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Rankings as on 23rd May 2018
Men’s Recurve Bow Rankings
Wei Chung-Heng of Chinese Taipei dipped down in ranks as his fellow professionals namely Stever Wijler and Jeane-Charles Balladont improved their position by one rank. Meanwhile, Kim Woojin still holds the number one ranking in Men’s Recurve bow.
Also, the men’s recurve bow rankings are dominated by Korean archers as four of them feature in the Top 10 as mentioned below.
Rank | Name | Country | Points |
1 | Kim Woojin | Korea | 333.000 |
2 | Im Dong Hyun | Korea | 284.500 |
3 | Brady Ellison | USA | 254.000 |
4 | Steve Wijler | Netherland | 223.000 |
5 | Jeane-Charles Valladont | France | 221.000 |
6 | Wei Chung-Heng | Chines Taipei | 214.375 |
7 | Sjef Van Den Berg | Netherland | 177.500 |
8 | Ku Bonchan | Korea | 165.500 |
9 | Lee Seungyun | Korea | 161.000 |
10 | Furukawa Takahuru | Japan | 154.500 |
Women’s Recurve Bow Rankings
No major rankings were seen in the Top 10 Women’s recurve rankings however, the same story as seen in Men’s rankings repeats itself here. As Korean archers also dominate the women’s archery rankings. 4 players in the Top 10 are Korean followed by 2 players who are from Chinese Taipei.
Rank | Name | Country | Points |
1 | Chang Hye Jan | Korea | 345.000 |
2 | Ksenia Perova | Russia | 282.250 |
3 | Kang Chae Young | Korea | 227.750 |
4 | Tan Ya-Ting | Chinese Taipei | 227.000 |
5 | Ki Bo Bae | Korea | 222.500 |
6 | Alejandra Valencia | Mexico | 201.000 |
7 | Choi Misun | Korea | 193.500 |
8 | Lisa Unruh | Germany | 175.000 |
9 | Lei Chien-Ying | Chinese Taipei | 159.750 |
10 | Mackenzie Brown | USA | 147.750 |
Men’s Compound Bow Rankings
Kim Jongho of Korea made his way to the top 3 as Mike Schloesser dropped down to the 4th place in the Men’s compound bow rankings. Moreover, it was Steve Anderson of USA who left Turkey’s Demir Elmaagacli behind by 4 points to claim the 6th position on the table.
Apart from that all rankings in the top 10 remained the same.
Rank | Name | Country | Points |
1 | Stephan Hansen | Denmark | 331.500 |
2 | Braden Gallanthien | USA | 252.700 |
3 | Kim Jongho | Korea | 215.000 |
4 | Mike Schloesser | Netherland | 211.500 |
5 | Pierre-Julien Deloche | France | 209.850 |
6 | Steve Anderson | USA | 198.350 |
7 | Demir Elmaagacli | Turkey | 194.750 |
8 | Sebastien Pieneau | France | 177.500 |
9 | Reo Wilde | USA | 177.250 |
10 | Choi Yonghee | Chinese Taipei | 173.500 |
Women’s Compound Bow Rankings
Sarah Lopez of Colombia tops the Women’s Compound Bow rankings and is closely followed by Denmark’s Sarah Sonnichsen who is only 8 points behind the World No.1.
While no recent changes in rankings were seen in this category however, an interesting point to note here is the pattern as it is quite diverse. As, apart from Korea no other country has a second player inside Women’s compound Bow rankings.
This means that this the most closely fought category in Archery in present times.
Rank | Name | Country | Points |
1 | Sarah Lopez | Colombia | 307.700 |
2 | Sarah Sonnichsen | Denmark | 299.700 |
3 | Song Yun Soo | Korea | 247.600 |
4 | Yesim Bostan | Turkey | 217.750 |
5 | Chen Yi-Hsuan | Chinese Taipei | 191.250 |
6 | Andrea Marcos | Spain | 189.350 |
7 | Toja Ellison | Slokovia | 186.850 |
8 | Sarah Priells | Belgium | 178.175 |
9 | So Chaewon | Korea | 174.275 |
10 | Tanja Jensen | Denmark | 163.800 |
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