Voting opens for World Archery’s 2018 Athlete of the Year awards

Public voting is now open for World Archery’s 2018 Athlete of the Year awards across six categories: recurve men, recurve women, compound men, compound women, para men and para women. 

Nominees include the four Hyundai Archery World Cup Final winners, plus continental champions and world number ones.

Voting is open through the online portal until midnight central European time on Sunday 3 February 2019.

The awards are decided by a combination of the public vote and expert panels polled by World Archery. Winners will be announced during the World Archery Awards Party and Archers’ Appreciation Night during the Indoor Archery World Series Final at 19h30 on Saturday 9 February.

Shortlists

The following awards are decided by a combination of a public vote and expert panel votes.

Recurve men

• Kim Woojin, Korea 
• Lee Woo Seok, Korea 
• Steve Wijler, Netherlands 
• Mete Gazoz, Turkey 
• Brady Ellison, USA 

Recurve women

• Lee Eun Gyeong, Korea 
• Chang Hye Jin, Korea 
• Yasemin Anagoz, Turkey 
• Deepika Kumari, India 
• Lisa Unruh, Germany 

Compound men

• Kris Schaff, USA 
• Mike Schloesser, Netherlands 
• Stephan Hansen, Denmark 
• Braden Gellenthien, USA 
• Abhishek Verma, India 

Compound women

• Sara Lopez, Colombia 
• Yesim Bostan, Turkey 
• Sophie Dodemont, France 
• Andrea Marcos, Spain 
• Linda Ochoa-Anderson, Mexico 

Para men

• Ireneusz Kapusta, Poland 
• Ai Xinliang, China 
• Bahattin Hekimoglu, Turkey 
• Matteo Bonacina, Italy 
• Kevin Mather, USA 

Para women

• Wu Chunyan, China 
• Milena Olszewska, Poland 
• Jo Frith, Great Britain 
• Jane Karla Gogel, Brazil 
• Merve Nur Eroglu, Turkey 

The following awards are decided by expert panel votes.

Coach

• Goktug Ergin, Turkey 
• Ya Ping Shih, Australia 
• Sebastien Brasseur, France 
• Elias Cuesta, Spain 
• Richard Priestman, Great Britain 

BreaKthrough

• Mete Gazoz, Turkey 
• Lee Woo Seok, Korea 
• Yasemin Anagoz, Turkey 
• Lee Eun Gyeong, Korea 
• Trenton Cowles, USA 

Online voting for the World Archery’s 2018 Athlete of the Year awards is open through the online portal until midnight Central European Time on Sunday 3 February 2019.