World Archery Championship-2025 to be held in South Korea

World Archery Championship-2025 to be held in South Korea

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Category : Sports Published on: December 07 2021

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  • The World Archery Championships and World Archery Congress will be held in Gwangju, South Korea, in 2025.
  • Gwangju was chosen over Madrid by a margin of ten votes to one.
  • The championships will be held for the third time in archery's leading competitive nation, following Seoul in 1985 and Ulsan in 2009.
  • The World Archery Federation organises a series of archery tournaments called the World Archery Championships (WA). In 1931, the first tournament with such a name was organised.

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About World Archery Federation

  • Headquarters:  Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Founded: 4 September 1931
  • President: Ugur Erdener
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