ........................ 106 4.02 Archery in the Olympic Games .............. 108 4.03 World Championships ..................... 110 4.04 World Field Championships ................ 113 4.05 World Indoor Championships ............... 116 4.06 World Junior Championships ............... 117 4.07 World Records ........................... 117 5. About the Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc 5.01 About the FITA .......................... 121 5.02 Associations ............................. 124 5.03 Associate members, licensees and suppliers .... 130 5.04 Development and training programs .......... 130 5.05 President Jim Easton ...................... 131 The FITA Pocketbook 1995 is published by the Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc (FITA). Information contained in this book was correct and complete as of 1 May 1995. For additional information, please contact the FITA at any of the following addresses: Administrative Office: Via Bartolini 39 Mr. Giuseppe Cinnirella, Milan, Italy Secretary General Telephone: (39.2) 39 21 56 13 Facsimile: (39.2) 39 21 56 37 Executive Office: 7855 Haskell Avenue, Suite 202 Mr. Jim Easton, Van Nuys, California 91406 USA President Telephone: (1.818) 782-6445 Facsimile: (1.818) 994-3889 News Bureau: 5757 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 540 Mr. Richard Perelman Los Angeles, California 90036 USA Telephone: (1.213) 965-4900 Facsimile: (1.213) 965-4919 - 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS Grateful acknowledgement is made for the provision of photographs appearing in this year's edition to the following: Phyllis Easton, Don Lovo, and the Fédération Français de Tir à l'Arc (``FFTA'') and its president, François de Massary and press officer Laurence Frere. On the back cover: Michelle Ragsdale of the United States, on her way to winning the women's Compound Division of the World Field Championships in 1995. - 4 - 1. THE 1995 SEASON 1.01 THE SEASON AHEAD A series of new world records, a brilliant World Field Championships and three great regional Target Archery championships were the highlights of the 1994 archery year. The 1995 season will be even more interesting and brings new changes: < The 1995 World Target Archery Championships will help determine the nationality of 46 of the 64 archers in each gender who will compete in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. < FITA surpassed the 100-member mark in 1994; for 1995, a total of 105 member associations will begin the year as FITA members with more new associations on the way. < A busy championships schedule is ahead for 1995, including the first appearance of archery on the program of the All-African Games, to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe: 23-26 March III World Indoor Championships Birmingham, GBR 11-26 March XII Pan American Games Mar del Plata, ARG 1- 6 August XXXVIII World Target Championships Jakarta, INA 24-29 August I European Junior Championships Lilleshall, GBR 28 Aug.-3 Sep. XI European Field Championships Lillehammer, NOR 26-30 September I African Championships Harare, ZIM Archery will also be a featured sport in the X Pacific Games to be held in Tahiti in August. - 5 - THE 1995 SEASON Marie Palm (SWE, at left) and Odile Boussiere (FRA) in the tense Barebow Division final of the World Field Championships (Photo courtesy FFTA/Fred Haslin). - 6 - THE 1995 SEASON 1.02 THE 1995 INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE Here is a listing of 1995 tournaments submitted by FITA's member associations through 1 May 1995. Rankings and records can be set only at competitions which are properly noticed at least 60 days in advance of the tournament date. OUTDOOR TARGET ARCHERY TOURNAMENTS Date Tournament Site 01 Jan New Years Day FITA Star Adelaide, AUS 09 Jan-10 Jan Junior National Target Championship Adelaide, AUS 28 Jan-29 Jan Australian Day Target Tournament Canberra, AUS 28 Jan-29 Jan FITA Star Marsa, MLT 04 Feb Liverpool FITA Tournament Sydney, AUS 04 Feb-05 Feb State Team Selection Tournament Brisbane, AUS 04 Feb-05 Feb XVI Trofeo San Sebastian Nacional Postal, ESP 04 Feb-05 Feb Dunedin Gold Star Dunedin, NZL 18 Feb-19 Feb Northern FITA Star Launceston, AUS 18 Feb-19 Feb Northern Transvaal Championships Pretoria, RSA 19 Feb Archery SA Target Championship Adelaide, AUS 25 Feb-26 Feb FITA Star Marsa, MLT 25 Feb-26 Feb II Trofeo Joaquin Enjuto Nacional Postal, ESP 01 Mar-02 Mar National Top Archers Competition Wuming, CHN 04 Mar-05 Mar Ashburton Gold Star Ashburton, NZL 06 Mar-07 Mar National Target Championships Hobart, AUS 11 Mar-12 Mar National Top Archers Competition Wuming, CHN 11 Mar-12 Mar Transvaal Championships Johannesburg, RSA 18 Mar-19 Mar FITA Star Marsa, MLT 18 Mar-19 Mar XXXVII Trofeo Enrique Tarragó Nacional Postal, ESP 18 Mar-19 Mar Eastern Province Championships Port Elizabeth, RSA 18 Mar-19 Mar North Harbor Sports Foundation Masters Nth. Shore City, NZL 18 Mar-19 Mar Arrowhead Kent, GBR 19 Mar Northern Star Tournament Sydney, AUS 21 Mar-22 Mar National Top Archers Competition Wuming, CHN 25 Mar-26 Mar X Trofeo Pepe Fagoaga Nacional Postal, ESP 25 Mar-26 Mar Long Star FITA Texas, USA - 7 - THE 1995 SEASON 01 Apr-02 Apr FITA Star Marsa, MLT 01 Apr-02 Apr XVI Trofeo Federacion Española Nacional Postal, ESP 01 Apr-02 Apr Arizona State Outdoor Arizona, USA 01 Apr-04 Apr Arrowhead Kent, GBR 02 Apr Yarra Star Tournament Melbourne, AUS 02 Apr-09 Apr National Archery Championships Wuming, CHN 07 Apr-12 Apr Arizona Cup Arizona, USA 08 Apr Spring FITA Mays Landing, USA 08 Apr-09 Apr Pancyprian Tournament Nicosia, CYP 08 Apr-09 Apr FITA Star Builth, GBR 09 Apr FITA Star Marsa, MLT 09 Apr Woodley Park Tournament California, USA 15 Apr-16 Apr Texas Spring FITA Texas, USA 16 Apr-17 Apr Arrowhead Yorkshire, GBR 21 Apr-22 Apr Malta International Tournament Marsa, MLT 22 Apr-23 Apr II Trofeo Miguel Soto Nacional Postal, ESP 22 Apr-23 Apr FITA Star BC-Burnaby, CAN 22 Apr-23 Apr California Cup California, USA 22 Apr-23 Apr Qualification Tournament: ``Students Olympic'' Budapest, HUN 23 Apr FITA Star Yorkshire, GBR 23 Apr FITA Simple Bruxelles, BEL 23 Apr FITA Star Lelystad, NED 23 Apr-24 Apr FITA Star Radenci, SLO 27 Apr-30 Apr Theophanidia '95 Nicosia, CYP 28 Apr-30 Apr Polish Cup POL 29 Apr-30 Apr Arrowhead Sussex, GBR 29 Apr-30 Apr National Team Championship Budapest, HUN 29 Apr-30 Apr VIII Campeonato de España Junior Madrid, ESP 29 Apr-30 Apr FITA Star BC-Burnaby, CAN 29 Apr-30 Apr FITA Star Lilleshall, GBR 29 Apr-30 Apr National Championship Johannesburg, RSA 29 Apr-30 Apr Dublin Archers Open Dublin,