The Olympic Games of Paris 2024 is the most awaited sport event by the French, and the opportunity to increase its knowledge on many sports that are on the bill. Sortir à Paris offers you a small tour of the most unknown disciplines of the general public, each month, until the competition, which begins in July 2024. Today, we take a closer look at archery, a very old sport, present in many myths since the dawn of time.
The principle of archery is to aimat atarget of 122 cm at a distance of 70meters. The goal is toplace thearrows asclose as possible to the center to accumulate points. It is one of the oldest sports in the history of mankind, developed as an instrument of hunting and warfare, as early as 1200 BC, by the Hitties and Assyrians.
During the Renaissance,manyEuropean countries organizedarcherytournaments toencouragetheircitizens to obtainmilitary skills. It was not until 1931 that an international federation, the World Archery, was born.
Archerymade itsappearanceveryearly in the Olympic Games,at the ParisGames in 1900. Itwascontested at the 1904, 1908 and 1920editions, but wasnotcontested for more thanfifty years before making acomebackat the 1972 MunichGames. The archeryhas notleft theOlympic programsince.Korealargelydominates theOlympicrecord ofthis discipline, havingwon 23gold medals out of the 40put inplay.
Among theFrench archers who have distinguished themselves, there is Sebastien Flute, Olympic champion in 1992, the women's team composed of Sophie Dodémont, Virginie Arnold and Berengaria Schuh, bronze medalists in 2008 and Jean-Charles Valladont, Olympic vice-champion in 2016.
For Paris 2024, 128 athletes will be selected, from July 28, 2023 to June 28, 2024. Franceshould be able to count on Lisa Barbelin, European champion 2021, Jean-Charles Valladont or Thomas Chirault.
Where to go archery in Paris and the Ile-de-France region?
If you'd like to discover archery, or take up the sport again, the capital and the Ile-de-France region are full of archery companies throughout the region. So, why not try out this sport, which is accessible to all and requires reflection, relaxation and precision? [Read more]
