Archery Media Guide 2008 PAGE 2 FITA President I wishyouanenjoyableandmemorableOlympicGames. to . archerycompetition at the Olympic Games. You are making a great contribution this of delivery and preparation the in involved everyone thank to like would I fair play, Iwishyouallthebestpossibleresults. career. I am convinced that you will make it a great competition. In the spirit of your in one important most the be may event this judges, and Toathletes the athletes honourthetraditionandexcellenceofOlympichistory. 128 our as Games, Olympic the at archery of support continued your for you thank We sport. our of enthusiasts and photographers reporters, journalists, This Olympic archerycompetition,whichshowsthedevelopmentofoursport. an at ever nations participating of number largest the have will we time This event.outstanding truly a present to ready are we Committee, Organizing Beijing the and ASOIF Committee, Olympic International the FITA, of efforts The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are finally here and, with the great combined Dear Friendsofarchery, Archery Media Guide Media Archery has been prepared for the benefit of all broadcasters, FITA President Prof. Dr. UgurErdener

Beijing 2008OlympicGames Archery MediaGuide Setting oursights on new targets 1 4 3 16 15 12 11 5 2 17 14 13 10 9 8 7 6 Olympic Games Competition Competition Schedule Calendar FITA The Stars Major EventResults2005-2008 Records Paralympic Games Contacts World ofArchery Olympic History Olympic GamesMedalTable Olympic Medallists1972-2004 Team Participants Individual Participants Equipment Recurve Men Recurve Women

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Index PAGE 3 PAGE 4 Olympic Games Archery: 9-15August Beijing 2008OlympicGames:8-24August Olympic Games For moredetailsplease refertotheCompetitionand Equipmentsections. every 3arrows. 2 arrowsperend,shootingonlyone arrowatatime.Teams alternateshootingafter They haveonly2minutesinwhich toshoot6arrows.Eachteammembershoots In theteammatches,eachshoots 24arrows—4endsof6arrows. the teamcompetition. Each nationthatqualifiedthreeathletesofthesamegendercanalso competein of 10pointsperarrow. Winnersadvance tothenextround. 3 arrows.Theyhave30secondstoshooteacharrowandearnamaximum In theindividualmatches,athletesalternateshooting12arrows—4 endsof shoots againstnumber64,andsoon… In theOlympicRound(matches),number1individualqualifier(seed) In theRankingRound,athletesshoot72arrowsatadistanceof70metres. Champions: IndividualMen,Women, Team Men,andTeam Women. for individualandteameventsinBeijing.TherewillbefournewOlympic There are64menandwomencompetingintherecurvedivision, permanent partoftheOlympicprogramme. from 1900-1920.In1972,archerybecamea Archery wasasportintheOlympicGames Paralympic Games Archery: 9-15September 2008 Beijing 136 para-archerscompeting—88menand48women—inBeijing. www.archery.org andhttp://en.beijing2008.cn/ For moreinformationabouttheParalympicGamespleasecheck in Rome1960. Archery wasoneoftheoriginalParalympicSportscontested – Team RecurveWomen Open – IndividualCompoundWomen Open – IndividualRecurveWomen Standing – IndividualRecurveWomen W1/W2 – Team Recurve MenOpen – IndividualCompoundMenOpen – IndividualCompoundMenW1 – IndividualRecurveMenStanding – IndividualRecurveMenW1/W2 There are9Paralympictitlesawarded: P aralympic Games: 6-17 6-17 Games: aralympic

