Antalya 2026 European Championships: Bakker Wins, Türkiye Sweeps Compound
Antalya 2026 European Archery Championships results: Willem Bakker won recurve men; Emircan Haney and Hazal Burun won both compound titles for Türkiye.
By Archery Insider Editorial Team
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The 2026 European Archery Championships were held in Antalya, Türkiye, from 18 to 24 May 2026, with 299 archers from 41 nations competing. The individual finals took place on 23 May.
Individual medallists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recurve men | Willem Bakker (NED) | Mauro Nespoli (ITA) | Mete Gazoz (TUR) |
| Recurve women | Nurinisso Makhmudova | Elia Canales (ESP) | Elif Berra Gökkır (TUR) |
| Compound men | Emircan Haney (TUR) | Przemysław Konecki (POL) | — |
| Compound women | Hazal Burun (TUR) | — | — |
Medallists not listed were not confirmed in the sources available to us at publication.
Türkiye's compound double
Emircan Haney, the reigning World Archery Archer of the Year, became European compound champion at home. Hazal Burun, who had won bronze at the previous edition in 2024, became the first Turkish woman to win the European compound title.
Recurve
Willem Bakker of the Netherlands took the recurve men's title ahead of Italian veteran Mauro Nespoli, with Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Mete Gazoz winning bronze in front of a home crowd. In the women's event, Nurinisso Makhmudova won gold, Spain's Elia Canales took silver and Türkiye's Elif Berra Gökkır bronze.
European Games places
The championships also served as the qualifier for archery at the next European Games, with quota places allocated according to results in Antalya.
Why it matters
Antalya has become archery's most regular host venue, staging a World Cup stage every year alongside continental championships. The results confirmed Türkiye's growth into a compound power to match its recurve success since Gazoz's Olympic title, and set up Gökkır's run to World Cup Final bronze in Saltillo four months later.
Sources
- 2026 European Archery Championships – Wikipedia
- Antalya 2026: Host nation triumphs as Türkiye take both individual compound titles – World Archery
- European Games places allocated at Antalya 2026 – World Archery
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