The 19th edition of the World Youth Archery Championships (WYAC) 2025, a biennial global archery event, was held from 17th to 24th August 2025 in Winnipeg, Canada.
Exam Hints:
- Event: 19th World Youth Archery Championships (WYAC) 2025
- Date & Venue: 17–24 August 2025, Winnipeg, Canada
- Organiser: World Archery (WA), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Participants: 570 archers from 63 nations
- India’s Performance: 8 medals – 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
- Global Medal Tally: Rank 1: South Korea (17 total, 7 gold); Rank 2: India (8 total, 4 gold); Rank 3: USA (6 total, 4 gold)
- Next Edition: 2027 in Antalya, Türkiye
Event Overview:
Organiser: The tournament was organised by World Archery (WA), headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Participation Details: A total of 570 archers from 63 countries participated in the disciplines of Recurve and Compound, across Under-18 (Cadet) and Under-21 (Junior) categories.
- Competitions were held in individual, team, and mixed team formats for both men and women, with 20 titles awarded in total.
Medal Haul: India’s 24-member contingent secured 8 medals, highlighting dominance in compound events and historic achievements in recurve, placing India at second overall in the medal standings but won the most gold medals (4 Medals, tied with USA).
- The South Korea (ROK) topped the tally by total medals of 17, and United States of America (USA) placed in the third position.
Top three countries – Medal Tally
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | India
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | USA | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Highlights of Indian Success:
Sharvari Shende: Aged 16, became the third Indian woman to win U18 Recurve gold after defeating Korea’s Kim Yewon in a shoot-off, sealing victory with a perfect 10.
Compound U21 Men’s Team: Claimed their first-ever Junior World title, beating Germany in a shoot-off.
Compound U18 Men’s Team: Secured gold by defeating the USA in the finals.
Chikitha Taniparthi: Scripted history as the first Indian to win gold in the U21 Women’s Compound event, overcoming Korea’s top seed Park Yerin with a 142–136 scoreline.
Indian Winners – Medal Table:
| Event | Athlete(s) | Medal |
|---|---|---|
| Recurve U18 Women’s Individual | Sharvari Shende | Gold |
| Compound U21 Men’s Team | Kushal Dalal, Apar Mihir Nitin, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru | Gold |
| Compound U18 Men’s Team | Mohit Dagar, Yogesh Joshi, Devansh Singh | Gold |
| Compound U21 Women’s Individual | Chikitha Taniparthi | Gold |
Note: India had also topped the medal tally at the 2023 edition in Limerick, Ireland with 6 gold medals, highlighting its rising dominance in world youth archery.
Next Edition: The World Youth Archery Championships – 2027 will be held in Antalya, Turkiye.