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Competition Schedule Competition Schedule D 10 August DA 9 August DA 15 August DA 14 August DA 13 August DA 12 August DA 11 August AY Y 1 Y 7 Y 6 Y 5 Y 4 Y 3 2 17:55 -18:10 17:37 -17:50 17:21 -17:34 16:52 -17:18 16:00 -16:52 10:30 -12:14 17:55 -18:10 17:37 -17:50 17:21 -17:34 16:52 -17:18 16:00 -16:52 10:30 -12:14 15:30 -18:06 10:00 -12:36 15:30 -18:06 10:00 -12:36 17:55 -18:10 17:25 -17:50 16:55 -17:20 16:00 -16:50 11:40 -13:20 10:00 -11:40 17:55 -18:10 17:25 -17:50 16:55 -17:20 16:00 -16:50 10:50 -12:30 10:00 -10:50 15:30 -17:30 12:00 -14:00 Men’s IndividualMedal Ceremony Men’s IndividualGold Medal Match Men’s IndividualBronze MedalMatch Men’s IndividualSemi-finals Men’s IndividualQuarterfinals Men’s Individual1/8Eliminations Women’s IndividualMedalCeremony Women’s IndividualGoldMedalMatch Women’s IndividualBronzeMedalMatch Women’s IndividualSemi-finals Women’s IndividualQuarterfinals Women’s Individual1/8Eliminations Men’s Individual1/32&1/16Eliminations Men’s Individual1/32&1/16Eliminations Women’s Individual1/32&1/16Eliminations Women’s Individual1/32&1/16Eliminations Men’s Team MedalCeremony Men’s Team GoldMedalMatch Men’s Team BronzeMedalMatch Men’s Team Semi-finals Men’s Team 1/4Eliminations Men’s Team 1/8Eliminations Women’s Team MedalCeremony Women’s Team GoldMedalMatch Women’s Team BronzeMedalMatch Women’s Team Semi-finals Women’s Team 1/4Eliminations Women’s Team 1/8Eliminations Men’s Ranking/70-meterRound Women’s Ranking/70-meterRound Competitions is worth10points.Foralldetailsplease consulttheEquipmentsection. 1 to10points.Hencetheoutsidescoring ringisworth1pointandtheinside The targetfacehas10concentric scoring rings(twopercolour),from Scoring Changes fromlastGames Venue For thefirsttime,teamswillcompetebeforeindividuals(on Days2-3). The numberofarrowsforteamshasbeenchangedfrom27to24in4 ends of6arrows. individual eliminationrounds. The numberofarrowsshotpermatchhasbeenchangedfrom18to 12 forallthe The 1/32and1/16eliminationroundswillbeheldinsuccessiononthe sameday. allow forbetterTVcoverageofmatchestakingplaceatthesametime. Two separate fields ofplaywillbeusedinorderto Groundbreaking date:28December2005 Media seats:275 Seats: 5,423/CourtA:4546B:877 Area: 8,609sqm Location: OlympicGreen Venue: BeijingOlympicGreenArcheryField

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Competitions Competitions tiebreaking arrowsareshot,theteamwithhighestscorewillwin. Each teammemberwillshootasinglearrow. Afterthefirstthree Tiebreaker RulesforTeams win. will arrow highest-scoring the with archer the and arrow, single a shoot will archer Each Tiebreaker RulesforIndividuals will determine the winner. winner. the determine will win. Iftied,thesecond(orthird)arrowmeasuringclosestto centre the teamwithsinglearrowmeasuringclosesttocentre will tied, If score. for shot be will arrows three of end third a tied, still If If stilltied,anotherthree-arrowendwillbeshotforscore. closest tothecentrewillwin. arrow willbeshotandthearcherwiththirdthatmeasures If aftertwoarrowsareshotandthescoreisstilltied,athirdtiebreaking If tiedafteronearrow, asecondtiebreakingarrowwillbeshotforscore.

Differences withWorld Championships of ajudgedarrow. value the of exception the with issue, unfair any appeal can participant A Protests/Appeals behind thewaitinglineincaseofanincorrectrelayteamevent. the valueofanyarrowshotafterallocatedtimeandhavingtoreturn of loss are: common most The infractions. for penalties set are There Penalties/Disqualification Rules Ranking Other archerydisciplines:Indoor, Field,Ski Archery, 3DArchery. women. 90m, 70m,50mand30mformen60m, for The archersshootqualificationsoverfourdistances—FITA Round— (more than500fromabout80countries) Championships World Outdoor FITA the in participants more are There archers. tied of number the consideration into take will place subsequent the and position same the score (inthesameround)isasfollows:archersareco-rankedat same the with losers the ranking for process the rounds, other the For The two losers of the semi-finals matches compete in the bronze medal final.

