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HISTORY FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Poland . Its 7 founding members were France , Czechoslovakia , Sweden , Poland , the United States , Hungary , and Italy . The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships and return archery to the Olympic Games . The sport had not been featured since 1920 . FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the 1972 Summer Olympics . FITA began holding Target World Championship s in 1931. They were held every year until 1959 , when the Championships became biennial events. 1959 was also the first year that FITA held the World Field Championship. EXTERNAL LINK |
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