10 January 2008 - European Archery Tournament Nimes 2008

European Archery Tournament Nimes 2008 Nimes (FRA) – 10 January 2008  The 11th edition of the Nimes European Tournament confirms its position as a major world event. More than 900 participants have currently registered and above all 23 nations from 4 continents, namely one more than in 2007.   The participating countries in the European Tournament held from 25 to 27 January at the “Parc des Expositions Le Parnasse” in Nimes, France are:   Algeria Germany Belgium Canada South Korea Croatia Spain Finland France Great Britain Ireland Iceland Israel Italia Luxembourg Morocco Monaco Poland Russia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland USA   Several international high level athletes have already confirmed their participation:   Recurve Men GALIAZZO Marco (ITA), Olympic Champion 2004 FRAMGILLI Michele (ITA), World Champion 2003 and Olympic Medallist CHUNG Jae Hung (KOR), Olympic Silver Medallist 1992, World Champion 2005 PETERSSON Magnus (SWE), Olympic Silver Medallist 1996, European Champion 2006 ROHRBERG Sebastian (GER), Indoor World Champion 2007   Recurve Women CWIENCZEK Malgorzata (POL), 2nd at Beijing Test Tournament 2007 MOSPINEK Justyna (POL), 3rd at Beijing Test Tournament 2007 NICHOLS Jennifer (USA) World Silver Medallist 2003, semi-finalist at World Championships 2007   Compound Men TRILLUS Dietmar (CAN), World Champion 2007 HOFER Patrizio (SUI), Winner Nimes 2007, 5th at World Cup 2006 and 2007   Compound Women KAZANTSEVA Anna (RUS), two times World Cup Finalist, Winner of World Cup Stage 2007 in Korea WILLEMS Gladys (BEL), World Record holder   Join these archers and many others in Nimes and on www.arcclubdenimes.com!    Olivier Grillat “Arc Club Nimes” arcclubdenimes@wanadoo.fr