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PAGE 9 PAGE 10 Records World andOlympicRecords 3 x72Arrows70mRound 24 ArrowMatch Type ofRecord Team Women OlympicRecords Type ofRecord Team MenOlympicRecords 3 x72Arrows70mRound 24 ArrowMatch 70m Round(72Arrows) 12 ArrowMatch Type ofRecord Individual MenOlympicRecords 70m Round(72Arrows) 12 ArrowMatch Type ofRecord Individual Women OlympicRecords YUN Mi-Jin KIM Nam-Soon KIM Soo-Nyung Archers OH Kyo-Moon KIM Bo-Ram JANG Yong-Ho Archers HERASYMENKO L. KIM Soo-Nyung Archer FRANGILLI M. OH Kyo-Moon Archer ITA KOR Country KOR KOR KOR Country UKR KOR Country KOR KOR KOR Country 684 115 Record 2031 Record 673 114 Record 1994 Record 31.07.1996 01.08.1996 Date 01.07.1996 01.07.1992 Date 16.09.2000 Date 01.07.1996 Date , USA Atlanta, USA Place Sydney, AUS Place Atlanta, USA Place Atlanta, USA , ESP Place The Competition 3 x72Arrows70mRound 24 ArrowMatch Type ofRecord Team Women World Records 3 x72Arrows70mRound 24 ArrowMatch Type ofRecord Team MenWorld Records */0 meansthatzero arrowwasintheX10ring. 70m Round(72Arrows) 12 ArrowMatch 70m Round(72Arrows) 12 ArrowMatch Type ofRecord Individual MenWorld Records Type ofRecord Individual Women World Records IM Dong-Hyun CHOI Won-Jong Archer YUN Mi-Jin LEE Sung-Jin PARK Sung-Hyun LEE Tuk-Young YUN Mi-Jin YUN Ok-Hee Archers PARK Kyung-Mo LEE Chang-Hwan IM Dong-Hyun IM Dong-Hyun KIM Yeon-Chul LEE Chang-Hwan Archers PARK Sung-Hyun YUN Ok-Hee Archer KOR KOR Country KOR KOR Country KOR KOR KOR KOR KOR KOR Country KOR KOR KOR KOR KOR KOR Country 2030 228 Record 682 119 Record 2039 231 Record 687 120/0* Record 12.08.2004 29.05.2008 Date 12.08.2004 29.09.2006 Date 28.05.2008 14.07.2007 Date 12.08.2004 18.10.2005 Date , GRE Antalya, TUR Place Athens, GRE Shanghai, CHN Place Antalya, TUR Leipzig, GER Place Athens, GRE Ulsan, KOR Place

Records PAGE 11 PAGE 12 Equipment Equipment Arrows canflyclose to250km/hwitharecurvebow. Every arrowmustbeidentifiedwith anarcher’s name orinitials. The feathersonanarrowarecalled thefletchingorfletch. The nockistheendofarrowthat fitsontothebowstring. The arrowheadorpointisthepartofarrowthatsticksintotarget. Arrows areusuallymadeofacombinationaluminiumandcarbon fibre. Arrows archers becausewindaffectstheiraim.Awindsockisalsovisibleonthe FieldofPlay. A windflagispositionedabovethecentreofeachbutt.This essentialto The targetispositionedsothatitscentre130cmabovegroundgiveor take5cm. The verycentreofthetargetiscalledbull’s eye.) (Note: withinthe10ringisasmaller, lightercirclecalledtheX10. higher score. (9 and10).Shouldanarrowlandonthelinedividingtworings,itscores 2-point rings),thenblack(3and4),lightblue(56),red(78),gold There arefivecoloursonthetarget—whitefortwooutsiderings(1and The outsidescoringringisworth1pointandtheinside10points. scoring ring (the 10 ring) is 12.2 cm in diameter. Each ringis6.1cminwidth.Hence,theinside The target face has 10 concentric scoring rings. The targetfaceisattachedtothebutt. The targetfaceis122cmindiameter. Target 1 2

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handle riser, agrip,nockpoint, anarrowrest,aplungerbuttonandclicker. Other featuresonabowincludestabilizer, asight,upperandlowerlimbs, stretch material. carbon fibreandawoodorsyntheticcore.Thestringishigh-strength,low- usually madeofaluminiumorcarbonfibre;thelimbsarelaminatedfibreglass, The bowisconstructedofhigh-techmaterial.Modernrisers(handles)are World Cups. bow thatalsoprovidesexcitingmatchesduringWorld Championshipsand weight lessthanhalfofthedrawweight.Itisaverypreciseandcompetitive For information,thecompoundbowhaspulleysandcablestomakeholding curve awayfromthearcher. Itisalsocalledaclassicbow. bows. DuringtheOlympicGames,onlyrecurvebowisallowed.Itslimbs Two kindsofbows areusedduringarcheryevents,therecurveandcompound Bows Recurve

