| 2023 World Archery Youth Championships | |
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| Location |  Limerick, Ireland |
| Start date | 1 July 2023 |
| End date | 9 July 2023 |
The 2023 World Archery Youth Championships was the 17th edition of World Archery Youth Championships. The event was held in Limerick, Ireland 1-9 July 2023, and was organised by World Archery. Junior events were held for those under 21, and Cadet for those under 18. [1] [2]
* Host nation (Ireland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 |  India | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 |  United States | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 |  France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  China | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Slovenia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Parth Salunkhe India | Song In-jun South Korea | Mathias Kramer Germany |
| Women's individual | Oh Ye-jin South Korea | Yeom Hye-jeong South Korea | Bhajan Kaur India |
| Men's team | South Korea Won Jong-hyuk Song In-jun Lee Jeong-han | China Li Mengqi Aierdensang Qin Wangyu | Japan Yuya Funahashi Fumiya Saito Yota Kawasaki |
| Women's team | South Korea Yeom Hye-jeong Oh Ye-jin Seo Bo-eun | France Caroline Lopez Victoria Sebastian Amélie Cordeau | Poland Aleksandra Ozdoba Klaudia Płaza Barbara Grzybek |
| Mixed Team | South Korea Yeom Hye-jeong Won Jong-hyuk | Chinese Taipei Li Tsai-chi Huang Li-cheng | India Ridhi Parth Salunkhe |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Romans Sergejevs Latvia | Choi Chul-jun South Korea | Baptiste Addis France |
| Women's individual | Yun Soo-hee South Korea | Zhu Jingyi China | Dünya Yenihayat Turkey |
| Men's team | France Baptiste Addis Jules Pedoux Alexis Renaudineau | South Korea Ji Ye-chan Choi Woo-seok Choi Chul-jun | India Ujjwal Dhama Goldi Mishra Agastay Singh |
| Women's team | South Korea Yun Soo-hee Kim Ha-eun Yu Seul-ha | China Zhu Jingyi Bao Yijing Li Sihan | Chinese Taipei Fong You-jhu Lin Shu-yan Chiang Yu-tung |
| Mixed Team | Japan Aoi Wada Kosei Shirai | United States Gabrielle Sasai Christian Stoddard | China Zhi Jingyuan Zhu Jingyi |
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