World Archery releases shortlists for 2023 Athlete of the Year Awards

The nominees for the 2023 World Archery Awards have been announced.

There are shortlists for nine of the prizes including the six category trophies – for recurve men, recurve women, compound men, compound women, para men and para women – that will be open for public vote from 10 November to 10 December 2023.

The overall Athlete of the Year trophy, which was awarded for the first time in a decade last year, is decided by a panel of journalists.

Great Britain’s Ella Gibson received the principal honour in 2022 with Italian barebow archer Cinzia Noziglia the surprise runner-up. Olympic Champion An San and world para champion Matt Stutzman were among the other athletes to receive honours.

Included on the shortlists for 2023 are all four world champions – Mete Gazoz, Marie Horackova, Pravin Deotale and Aditi Swami – as well as India’s record-setting armless archer Sheetal Devi and first-year compound coach Sergio Pagni.

The winners will receive physical awards and be announced in early 2024.

Nominees: 2023 World Archery Awards

The overall trophy is awarded by open vote and there is no shortlist.

Breakthrough

• Liko Arreola, USA
• Lim Sihyeon, Korea
• Aditi Swami, India

Coach

• Marc Dellenbach (formerly Germany)
• Sergio Pagni, India
• Chris Webster, USA

Judge

• Andrea Aguilar, Guatemala
• Hossein Nasirinejad, Iran
• Kristina Reitmeier, Czech Republic

Recurve men*

• Marcus D’Almeida, Brazil
• Mete Gazoz, Türkiye
• Woo Seok Lee, Korea
• Mauro Nespoli, Italy
• Eric Peters, Canada

Recurve women*

• Penny Healey, Great Britain
• Marie Horackova, Czech Republic
• Casey Kaufhold, USA
• Lim Sihyeon, Korea
• Alejandra Valencia, Mexico

Compound men*

• Jozef Bosansky, Slovakia
• Pravin Deotale, India
• Mathias Fullerton, Denmark
• Prathamesh Jawkar, India
• Mike Schloesser, Netherlands

Compound women*

• Liko Arreola, USA
• Aditi Gopichand Swami, India
• Sara Lopez, Colombia
• Elisa Roner, Italy
• Jyothi Surekha Vennam, India

Para men*

• Bahattin Hekimoğlu (W1), Türkiye
• Nathan MacQueen (compound), Great Britain
• Kevin Mather (recurve), USA
• Daniele Piran (visually impaired), Italy
• Guillaume Toucoullet (recurve), France

Para women*

• Chen Minyi (W1), China
• Öznur Cüre (compound), Türkiye
• Sheetal Devi (compound), India
• Asia Pellizzari (W1), Italy
• Wu Chunyan (recurve), China

*Open for public vote at www.worldarcheryawards.com on 10 November 2023.

World Archery Award winners in 2022

• Overall: Ella Gibson, Great Britain
• Breakthrough: Katharina Bauer, Germany
• Coach: Sebastien Brasseur, France
• Judge: Katy Lipscomb, Great Britain
• Recurve men: Kim Woojin, Korea
• Recurve women: An San, Korea
• Compound men: Mike Schloesser, Netherlands
• Compound women: Ella Gibson, Great Britain
• Para men: Matt Stutzman, USA
• Para women: Phoebe Paterson Pine, Great Britain