Equipment PAGE 13 PAGE 14 Individual Participants Individual Participants–Women IRI deVILaishramBombayla rOCHMAWATI IkaYuliana ind puspiTASARI RinaDewi rOMANTZIElpida INA psARREvangelia Gre nARIMANIDZEKhatuna hiTZLERAnja Ger eseBUAKristina GEO schuhBerengere dODEMONTSophie GBR FRA EGY lAURSENLouise hORACKOVAden Barbora CZe sANCHEZNatalia rendONAnaMaria CYP rOMEROSigrid COl chenLing chn CAN BLR deMADorji Bhu AUS name NOc ABTIN Najmeh VARDINENI Pranitha BANERJEE Dola WILLIAMSON Alison FOLKARD Naomi BURGESS Charlotte ARNOLD Virginie ABED ELAALSoha MOUSIKOU Elena ZHANG Juan BEAUDET Marie-Pier MULIUK Katsiarina WALLER Jane FEENEY Alexandra p hA jpn li ONETTI PiaCarmen ITA name NOc hA nichOLSJennifer VEN lORIGKhatuna USA UKR yuANShuChi sATIR ZekiyeKeskin Tur TPE dielenNathalie TJK erdyniyeVA Natalia sui sONHyeYong dAGBA EVA Miroslava rus PRK cWIENCZEKMalgorzata POl rOMANAida MRI MEX yunOk-Hee p MAR jOOHyun-Jung KOr KAZ VALEEVA Natalia TONETTA Elena BRITO Leydis KOVAL Victoria BEREZHNA Tetyana WU HuiJu WEI Pi-Hsiu KAMALETDINOVA Albina KWON UnSil MOSPINEK Justyna MARCINKIEWICZ Iwona MARRIER D’UNIENVILLEVéronique AVITA Mariana ABBOUDA Khadija BANNOVA Anastassiya KITABATAKE Sayoko ARK Sung-Hyun Y Y AKAWA Nami ASHI Yuki AUS name NOc nespOLIMauro JPN diBUOIlario hOJATOLLAH Vaezi ITA chAMPIAMangalSingh iri ind pieperJens Ger GBR hATAVAFRA Matti Fin ESP yOUSSEFMaged EGy dALLNiels den CZE sTEVENSJuanCarlos liWenquan CUB lyON Jay jiANGLin duenASCrispin chn CAN p Bul BRA BLR nAR BHU Individual Participants–Men GRA MORIY FURUKAWA Takaharu GALIAZZO Marco WILLS Alan TERRY Simon GODFREY Laurence VALLADONT Jean-Charles GIROUILLE Romain MORILLO Daniel BULIR Martin XUE HaiFeng BURNES JohnDavid TRAININI Luiz KUNDA Maxim TASHI Peljor KIM Ha-Neul AVLOV Daniel Y Matthew Y Michael A Ryuichi jOHNSNRichard serdyuKOleksandr ellisONBrady ruBANViktor USA iVASHKO Markiyan UKr erGINYusuf Goktug Tur chenSzuYuan Tpe peTERSSONMagnus SWe SAM RUS hARTLEYCalvin RSA ROU sALEMAli QAT prOCJacek pOMBONuno piATEK Piotr POr dOBROWOLSKIRafal jAVIER Mark POl phi MY serrANOJuanRene MEX p chenGChuSian leeChang-Hwan MAs iMDong-Hyun KOr name NOc nA A WUNDERLE Victor WANG ChengPang KUO ChengWei MUAAUSA Walter Joseph TSYREMPILOV Baljinima BADENOV Bair ABRAMOV Andrey BODNAR Alexandru VELEZ SANCHELuisEduardo WAN ABDAZIZWan MohdKhalmizam BIN SULAIMANMuhammadMarbawi ARK Kyung-Mo Y MyoAung

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PAGE 15 PAGE 16 Team Participants Team Participants Total Teams: 10 TPE POL KOR JPN ITA IND GBR FRA COL CHN on thepreviouspages. recorded are archers of Names athletes. three of consist teams All Women’s Team Participants Chinese Taipei Korea Japan Great Britain Colombia People’s RepublicofChina team andindividual events:49 Total numberofcountries for Total Teams: 12 USA UKR TPE RUS POL MAS KOR I GBR CHN CAN AUS the previouspages. on recorded are archers of Names athletes. three of consist teams All Men’s Team Participants TA

United StatesofAmerica Chinese Taipei Russian Federation Poland Malaysia Korea Italy Great Britain People’s RepublicofChina Canada Individual Events Olympic Medallists1972-2004 Gold Los Angeles1984 Bronze Silver Gold Seoul 1988 Bronze Silver Gold Barcelona 1992 Bronze Silver Gold Atlanta 1996 Bronze Silver Gold Sydney 2000 Bronze Silver Gold Athens 2004 Bronze Silver Gold Munich 1972 Bronze Silver Gold Montreal 1976 Bronze Silver Gold Moscow 1980 Bronze Silver

