Team GB today confirmed the selection of eight archers for the Minsk 2019 European Games, bringing the selected delegation size to 101.
Six recurve archers, among them Rio 2016 Olympians Naomi Folkard and Patrick Huston, and two compound archers will compete across seven days of competition at Minsk 2019.
Over 4,000 athletes from 50 countries will compete across 10 days in 200 different medal events in Minsk, with the Opening and Closing Ceremony being held in the Dinamo National Olympic Stadium.
Minsk 2019 represents the last senior multi-sport event prior to next summer’s Olympic Games and will provide invaluable experience for the British athletes hoping to travel to Tokyo. Team GB will compete at Minsk 2019 in archery, badminton, boxing, canoe sprint, cycling, gymnastics, judo, karate, shooting, table tennis and wrestling.
The Games is also an important qualification step on the road to Tokyo 2020 for some sports, with direct qualification of quota places for three sports – archery, shooting and table tennis – and important ranking points for others.
Coverage of the European Games will be shown on BT Sport, providing daily, live coverage of the Games throughout each day of competition.
Recurve women:
Naomi Folkard
Bryony Pitman
Sarah Bettles
Recurve men:
Tom Hall
Alexander Wise
Patrick Huston
Compound woman:
Lucy Mason
Compound man:
Adam Ravenscroft