Voting opens for World Archery’s 2019 Athlete of the Year awards

The public voting portal is now open for World Archery’s Athlete of the Year awards in six categories: recurve men, recurve women, compound men, compound women, para men and para women.

Nominees include the reigning world and Hyundai Archery World Cup Champions.

The six athlete awards are decided by a combination of public and expert panel vote. Three further awards for coach, breakthrough athlete and judge of the year are decided by expert panel vote. See a full list of nominees.

The public voting portal is open until midnight CET on 31 January 2020.

Award winners will be announced during the Indoor Archery World Series Finals on Saturday 8 February in Las Vegas.

Nominees

The following awards will be decided by a combination of public and expert panel votes. The vote is open until midnight CET on 31 January 2020.

Recurve men

• Brady Ellison, USA 
• Lee Woo Seok, Korea 
• Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Malaysia 
• Mauro Nespoli, Italy 
• Ruman Shana, Bangladesh 

Recurve women

• Kang Chae Young, Korea 
• Lei Chien-Ying, Chinese Taipei 
• An San, Korea 
• Zheng Yichai, China 
• Tan Ya-Ting, Chinese Taipei 

Compound man

• James Lutz, USA 
• Anders Faugstad, Norway 
• Mike Schloesser, Netherlands 
• Braden Gellenthien, USA 
• Anton Bulaev, Russia 
• Roberto Hernandez, El Salvador 

Compound woman

• Sara Lopez, Colombia 
• Natalia Avdeeva, Russia 
• Alexis Ruiz, USA 
• Paige Pearce, USA 
• Sophie Dodemont, France 

Para man

• Ben Thompson, USA 
• Bahattin Hekimoglu, Turkey 
• Ruben Vanhollebeke, Belgium 
• Steve Prowse, Great Britain 
• Suresh Selvathamby, Malaysia 

Para woman

• Elena Krutova, Russia 
• Wu Chunyan, China 
• Nur Syahidah Alim, Singapore 
• Jess Stretton, Great Britain 
• Milena Olszewska, Poland 

Online voting for World Archery’s 2019 Athlete of the Year awards closes at midnight CET on 31 January 2020.