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The Estonia women's national bandy team represents Estonia in the winter team sport of bandy. The 2018 Women's Bandy World Championship was their debut at the Women's Bandy World Championship. They finished 7th among the 8 participating nations.
Their most recent competition was the 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship held in Åby, Sweden. [1] [2]
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.
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Robin Jäätma is an Estonian archer competing in compound events. He won the bronze medal in the men's individual compound event at the 2021 World Archery Championships held in Yankton, United States. He became the first archer to win a medal for Estonia in the history of the World Archery Championships.
Tanja Gellenthien is a Danish archer competing in women's compound events. She won the gold medal in the women's individual compound event at the 2021 European Archery Championships held in Antalya, Turkey.
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The 2022 Women's Bandy World Championship was an international bandy tournament for women and the 11th (XI) Women's Bandy World Championship organized by the Federation of International Bandy (FIB). The event was contested by eight teams from 23 to 27 March 2022 in Åby, Sweden.
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The Netherlands women's national bandy team represents the Netherlands in the sport of bandy. The team is controlled by the Bandy Bond Nederland.
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The 2023 Bandy World Championship was an international bandy tournament between bandy playing nations. The tournament was played in Åby, a subdivision of Växjö City in Sweden. Two separate tournaments for men's national teams and women's national teams took place. This Bandy World Championship marked an important development for the sport at the international level. For the first time the men's world championships took place at the same time and in the same arena as the Women's Bandy World Championship which served as the international female equivalent for the sport known as the 2023 Women's Bandy World Championship. This article deals chiefly with the men's world competition.