World Archery Congress elects new president, board and committees in Gwangju
Delegates at the 56th World Archery Congress in Gwangju, Korea, elected Greg Easton (USA) as the federation’s 10th president on 3 September, succeeding Prof Dr Ugur Erdener, who completed a 20-year tenure.
Easton won decisively, receiving 208 votes to Tom Dielen‘s 96.
As the son of former president James Easton, Greg’s election continues a familial legacy in the sport. His four-year term begins when congress closes.
Following the presidential vote on Wednesday morning, elections filled other key positions, including vice presidents, executive board and committee members.
Thomas Han (Korea) and Mark Miller (USA) were elected vice presidents. Han retains the position, having already served as vice president during the previous term.
Four seats on the board were contested by 11 candidates.
Incumbents Maria Emma Gaviria (Colombia) and Carina Olsson (Sweden) secured re-election in the first round. Newcomer Ahmed Tarik Amiry (Sudan) also won immediate election, while Abdullah Topaloglu (Türkiye) emerged as the fourth board member in the fifth round after extended voting.
Elections also took place across World Archery’s permanent committees. Among them, the newly permanent gender equity and inclusion committee elected four members – including two with two-year mandates.
In total, 11 female candidates were elected to committee and board roles, raising women’s representation across these bodies to 42 %.
Committee elections
Unless otherwise noted, candidates were elected to serve a four-year term until 2029.
Constitution and rules committee
- Hannah Brown, Great Britain
- Choi Kyunghwan, Korea
- Alexandre Vecchio Passerini, Brazil (two-year term)
Field and 3D archery committee
- Curtis Balusek, USA
- Barry Brophy, Ireland
Judge committee
- Graham Potts, Great Britain
- Indranil Datta, India
Coaches committee
- Hana Majarova, Czechia
- Filippo Clini, Luxembourg
Technical committee
- Douglas Denton, USA
- Juan Rene Serrano Gutierrez, Mexico
- Oh Jin Hyek, Korea
Target archery committee
- Sunethra Senevirathne, Sri Lanka
- Robert Pian, USA
- Maya Shalaby, Slovenia
Medical and sports sciences committee
- Kim Jintaek, Korea
- Joris Paulose Ummacheril, India
- Liao Yuanpeng, China
Para archery committee
- Almudena Gallardo, Spain
- An Hyungseung, Korea
- Juan Felipe Mesa, Colombia
Gender equity and inclusion committee
- Nicky Hunt, Great Britain
- Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon, Guyana
- Kerrie Leonard, Ireland (two-year term)
- Lexie Matheson, New Zealand (two-year term)
Appointments
The following candidates were proposed by the executive board and approved by congress.
Board of justice and ethics
- Trina Roberts, Bermuda
- Maël Loretan, Switzerland
Jaan Lott (Estonia), Kevin D’Amour (US Virgin Islands) and Arnoud Strijbis (Netherlands) remain on the board.
Finance and audit board
- Rolf Lind, Denmark
- Christophe Peignois, Belgium
- David Tan, Singapore
