Voting for World Archery’s Athletes of the Year for 2016 officially opened today across six categories: recurve men, recurve women, compound men, compound women, para men and para women.
Voting is open until midnight (European Time) on 31 December 2016.
You can vote in the ONLINE PORTAL
Winners of the 2016 Athlete of the Year awards will be announced at the World Archery Gala, held on the last day of The Vegas Shoot (12 February 2017) which features open ticket sales for the first time.
RECURVE MEN SHORTLIST (2 european archers)
- SJEF VAN DEN BERG, NETHERLANDS
- KU BONCHAN, KOREA
- KIM WOOJIN, KOREA
- JEAN-CHARLES VALLADONT, FRANCE
- BRADY ELLISON, USA
RECURVE WOMEN SHORTLIST (1 european archer)
- CHANG HYE JIN, KOREA
- KI BO BAE, KOREA
- CHOI MISUN, KOREA
- LISA UNRUH, GERMANY
- ALEJANDRA VALENCIA, MEXICO
COMPOUND MEN SHORTLIST (2 european archers)
- MIKE SCHLOESSER, NETHERLANDS
- SEPPIE CILLIERS, SOUTH AFRICA
- SERGIO PAGNI, ITALY
- STEVE ANDERSON, USA
- SEBASTIEN PEINEAU, FRANCE
- BRADEN GELLENTHIEN, USA
COMPOUND WOMEN SHORTLIST (3 european archers)
- SARA LOPEZ, COLOMBIA
- MARCELLA TONIOLI, ITALY
- SARAH SONNICHSEN, DENMARK
- CRYSTAL GAUVIN, USA
- IRENE FRANCHINI, ITALY
PARA MEN SHORTLIST (3 european archers)
- DAVID DRAHONINSKY, CZECH REPUBLIC
- JOHN WALKER, GREAT BRITAIN
- ALBERTO SIMONELLI, ITALY
- ANDRE SHELBY, USA
- SHAUN ANDERSON, SOUTH AFRICA
PARA WOMEN SHORTLIST (2 european archers)
- JESSICA STRETTON, GREAT BRITAIN
- ELISABETTA MIJNO, ITALY
- LISA CORYELL, USA
- ZAHRA NEMATI, IRAN
- ZHOU JIAMIN, CHINA
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