Slovakia stamps on Olympic Sports – Archery – Paris 2024.

Archery was included in the Olympic Games in 1900, 1904, 1908 and 1920. It was one of the first sports in the Olympic history to include events for female competitors, which were introduced at the Games of the III Olympiad at St. Louis (USA) in 1904. After the Games of 1920 archery was taken out of the programme of the Olympics due to a lack of clear-cut rules and the absence of a united international organisation. It only returned to the Olympic Games more than 50 years later at the Games of the XX Olympiad held in Munich in 1972. At the present, archery is part and parcel of the Olympic programme.

Slovak archers only sporadically participate in the Olympic Games. Martin Hámor, a native of Kalinovo, was the first to participate, he competed at Barcelona in 1992. The Slovak Olympic team had to wait 14 years, until the Rio de Janeiro Games, for two archers to qualify, Boris Baláž and Alexandra Longová. Denisa Baránková then qualified for Tokyo. Since 2004 the archery competitions have been held within prestigious venues in the host cities. The Esplanade, a green park opposite to the Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, is one such place.

Date of Issue -28 Jun 2024 Face Value – Euro 1.50