Official Archery Championships of the RFETA (Royal Spanish Archery Federation).
Official Archery Championships of the RFETA According to the regulations of the RFETA (Royal Spanish Archery Federation), all championships, grand prizes, leagues, and other approved events organized in Spain in disciplines recognized by World Archery (WA) will be governed by the rules of the RFETA. The recognized archery championships include: Indoor and outdoor traditional archery […]
Valentina Acosta Giraldo. 2019 World Junior Champion in Olympic Recurve Archery.
After watching the thrilling final of the 2019 Archery World Championships held in Madrid, we got to meet the new World Junior Archery Champion: Valentina Acosta, a promising young archer from Colombia. To reach the final of the Madrid World Championship in Olympic Recurve Archery, Valentina defeated the French Lisa Barbelin 7-1 in the semifinals […]
Archery as a Paralympic Sport: Background and Current Status
Archery as a Paralympic Sport and other Paralympic sports for athletes with disabilities originated at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England right after World War II. The goal was to rehabilitate war veterans who had suffered injuries during the war. This competitive sport had particular success as the central focus of rehabilitation, proposed by neurologist […]
Archery as an Olympic Sport, Scoring, and Fun Facts
Before archery appeared as an Olympic sport, it was an ancient practice that originated as a hunting tool and a weapon. In the past, it was closely linked to survival, both in hunting and in warfare. After the invention of firearms, this tool became obsolete as a “professional” weapon and, over time, transitioned into a […]