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Archery Canada announces the athletes selected for the 2011 World Para-Archery Championships in Torino, Italy

15 June 2011

2008 Paralympians Kevin Evans (Jaffray, BC) and Norbert Murphy (Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC will lead a small but strong team of archers to the 2011 World Para-Archery Championships in Torino, Italy, July 10-17.

Evans is two-time defending World Champion, having struck gold in 2007 and 2009 in the Men’s Open Compound Bow category. Murphy, a veteran international competitor, captured the bronze medal at the 2009 World Para-Archery Championships, in the Men’s ARW1 Compound Bow category.

Late this May, Kevin Evans was named World Archery’s Athlete of the Week because of his early season success at the international level. In addition to his World Champion titles, Evans is the holder of two world records in his category. He also competes in many domestic and international tournaments against able-bodied competitors.

Evans and Murphy will be joined by fellow Canadian archers Bob Hudson (Leoville, SK), Lyne Tremblay (Magog, QC), and Karen Van Nest (Wiarton, ON). Susan Lemke (Abbotsford, BC) will serve as Team Leader/Head Coach.

Lemke, who has also been appointed as Head Coach for the 2012 Paralympic Archery Team, believes Canadian athletes have a good chance of again standing on the podium. “This year’s World Championships will see a strong and deep field of competitors in all categories. This will bring out the best in our athletes. We have a quiet confidence going into these Championships”

Lemke added, “this year’s World Championships is one of several opportunities this season for our athletes to secure quota spots for the 2012 Paralympic Games. I am confident our Team will compete well and therefore secure a number of quota spots.”

Listed below are the athletes and staff comprising the National Team for the 2011 World Para-Archery Championships. The World Para-Archery Championships take place every two years.

• Kevin Evans (Jaffray, BC) - Compound Bow, Men’s Open category.
• Bob Hudson (Leoville, SK) - Compound Bow, Men’s Open category.
• Norbert Murphy (Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC) - Compound Bow, Men’s ARW1 category.
• Lyne Tremblay (Magog, QC) - Recurve Bow, Women’s ARW2 category.
• Karen Van Nest (Wiarton, ON) - Compound Bow, Women’s Open category.
• Susan Lemke (Abbotsford, BC) - Team Leader/Head Coach

Interviews with individual athletes and the Team Leader/Head Coach can be arranged by contacting Scott Ogilvie, Executive Director, Archery Canada, information@archerycanada.ca

About Archery Canada
Archery Canada is the National Sport Organization responsible for the promotion and development of the timeless sport of archery in a safe and ethical manner. Archery Canada supports the achievement of high performance excellence in archery in all categories and the development of a national archery infrastructure to promote archery participation across Canada in cooperation with the Provincial Archery Associations.

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