Seo Hyang-Soon Yun Young-Sook W Kim Soo-Nyung Natalia V Kim Soo-Nyung Cho Youn-Jeong Olena Sadovnycha He Ying Kim Kyung-Wook Kim Soo-Nyung Kim Nan-Soon Yun Mi-Jin Alison Williamson Lee Sung-Jin PARK Sung-Hyun Women please consultwww.archery.org Games, Olympic 1920 and 1908 1904, 1900, the of results For Emma Gapchenko Irena Szydlowska Doreen Wilber Zebiniso Rustamova Valentina Kovpan Luann Ryon Paivi Meriluoto Natalia Boutousova Keto Losaberidze Kim Jin-Ho Li Lingiuan ang Hee-Kyung aleeva KOR KOR KOR KOR EUN KOR KOR UKR CHN KOR KOR KOR KOR GBR KOR KOR URS POL USA URS URS USA FIN URS URS KOR CHN Vladimir Echeev Sung Soo-Park Simon Terry Chung Jae-Hun Sebastien Flute Oh Kyo-Moon Magnus Petersson Wietse V Victor Wunderle Simon F Tim Cuddihy Hiroshi Y Men Kyosti Laasonen Gunnar Jervill Giancarlo Ferrari Hiroshi Michinaga Darrell P Giancarlo Ferrari Boris Isachenko Hiroshi Y Richard McKinney Darrell P airweather ace ace amamoto amamoto an Alten URS KOR USA GBR KOR FRA KOR SWE USA NED USA AUS AUS JPN ITA USA USA FIN SWE USA ITA JPN ITA URS FIN JPN USA

Olympic Medallists PAGE 17 PAGE 18 Olympic Medallists Team Events Olympic Medallists1988-2004 Bronze Silver Gold Sydney 2000 Bronze Silver Gold Athens 2004 Sandra Sachse Barbara Mensing Cornelia Pfohl GER Olena Sadovnycha Nataliya Burdeyna Kateryna Serdyuk UKR Kim Soo-Nyung Kim Nam-Soon Yun Mi-Jin KOR Chen LiJu Wu HuiJu Yuan ShuChi TPE Lin Sang Zhang Juan He Ying CHN Yun Mi-Jin Lee Sung-Jin P KOR Women ark Sung-Hyun Rodney White Richard Johnson Victor Wunderle USA Matteo Bisiani Ilario DiBuo ITA Jang Yong-Ho Oh Kyo-Moon Kim Chung-Tae KOR Dmytro Hrachov UKR W Liu MingHuang Chen SzuYuan TPE Jang Yong-Ho P Im Dong-Hyun KOR Men ark Kyung-Mo ang ChengPang Silver Gold Seoul 1988 Bronze Silver Gold Barcelona 1992 Bronze Silver Gold Atlanta 1996 Bronze Kusuma W Nurfitriyana Saiman Lilies Handayani IN Yun Young-Sook W Kim Soo-Nyung KOR Khatuna Kurivishvili Ludmila Arzanikova Natalia V EUN Ma Xiangjun W W CHN Kim Soo-Nyung Cho Youn-Jeong Lee Eun-Kyung KOR Joanna Nowicka Katarzyna Klata Iwona Dzieciol POL Sandra W Cornelia Pfohl Barbara Mensing GER Youn Hye-Young Kim Kyung-Wook Kim Jo-Sun KOR Women Melanie Skillman Denise P Debra Ochs USA ang Hee-Kyung ang Xiaozhu ang Hong A arker aleeva agner ardhani Richard McKinney Jay Barrs USA P Lee Han-Sup Chun In-Soo KOR Simon Terry Steve Hallard Richard Priestman GBR Tomi Poikolainen Jari Lipponen Ismo F FIN Antonio Menendez Antonio V Juan CarlosHolgado ESP Matteo B Michele Frangilli Andrea P ITA Kim Bo-Ram Jang Yong-Ho Oh Kyo-Moon KOR Rod White Richard Johnson Justin Huish USA Men Richard Priestman Darrell P Leroy W Steve Hallard GBR ark Sung-Soo alck atson ace arenti isiani azquez

Olympic Medallists PAGE 19 PAGE 20 Medal Table Olympic GamesMedalTable Individual andTeam Medal Table -OlympicGames1900-2004

*Unified Team /EUN(teamsfrom formerSovietUnionin1992) 20 19 16 16 16 15 14 13 12 11 9 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 nOC Rank TOTAL Unified Team* Poland Chinese Taipei Ukraine Japan Spain Australia Finland Italy Great Britain France USA Korea Men silver Gold 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6 9 3

