rio de janeiro has hosted many competitive events in archery - these include the national indoor championship, and local events like the fulminense indoor and outdoor cup. the famous brazilian archer, daniel xavier, has competed in the pan american games, the south american games and the 2012 summer olympics - medaling in both the south american and pan american games he is famously known amongst brazilian archers. initiating his career in 1993 he become the first brazilian to ever surpass the1300 point mark in the world archery cup, during the 2011 event in italy

in rio de janeiro the best places to practice archery are clubs with a strong dedication to the sport - these include, clube municipal in tijuca and associação atlética portuguesa carioca in ilha do governador