Anastasia Dzhioeva is the silver medalist of the European Para Archery Championships for athletes with physical impairments

From April 25 to May 3, the European Para Archery Championships for athletes with physical impairments took place in Rome, Italy.

Following the competition, Russian Paralympians won 1 silver and 5 bronze medals.

Anastasia Dzhioeva won the silver medal in the compound bow discipline.

Earlier, the bronze medalists of the tournament were:

• Elena Krutova – compound bow (W1 class);

• Alexey Leonov – compound bow (W1 class);

• Tatyana Andrievskaya – compound bow;

• Bair Shigaev – compound bow;

• Kirill Smirnov – recurve bow.

The Russian Paralympic Committee congratulates the athletes and coaches and wishes them success in future competitions!

Photo: World Archery Europe

Note:
Para archery for athletes with physical impairments is one of the oldest disciplines in the Summer Paralympic Games program, having been included since the first Paralympic Games in Rome, Italy, in 1960. The first archery competitions were held in 1948 in Stoke Mandeville, linking this sport to the very origins of the Paralympic movement. At the XVI Summer Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, Russian athletes won 1 gold and 2 bronze medals.