Men 34 11 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 5 6 3 0

Men Bronze 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 6 3 5 1 silver Women Gold 17 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 Women 17 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 Bonze Women 17 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 silver Gold Total 51 10 13 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 Total 51 11 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 5 8 7 Bonze Total 44 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 5 6 3 8 4 Total 146 23 18 29 25 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 1 2 2 4 5 7 9 Major EventResults2005-2008 World CupMedallists-IndividualEvents World ChampionshipsMedallists-Team Events World ChampionshipsMedallists-IndividualEvents Bronze Silver Gold Merida 2006 Bronze Silver Gold Dubai 2007 Bronze Silver Gold Madrid 2005 Bronze Silver Gold Leipzig 2007 Bronze Silver Gold Madrid 2005 Bronze Silver Gold Leipzig 2007 TONETTA Elena QIAN Jialing ZHANG Juan ERDYNIYEVA Natalya CHOI Eun-Young BANERJEE Dola PARK Sung-Hyun LEE Tuk-Young LEE Sung-Jin ERDYNIYEVA Natalya Sung-Hyun PARK VALEEVA Natalia Women Women Russian Federation Ukraine Korea Great Britain Chinese Taipei Korea Women

ITA CHN CHN RUS KOR IND KOR KOR KOR RUS KOR ITA Poland India Korea Chinese Taipei Great Britain Korea

PETERSSON Magnus DI BUOIlario PARK Kyung-Mo WILLS Alan SERRANO JuanRene TSYREMPILOV Baljinima CHOI Won-Jong MORIYA Ryuichi CHUNG Jae-Hun WILLS Alan TSYREMPILOV Baljinima IM Dong-Hyun Men Men Men SWE ITA KOR GBR MEX RUS KOR JPN KOR GBR RUS KOR

Major Results PAGE 21 PAGE 22 Recurve Men The Stars Extracted results–Completebiographiesareavailableonwww.archery.org RECURVE MEN 1 4 3 2 2 11 Born 17Jun1975 Magnus PETERSSON(SWE) 2 Born 23Feb1984 Juan ReneSERRANO(MEX) 10 3 2 4 3 World Ranking:34 World Ranking:19 nd th st nd rd nd th rd rd nd th

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Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Team Olympic GamesAtlanta World CupPorec European ChampionshipsAthens World ChampionshipsLeipzig Olympic GamesSydney World CupFinalMerida Pan American Champ. Rio de Janeiro World CupFinalDubai Rio de Janeiro World CupDover World CupAntalya Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 1996 2006 2006 2007 2000 2006 1 3 1 2 2 1 5 3 3 3 2 4 st nd nd st rd st rd rd rd nd th th

Ind Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Team Team Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Baljinima TSYREMPILOV(RUS) European ChampionshipsVittel World CupVarese World ChampionshipsLeipzig World CupDover World CupFinalDubai World CupSantoDomingo World ChampionshipsLeipzig Olympic GamesBarcelona Olympic GamesBarcelona World CupDover World ChampionshipsLeipzig World CupBoe Simon TERRY (GBR) World Ranking:6 World Ranking:2 Born 27Mar1974 Born 29Oct1975 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2007 1992 1992 2007 2007 2008 Ranking World

1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 World Ranking:3 1 Born 12May1986 IM Dong-Hyun(KOR) World Ranking:1 3 3 Born 15Aug1975 PARK Kyung-Mo(KOR) st st st st st st th st st st rd rd

Ind. Team Team Ind. Team Ind. Team Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind.

World ChampionshipsBeijing Olympic GamesAthens Asian GamesDoha Asian GamesDoha World ChampionshipsLeipzig World ChampionshipsLeipzig Olympic GamesAthens World CupAntalya World CupFinalMerida World CupAntalya Olympic GamesAthens World CupAntalya

1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 IM Dong-Hyun Viktor RUBAN Simon TERRY Alan WILLS Romain GIROUILLE PARK Kyung-Mo Baljinima TSYREMPILOV 2001 2004 2006 2006 2007 2007 2004 2006 2006 2008 2004 2008 Korea India Ukraine Great Britain Great Britain France Korea 5 4 1 1 4 12 5 4 5 7 1 1 th th th th st st st th st th th

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Team Ind. Ind. Team Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind

253.00 158.85 160.87 161.70 168.10 178.20 180.00 236.00 Indoor World ChampionshipsNimes European ChampionshipsBrussels Olympic GamesAthens Indoor World ChampionshipsIzmir Olympic Games Athens World Cup Porec World CupAntalya Asian ChampionshipsXi’an World ChampionshipsLeipzig World CupBoe World CupPorec European ChampionshipsVittel Marco GALIAZZO (ITA) XUE HaiFeng(CHN) World Ranking:25 World Ranking:16

Born 13Jan1980 Born 7May1983 2004 2004 2007 2004 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2006 2008 2003

Recurve Men PAGE 23 PAGE 24 Recurve Women Extracted results–Completebiographiesareavailableonwww.archery.org RECURVE WOMEN The Stars 6 4 1 2 2 3 Born 2Jan1981 ZHANG Juan(CHN) 2 Born 1March1985 YUN Ok-Hee(KOR) 1 1 1 2 1 World Ranking:6 World Ranking:1 st th th rd nd nd st st nd st st nd

Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Team Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Team Ind World CupFinalMerida World ChampionshipsLeipzig World CupFinalDubai World CupBoe Asian GamesDoha World CupBoe Asian GamesDoha World CupDover World CupShanghai Asian GamesDoha World CupPorec World CupAntalya 2006 2008 2006 2006 2008 2008 2006 2007 2007 2008 2006 2007 1 1 4 6 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 3 st st th st th st nd st nd rd rd nd

Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Team Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind.

