Preview: 570 youth archers to compete for world titles in Winnipeg

The 2025 World Archery Youth Championships are upon us. Held every two years since 1991, the tournament is one of the biggest international archery events, with over 500 competitors at recent editions.

At this outing – the 19th – there are men’s and women’s events in team, mixed team and individual in both under-18 and under-21 categories, in recurve and compound. Each country may enter up to 24 athletes, with a maximum of three archers in each of the eight categories.

This makes for a total of eight team events, four mixed team events and eight individual titles up for grabs in Winnipeg, with the finals held over three full days at The Forks venue in the downtown area. It will be a big, public stage to see the next generation of champions.

India were dominant at the last edition in Limerick, Ireland, taking three individual titles and the most medals overall. They will be tested by large teams from Korea, USA, France, Mexico and many more, all looking to make their mark.

You can watch finals coverage from Winnipeg from 22-24 August with a subscription to archery+.

Key information

What’s happening?  The 19th edition of the World Archery Youth Championships on 18-24 August in Winnipeg – the ‘Gateway to Canada’s West’.

Who’s competing? 570 archers from 63 countries. 

What’s at stake?  World titles in the under-21 (junior) and under-18 (cadet) age groups.

What’s the story?  Like the Youth Olympics, these championships are a key proving ground for future success. With LA28 just three years away, it is one of the major milestones for youth archers with global ambitions. Past winners include Marcus D’Almeida, Stephan Hansen, Braden Gellenthien and Deepika Kumari.

Event schedule

• Tuesday 19 August: Qualifying
• Wednesday 20 August: Individual and team eliminations
• Thursday 21 August: Team and mixed team eliminations
• Friday 22 August: Recurve and compound team finals
• Saturday 23 August: Compound individual and mixed team finals
• Sunday 24 August: Recurve individual and mixed team finals

Youth isn’t everything… is it?

Archers can compete at elite level much longer than in many other sports, but we’ve also seen teenagers win everything up to and including Olympic medals.

At these championships in Madrid in 2019, a 19-year-old Anders Faugstad shot a perfect 150-point final to win the under-21 world title, just weeks after finishing runner-up at the senior world championships in Den Bosch. A month later, he won the junior field title in Mokrice.

The bronze medallist in the under-18 recurve event in Madrid was a 15-year-old Korean called Kim Je Deok; two years later he would win two gold medals at Tokyo 2020.

In 2025, 18-year-old Olympic team silver medallist Baptiste Addis will compete for France, as will several other Paris 2024 alumni including Roy Dror, Penny Healey, Quinty Roeffen and Amélie Cordeau, who won team gold at these championships in 2021.

It’s entirely possible the next breakout star of the sport will be competing in Winnipeg – and very likely that many future Olympians will.

How to watch

You can watch finals coverage from Winnipeg from 22-24 August with a subscription to archery+.

Live scores will be available on the World Archery website, and coverage will run across World Archery’s digital platforms throughout the competition.

Reigning champions

These are the reigning under-21 (junior) world champions from Limerick 2023:

• Recurve men: Parth Sushant Salunkhe, India
• Recurve women: Oh Yejin, Korea
• Compound men: Priyansh, India
• Compound women: Sydney Sullenberger, USA

These are the reigning under-18 (cadet) world champions from Limerick 2023:

• Recurve men: Romans Sergejevs, Latvia (returning as under-21)
• Recurve women: Yun Soohee, Korea
• Compound men: Dewey Hathaway, USA
• Compound women: Aditi Gopichand Swami, India

Who’s competing?

These are the archers currently highest in the adult world rankings:

• Recurve men: Baptiste Addis, France (world rank: 7)
• Recurve women: Penny Healey, Great Britain (world rank: 3)
• Compound men: Shamai Yamrom, Israel (world rank: 13)
• Compound women: Parneet Kaur, India (world rank: 14) 

A total of 570 archers from the national teams of the following 63 countries are registered for these championships: AIN (neutral individual athletes), Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Great Britain, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong China, India, Indonesia, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Türkiye, UAE, Ukraine, USA and Zimbabwe.

Competition in Winnipeg starts with qualifying on Tuesday 19 August.