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Ylva Iversson
Gun Ylva Marianne Haglund (née Ivarsson) (born 10 November 1964) is a Swedish archer. Archery Haglund is related to Maj-Britt Johansson who took part in the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in archery. Her parents were also archers. Haglund competed at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in the Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's individual, women's individual event and finished 26th with 2420 points scored. She received a Stora Grabbars och Tjejers Märke, Stora Grabbars award in 1985. At the 1992 World Field Archery Championships she won a silver medal in the women's team event. References External links Profile on worldarchery.org 1964 births Living people Swedish female archers Olympic archers for Sweden Archers at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Swedish women {{Sweden-archery-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archer
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who practices archery is typically called an archer, bowman, or toxophilite. History Origins and ancient archery The oldest known evidence of the bow and arrow comes from South African sites such as Sibudu Cave, where the remains of bone and stone arrowheads have been found dating approximately 72,000 to 60,000 years ago.Backwell L, d'Errico F, Wadley L.(2008). Middle Stone Age bone tools from the Howiesons Poort layers, Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35:1566–1580. Backwell L, Bradfield J, Carlson KJ, Jashashvili T, Wadley L, d'Errico F.(2018). The antiquity of bow-and-arrow technology: evidence from Middle Stone Age layers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