Commonwealth ChampionshipsNewDelhi European GrandPrixAntalya World CupDover World CupFinalDubai Asian GamesDoha World CupUlsan Junior World Championships Merida World CupVarese World CupSantoDomingo World Cup Antalya World ChampionshipsLeipzig World CupFinalDubai Natalya ERDYNIYEVA (RUS) Dola BANERJEE(IND) World Ranking:12 World Ranking:4 Born 6Aug1988 Born 2Jun1980

2005 2007 2007 2006 2007 2006 2006 2007 2008 2007 2007 2007 Ranking World

3 8 6 1 1 1 2 4 2 Born 8Nov1983 Justyna MOSPINEK(POL) World Ranking:5 3 1 Born 15Nov1969 (ITA) World Ranking:3 1 rd st th nd th th st st st nd st rd

Ind. Team Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind.

Olympic GamesBarcelona Olympic GamesBarcelona World CupPorec Good LuckBeijing Indoor World Championships Grand PrixSassari World ChampionshipsDjakarta World ChampionshipsLeipzig World CupSantoDomingo World CupShanghai World CupDover World ChampionshipsLeipzig

1 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 YUN Ok-Hee Victoria KOVAL Berengere SCHUH ZHANG Juan Justyna MOSPINEK Natalya ERDYNIYEVA Natalia VALEEVA PARK Sung-Hyun 1991, 95, 99, 2001 1992 2008 2007 2006 1995 2007 2008 2006 2007 2007 1992 Korea Ukraine France PR China Poland Russia Italy Korea 5 9 6 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 th st rd st th th st st st st nd st

Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Team Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind. Ind.

256.50 147.03 160.00 179.35 186.30 191.50 244.00 247.00 Pan American Champ. Rio de Janeiro Pan AmericanGamesRiodeJaneiro Olympic GamesAthens Good LuckBeijing World ChampionshipsLeipzig World CupBoe World ChampionshipsLeipzig Olympic GamesAthens World ChampionshipsBeijing Olympic GamesAthens World CupUlsan World CupBoe Jennifer NICHOLS (USA) Jennifer NICHOLS(USA) PARK Sung-Hyun(KOR) World Ranking:9 World Ranking:2 Born 1Jan1983 Born 8Oct1983

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Recurve Women PAGE 25 PAGE 26 Olympic History Olympic History audience. Thiswillstillbethecase forBeijing2008. This change enhanced the enjoyment of the spectators and the worldwide television matches. of day full own their have to women and men the for allowed competition team the for format new This Atlanta. in used format one-day the than rather days One change from the 1996 Olympics was that the team competition was held on two Sydney 2000 Sports coverage. Olympic best the for IOC the from Award Rings Golden the won coverage archery Atlanta The competitions. the attended spectators 54,680 as or stands the television in on live archery watch to able been spectators many so have before The Atlanta 1996 Games marked a new milestone for the exposure of archery. Never Atlanta 1996 head-to-head competitionandsingleeliminationmatches. exciting featured archery that time first the was 1992 Barcelona programme. medal the to added was competition team the 1988, Seoul In medals. gold USA, the the captured of Wilber, Doreen and Williams John which in women for and men for events individual with 1972 in program Olympic the to re-introduced was Archery medals andthreesilversin19001920. Innis from Belgium is the most decorated archer in Olympic history, winning six gold van Hubert medals. several win and events numerous in compete to archer an for of the first sports competitions to include women. In those four Games it was possible one archery making Olympics, 1904 the in Womencompeted 1920. and 1908, 1904, in again contested was and 1900 in Games Olympic the in appeared first Archery Archery OlympicHistory ok f vroe il lo ak nw ietn fr xiig archery exciting for milestone new competitions. a mark also will everyone the of and work Beijing in stadium archery dedicated the that convinced is FITA everyone veryproud.“ makes which venue–something the of worthy show a on put to able were we believe I world. the around networks TV the on watching and on-site both spectators, the for special very was it doubt no And treasured. athlete you could say it marks yet another place in history, one which I am sure each place–well, took era modern the of Games first the where stadium marble beautiful this in compete to able being of dimension extra this adding so athlete, an for occasion unique a already are themselves in Games Olympic The special. very something added certainly place historic a such in sport our of staging “The 2004. in (FITA) Federation President Archery Easton, International the Jim of said all!“ them of venue best the had we think “I ancient stadiumbuiltin329B.C. an of ruins the on built was Stadium Panathinaiko The 1896. in place took area modern the of the Games Olympic in first the competing where Stadium of Panathinaiko chance unique the had athletes archery Athens, In Athens 2004

