Asian Archery Championships is the archery championship organized by the World Archery Asia.
It has been held biannually, and since 2001 has included both the recurve and compound disciplines. The tournament began in 1980 and it was first hosted in India. Countries such as South Korea, China, Japan, and India compete, with many of the world's leading archers representing them. [1]
Year | Host | Men's individual | Women's individual | Men's team | Women's team | Mixed team | |
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12 | 2001 | Hong Kong | Wang Chih-hao | Huang I-ting | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | |
13 | 2003 | Yangon, Myanmar | Wang Chih-hao | Choi Mi-yeon | South Korea | ||
14 | 2005 | New Delhi, India | Cai Shuo | Jhano Hansdah | India | ||
15 | 2007 | Xi'an, China | Earl Yap | Kwon Oh-hyang | Iran | Philippines | |
16 | 2009 | Denpasar, Indonesia | Isiah Rajendra Sanam | Seok Ji-hyun | India | South Korea | |
17 | 2011 | Tehran, Iran | Reza Zamaninejad | Maryam Ranjbar | Iran | South Korea | South Korea |
18 | 2013 | Taipei, Taiwan | Abhishek Verma | Seok Ji-hyun | India | Chinese Taipei | India |
19 | 2015 | Bangkok, Thailand | Rajat Chauhan | Jyothi Surekha Vennam | India | South Korea | South Korea |
20 | 2017 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Abhishek Verma | Song Yun-soo | South Korea | India | South Korea |
21 | 2019 | Bangkok, Thailand | Choi Yong-hee | Seol Da-yeong | South Korea | South Korea | India |
22 | 2021 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | Kim Jong-ho | Jyothi Surekha Vennam | South Korea | South Korea | South Korea |
23 | 2023 | Bangkok, Thailand | Andre Tyutyun | Parneet Kaur | South Korea | India | India |
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