Gwangju 2025 World Championships: Temiño and Becerra Make History
Gwangju 2025 World Archery Championships results: Spain's Andrés Temiño and Mexico's Andrea Becerra won first individual world titles; Kang Chae-young won.
By Archery Insider Editorial Team
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The 2025 Hyundai World Archery Championships were held at the Gwangju International Archery Center in South Korea from 5 to 12 September 2025, with 501 archers from 74 nations taking part. It was the largest archery event of the year and, in March 2026, was voted World Archery's Event of the Year.
Recurve results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Andrés Temiño (ESP) | Marcus D'Almeida (BRA) | Kim Je-deok (KOR) |
| Women's individual | Kang Chae-young (KOR) | Zhu Jingyi (CHN) | An San (KOR) |
| Men's team | South Korea | United States | Japan |
| Women's team | Chinese Taipei | Japan | South Korea |
| Mixed team | Spain | South Korea | Japan |
Compound results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's individual | Nicolas Girard (FRA) | Mathias Fullerton (DEN) | Choi Yong-hee (KOR) |
| Women's individual | Andrea Becerra (MEX) | Sofía Paiz (ESA) | Alejandra Usquiano (COL) |
| Men's team | India | France | Slovenia |
| Women's team | Mexico | United States | Kazakhstan |
| Mixed team | Netherlands | India | Mexico |
Spain's first world champion
Andrés Temiño Mediel, aged 21, won the recurve mixed team title with Elia Canales against Korea, Spain's first-ever world title, and the next day became the country's first individual world champion. Each of his matches from the last 16 to the semifinal, against Su Yu-yang, Matías Grande and Kim Je-deok, finished 6–4. The final against Marcus D'Almeida went to a shoot-off, where Temiño shot a 10 and D'Almeida a 9.
Home gold for Kang Chae-young
Kang Chae-young recovered from 4–0 down to beat Olympic champion An San 6–4 in the semifinal, then defeated China's Zhu Jingyi for the title. It was one of two golds for the host nation, the other coming from the recurve men's team of Kim Woo-jin, Kim Je-deok and Lee Woo-seok.
Becerra leads from start to finish
Andrea Becerra led the compound women's competition from qualification to the final, shooting through torrential rain and dropping only eight points from the quarterfinals onward. She became Mexico's first individual world champion in archery.
Why it matters
Gwangju broke patterns. Korea's recurve women, winners of every Olympic team title since 1988, did not make the team final. Spain and Mexico produced first-time individual champions. India won its first compound men's team world title, part of a run that continued through the 2026 Asian Games.
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