180 YEARS OF
180 YEARS OF
180 YEARS OF
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ARCHERY<br />
Competitive archery steadily continues to gain in popularity.<br />
e most commonly practiced archery discipline – and<br />
the only one included in the Olympics – uses a recurve bow<br />
which has stabilizers and complicated targeting sights.<br />
Anyone wishing to attain international success in this<br />
sport must have a high degree of concentration and precision,<br />
and quiet hands and nerves – the same skills that that<br />
Racing: In the 1980s,<br />
Longines was the official<br />
Formula 1 timekeeper<br />
and partner to the Ferrari<br />
and Renault teams.<br />
1980s<br />
Highest precision:<br />
USA’s Erika Anschutz<br />
won the Archery World<br />
Cup final in September<br />
2011 in Istanbul.<br />
are needed for traditional watchmaking. Reason enough<br />
for Longines to be the ocial partner and title sponsor of<br />
the Archery World Cup since 2009. And as a complement<br />
to the Longines Prize for Elegance, the company also<br />
awards the Longines Prize for Precision each year on the<br />
occasion of the World Cup nals: an honor specially created<br />
for precision sports. <br />
World champions: Erika<br />
Anschutz and Rodger<br />
Willet, Jr. received the<br />
Longines Prize for<br />
Precision and monetary<br />
award from Longines<br />
representatives.<br />
LONGI-
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