The World Archery Federation is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
2013 in sports is listing and describing the major sporting events from the current year: by month and by discipline. The year after the 2012 Summer Olympics and the year before the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The World Archery Championships are a series of competitions in Archery organised by the World Archery Federation (WA).They first competition held under that title took place in 1931.
Erika "Aya" Eiffel, is an American female competitive archer and advocate for object sexuality. She famously "married" the Eiffel Tower in a commitment ceremony in 2007.
Deepika Kumari is an Indian athlete who competes in the event of archery, is currently ranked World No. 9, and is a former world number one. She won a gold medal in the 2010 Commonwealth games in the women's individual recurve event. She also won a gold medal in the same competition in the women's team recurve event along with Dola Banerjee and Bombayala Devi.
Chekrovolu Swuro is an Indian archer. She represented India in archery in the 2002 Asian Games and 2006 Asian Games held at Busan, South Korea, and Doha, Qatar, respectively. She was a member of the silver-medal-winning team in the 2011 World Archery Championships, held at Turin, Italy. By winning a silver medal in the team event at the 2011 World Archery Championships in Turin, she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in both women's individual and team archery.
The 2013 World Archery Championships was the 47th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Belek in the Antalya Province of Turkey from September 29 to October 6, 2013, and was organised by World Archery (FITA). It will be immediately preceded by the 50th World Archery congress in the same location. Qualification and elimination rounds took place at the Papillon Sports Centre in nearby Kadriye, with the medal matches on 5–6 October on the beach of Belek.
The 2003 World Archery Championships was the 42nd edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in New York City, United States, from 14-20 July 2003 and was organized by World Archery Federation (FITA).
The 1979 World Archery Championships was the 30th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Berlin, Germany in July 1979 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). The 1979 event marked the first Championship gold medals for South Korea, in the women's team and individual events, have since dominated World Archery Federation events until the present day.
The 1973 World Archery Championships was the 27th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Grenoble, France in July 1973 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). It was the first World Championships to be held since Archery became an Olympic sport.
The 1971 World Archery Championships was the 26th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in York, Great Britain in July 1971 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). The 1971 Championships marked the final competition before archery became an Olympic sport in 1972.
The 1967 World Archery Championships was the 24th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Amersfoort, Netherlands in July 1967 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).
The 1965 World Archery Championships was the 23rd edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Västerås, Sweden in July 1965 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).
The 1958 World Archery Championships was the 19th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Brussels, Belgium in July 1958 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).
The 1955 World Archery Championships was the 17th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Helsinki, Finland in July 1955 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).
The 1952 World Archery Championships was the 15th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Brussels, Belgium in July 1952 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA).
The 1939 World Archery Championships was the 9th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Oslo, Norway in July and August 1939 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). It was the last edition of the World Archery Championships until 1946.
The 1933 World Archery Championships was the 3rd edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held at the Ranelagh Club in London, Great Britain in July and August 1933 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). It was the first time that separate men's and women's competitions were organised.
Archery at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 22 to 26 August. The events took place at the Fangshan Sports Training Base in Nanjing, China.
Cuba competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
