Easton, the largest archery equipment manufacturer, is the new head of the World Archery Federation (WA)…Han Kyu-hyung, vice chairman of the Archery Association, reappointed WA vice chairman

Sep 07, 2025

Easton, the largest archery equipment manufacturer, is the new head of the World Archery Federation (WA)…Han Kyu-hyung, vice chairman of the Archery Association, reappointed WA vice chairman
photo courtesy of the Korea Archery Association



President Greg Easton has been elected as the head of the World Archery Federation (WA).

Easton was elected as the 10th chairman with 208 votes, the most in the vote for the next chairman held at the 56th WA General Assembly held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju on the 3rd. The current secretary-general of Switzerland, Tom Diallen, received 96 votes.

Eastern Archery, run by the Easton family for three generations, monopolizes the high-end sports arrow market. He uses the arrow of Eastern Ascension at major international competitions such as the Olympics and the World Championships. Chairman Greg Easton's father, James Easton, served as president of WA from 1989 to 2005. Ugur Erdenere, the chairman of Turkiye, then stepped down after serving as WA chairman for 20 years from 2005.




WA has traditionally been a European power. Eight of the nine chairmen who led WA have been former chairman James Easton. President Greg Easton won the election by a large margin this time because the non-European archery community's desire for change was so great.

Chairman Easton said, `I think together we can make a big difference in the world archery community and develop the sport. We will make changes on the basis created by Secretary-General Diallen and Chairman Erdenere."

Easton, the largest archery equipment manufacturer, is the new head of the World Archery Federation (WA)…Han Kyu-hyung, vice chairman of the Archery Association, reappointed WA vice chairman
photo courtesy of the Korea Archery Association
Meanwhile, Han Kyu-hyung, vice chairman of the Korea Archery Association, will serve consecutive terms as WA vice chairman. Han was re-elected as WA vice president at the WA General Assembly. Choi Kyung-hwan, secretary-general of the Archery Association, will also serve as a member of the WA Charter and Regulation Committee. At the same time, Hyundai Steel coach Oh Jin-hyuk was newly named as a member of the Technical Committee, Kim Jin-taek, head of the national team's medical team, the Medical and Scientific Committee, and Ahn Hyung-seung, head of the Gwangju Disabled Archery Team, as a member of the Disabled Archery Committee. Vice Chairman Han and others will serve a new term of four years.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.