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The Sydney International Archery Park is a stadium is located in the
2000 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 387. Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic archery venues Sports venues in Sydney Archery in Australia
The Sydney International Archery Park is a stadium is located in the Sydney Olympic Park
Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Parramatta, City of Parramatta Council. It i ...
suburb of Sydney
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, New South Wales
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, Australia
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. It was specially designed for 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 ...
during the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
. It was designed by Stutchbury and Pape. Goad, Philip: ''New Directions in Australian Architecture'', Pesaro, 2001
The Archery Centre is located opposite the Waterfront Apartments on Bennelong Parkway, and is about 3 km from Sydney Olympic Park town centre. The venue hosts a wide range of events, such as school holiday programs for kids, beginners' courses, school programs, casual archers and professional coaching. There are facilities available for corporate team building, as well as laser clay pigeon shooting. The venue sports a 100 x 10 metre Archery pavilion, and has parking spaces for bicycles and 80 motor vehicles. Simon Fairweather won the first ever gold medal for Australia during the Sydney 2000 Olympic games.
See also
* 2000 Summer Olympics venues *List of sports venues in Australia
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References
2000 Summer Olympics official report.
Volume 1. p. 387. Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic archery venues Sports venues in Sydney Archery in Australia
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 ...
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