The World Archery Europe (WAE, also and formerly known as EMAU from European and Mediterranean Archery Union) is an

archery Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a Bow and arrow, bow to shooting, shoot arrows.Paterson ''Encyclopaedia of Archery'' p. 17 The word comes from the Latin ''arcus'', meaning bow. Historically, archery has been used for hunting ...

organization headquartered in Rome, Italy. It is an official governing body which provides news, calendar, history, rules, competition results, and information about member organizations. WAE is a member of

World Archery World Archery (WA, formerly ''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc'' (FITA)) 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, a ...

since its inception in 1988. In response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

, World Archery Europe decided to not permit any athlete, team official, or technical official from Russia or Belarus to participate in any international archery event.

References

External links

WAE homepage
Archery governing bodies World Archery Federation

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