Asian Archery Championships

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Asian Archery Championships is the archery championship organized by the World Archery Asia.

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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]

List of tournaments and champions

Recurve

YearHostMen's individualWomen's individualMen's teamWomen's teamMixed team
1 1980 Flag of India.svg Kolkata, India
2 1981 Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Carlos Santos Jr. Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Park Young-sook Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
3 1983 Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Kim Young-woon Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Kim Jin-ho Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
4 1985 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chun In-soo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Seo Hyang-soon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
5 1988 Flag of India.svg Kolkata, India Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Ho Jin-soo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Soo-nyung Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
6 1989 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, China Flag of India.svg  India
7 1991 Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Manila, Philippines Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Han Seung-hun Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Lee Jang-mi Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
8 1993 Flag of Indonesia.svg Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Bo-ram Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Kyung-wook Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
9 1996 Flag of Thailand.svg Chonburi, Thailand Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Luo Hengyu Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Jung-rye Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
10 1997 Flag of Malaysia.svg Langkawi, Malaysia Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Oh Kyo-moon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Yoon Hye-young Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
11 1999 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing, China Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Chung Jae-hun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kang Hyun-ji Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
12 2001 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Won-sub Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Juanjuan Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
13 2003 Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Yangon, Myanmar Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Dong-wook Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Sang Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
14 2005 Flag of India.svg New Delhi, India Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Im Dong-hyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Park Sung-hyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
15 2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xi'an, China Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Cheng-pang Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Lee Sung-jin Flag of India.svg  India Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
16 2009 Flag of Indonesia.svg Denpasar, Indonesia Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Kuo Cheng-wei Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Joo Hyun-jung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
17 2011 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran Flag of Malaysia.svg Khairul Anuar Mohamad Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yang Nien-hsiu Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
18 2013 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taipei, Taiwan Flag of Japan.svg Takaharu Furukawa Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lei Chien-ying Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of India.svg  India
19 2015 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Woo-seok Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Hye-jin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
20 2017 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka, Bangladesh Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seung-yun Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-gyeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
21 2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Woo-seok Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Chae-young Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
22 2021 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka, Bangladesh Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Seung-yun Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Hae-jin Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
23 2023 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Woo-jin Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Mi-sun Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Compound

YearHostMen's individualWomen's individualMen's teamWomen's teamMixed team
12 2001 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Chih-hao Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang I-ting Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
13 2003 Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg Yangon, Myanmar Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Chih-hao Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Choi Mi-yeon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
14 2005 Flag of India.svg New Delhi, India Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Shuo Flag of India.svg Jhano Hansdah Flag of India.svg  India
15 2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xi'an, China Flag of the Philippines.svg Earl Yap Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kwon Oh-hyang Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
16 2009 Flag of Indonesia.svg Denpasar, Indonesia Flag of India.svg Isiah Rajendra Sanam Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Seok Ji-hyun Flag of India.svg  India Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
17 2011 Flag of Iran.svg Tehran, Iran Flag of Iran.svg Reza Zamaninejad Flag of Iran.svg Maryam Ranjbar Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
18 2013 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taipei, Taiwan Flag of India.svg Abhishek Verma Flag of South Korea.svg Seok Ji-hyun Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Flag of India.svg  India
19 2015 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand Flag of India.svg Rajat Chauhan Flag of India.svg Jyothi Surekha Vennam Flag of India.svg  India Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
20 2017 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka, Bangladesh Flag of India.svg Abhishek Verma Flag of South Korea.svg Song Yun-soo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of India.svg  India Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
21 2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Yong-hee Flag of South Korea.svg Seol Da-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of India.svg  India
22 2021 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka, Bangladesh Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jong-ho Flag of India.svg Jyothi Surekha Vennam Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
23 2023 Flag of Thailand.svg Bangkok, Thailand Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andre Tyutyun Flag of India.svg Parneet Kaur Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of India.svg  India Flag of India.svg  India

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References

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