Olympic History PAGE 27 PAGE 28 World of Archery World ofArchery Oceania: Australia Americas: USA,,ElSalvador, Europe: Russia,Italy, GreatBritain,France,, Ukraine,Poland,Sweden Asia :Korea,India,China,Japan,Malaysia Worldwide Communication Coordinator: LudivineMaitreWicki (SUI) Communication Director: DidierMieville(SUI) Anti-Doping Adminsitrator:Francoise Dagouret(FRA) Technical Delegates:JuanCarlosHolgado(ESP)/KotaroHata(JPN) Philippe Bouclet(FRA)/Sanguan Kosavinta(THA)/ErnestoDiazBazan(ESA) Vice-Presidents: First Vice-President: PaulH.Paulsen(NOR) Secretary General/ExecutiveDirector:Tom Dielen(BEL) President: Prof.Dr. UgurErdener(TUR) FITA PersonnelinBeijing A trulyworldwidesport! Top countriesaroundtheworldinclude: www.archery.tv onYouTube: 500,000visitsinthefirstsixmonthsof2008 www.archery.org: 1millionvisitsinthefirstsixmonthsof2008 950 millionTVviewers(cumulative)in2007 139 FITA MemberAssociations 6 millionarchersworldwide eight disciplines.In2006,FITA launchedtheArcheryWorld Cup. FITA has held World Championships since 1931. Since 1991, FITA has included to electawomanpresident. include women. In 1961, FITA became the first International Sports Federation in the 1904 Olympics, making archery one of the first sports competitions to competed Women programme. Olympic the to archery of sport elegant the permanently a part of the Olympic Games since 1972, when the IOC returned been has and 1900-1920 from Movement Olympic the of part was Archery and promotesarcherythroughthemediasponsors. competitions; international other and Cups World Championships, World of organisation the supervises Rules; FITA the interprets and makes FITA Olympic principles.” the with conformity in world the throughout and archery promote encourage “to is, objective FITA’s main Constitution, its to According from Turkey, waselectedPresidentin2005. Dr. Prof. FITA . for Lausanne, office Erdener, in head Ugur is The Poland, Sweden,theUnitedStatesandformerCzechoslovakia. in Lwow, Poland. Seven founding nations were present: France, Italy, Hungary, The International Archery Federation (FITA) was founded in 1931 at a meeting International ArcheryFederation FITA –FédérationInternationaledeTir àl’Arc FITA HeadquarterattheMaison duSportInternational -Photo©CIO-RichardJuillart

FITA PAGE 29 PAGE 30 Calendar Calendar 2009 2008 The ArcheryWorld Cup:anInnovativeoncept…aiminghigh! 13-26 13-19 10-18 2-12 1-10 6-11 6-17 2-7 2-8 4-9 4-9 1-6 31 26 27 Final 2006inMerida,attheMayapanPyramids(MEX),and2007Dubai(photos) Four stagesandonegrandFinalinspectacularlocations. 5

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(Youth OlympicGames Qualifiers) Championships World Archery Youth Summer Universiade,Archery:2-6July Archery World CupStage3 Archery World CupStage2 Indoor ArcheryWorld Championships Youth ArcheryWorld Championships Archery: 11-17October Games, Masters World Archery World CupFinal Archery World Championships Archery World CupStage4 World Games,Archery:23-26July Archery World CupStage1 Archery World CupFinal 2008 ParalympicGames,Archery9-15Sept. Field ArcheryWorld Championships Ogden (USA) Belgrade (SRB) Antalya (TUR) Porec (CRO) Rzeszow (POL) Antalya (TUR) Sydney (AUS) Copenhagen (DEN) Ulsan (KOR) Shanghai (CHN) Kaohsiung (TPE) Santo Domingo(DOM) Lausanne (SUI) Beijing (CHN) Llwynypia (GBR) tbd 2011 tbd 2010 14-30 12-27 3-14 Nov. Oct. Oct. Archery World CupFinal Pan AmericanGames(Archeryincluded) Archery World CupFinal (Archeryincluded) ,Archery:4-9October Istanbul (TUR) Guadalajara (MEX) Edinburgh (GBR) Guangzhou (CHN) (IND)

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