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]
List of tournaments and champions
Recurve
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Year |
Host |
Men's individual |
Women's individual |
Men's team |
Women's team |
Mixed team |
1 |
1980 |
Kolkata, India |
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2 |
1981 |
Singapore |
Carlos Santos Jr. (PHI) |
Park Young-sook (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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3 |
1983 |
Hong Kong |
Kim Young-woon (KOR) |
Kim Jin-ho (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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4 |
1985 |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
Chun In-soo (KOR) |
Seo Hyang-soon (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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5 |
1988 |
Kolkata, India |
Ho Jin-soo (KOR) |
Kim Soo-nyung (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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6 |
1989 |
Beijing, China |
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India |
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7 |
1991 |
Manila, Philippines |
Han Seung-hoon (KOR) |
Lee Jang-mi (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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8 |
1993 |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
Kim Bo-ram (KOR) |
Kim Kyung-wook (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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9 |
1996 |
Chonburi, Thailand |
Luo Hengyu (CHN) |
Kim Jung-rye (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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10 |
1997 |
Langkawi, Malaysia |
Oh Kyo-moon (KOR) |
Yoon Hye-young (KOR) |
Japan |
South Korea |
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11 |
1999 |
Beijing, China |
Chung Jae-hun (KOR) |
Kang Hyun-ji (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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12 |
2001 |
Hong Kong |
Kim Won-sub (KOR) |
Zhang Juanjuan (CHN) |
South Korea |
Chinese Taipei |
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13 |
2003 |
Yangon, Myanmar |
Lee Dong-wook (KOR) |
Lin Sang (CHN) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
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14 |
2005 |
New Delhi, India |
Im Dong-hyun (KOR) |
Park Sung-hyun (KOR) |
South Korea |
China |
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15 |
2007 |
Xi'an, China |
Wang Cheng-pang (TPE) |
Lee Sung-jin (KOR) |
India |
South Korea |
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16 |
2009 |
Denpasar, Indonesia |
Kuo Cheng-wei (TPE) |
Joo Hyun-jung (KOR) |
South Korea |
Japan |
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17 |
2011 |
Tehran, Iran |
Khairul Anuar Mohamad (MAS) |
Yang Nien-hsiu (TPE) |
Malaysia |
Japan |
Kazakhstan |
18 |
2013 |
Taipei, Taiwan |
Takaharu Furukawa (JPN) |
Le Chien-ying (TPE) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
India |
19 |
2015 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Lee Woo-seok (KOR) |
Chang Hye-jin (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
Chinese Taipei |
20 |
2017 |
Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Lee Seung-yun (KOR) |
Lee Eun-gyeong (KOR) |
South Korea |
South Korea |
South Korea |