The World Youth Archery Championships, an international competition in

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, have been held in alternate years since 1991 each time in a different host city. There are events in cadet and junior categories using the recurve and

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bows.

Editions

* World Youth Archery Championships

Champions

Since 2002, two classes have been contested at the Youth World Championships: * Junior (under 20) * Cadet (under 17)

Recurve Junior

Compound Junior

Recurve Cadet

Compound Cadet

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References

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Archery 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 m ...

Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ...