World Archery Africa, formerly the Federation of African Archery is the continental governing body for the sport of archery on the African Continent and is recognized by a number of international bodies, including the World Archery Federation, the African Continental Olympic Committee and the African Commonwealth Archery Committee.
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Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 18 Olympiads. 105 nations have competed in the Olympic archery events, with France appearing the most often at 15 times. The most noticeable trend has been the excellence of South Korean archers, who have won 32 out of 44 gold medals in archery events since 1984. Olympic archery is governed by the World Archery Federation. Recurve archery is the only discipline of archery featured at the Olympic Games. Archery is also an event at the Summer Paralympics.
World Archery 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.
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South African National Archery Association (SANAA) is the national governing body for the sport of archery in South Africa, recognised by the World Archery Federation. It was officially established on 17 November 1949.
Archery Canada is the national governing body for the sport of Archery in Canada as recognised by the World Archery Federation.
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.
The World Archery Philippines, Inc. is the national governing body for archery in the Philippines. It is used to be known as the Philippines and Philippine Archers' National Network and Alliance (PANNA). It is accredited by the World Archery Federation which is the governing body for the sport of archery in the world.
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The National Archery Association of Thailand is the national governing body for Archery. It is accredited by the World Archery Federation (WA) which is the governing body for the sport of Archery in the world, and the National Olympic Committee of Thailand (NOCT). It founded on 10 November 1970.
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Estonian Archery Federation is one of the sport governing bodies in Estonia which deals with archery.
Inger Kristine Frith was a British archer who served as the president of world archery's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc, from 1961 to 1977. She was the first woman to lead a major international sports federation and she is credited as being the main driver behind having archery returned to the Summer Olympics. For her services to archery she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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