Germany fared best in challenging conditions at Arnhem 2025 European Grand Prix Leg 2 as three out of the four disciplines were topped in qualifications by archers from the country.
Mathias Kramer [recurve men], Katharina Bauer [recurve women] and Katharina Raab [compound women] all poled at the TeamNL Centre Papendal whilst the Netherlands’ Stef Willems [compound men] is the only non-German top seed at Arnhem.
Raab’s score was the most impressive.
The 26 year old archer equalled her personal best of 698 in the 72-arrow qualification round – the highest score of the day – whilst the 19 other compound women archers struggled to get to grips with regular gusts in eastern Netherlands that at point reached shy of 20 kilometres an hour on Tuesday.
A late comer to the world circuit, Raab has only been shooting internationally for two years but Arnhem is the first time she heads into the elimination rounds – that take place on Wednesday – as the top seed.
This achievement comes a little over a month after she and Paolo Kunsch became the maiden World Cup mixed team medallists from Germany in Antalya – the third stage of 2025 World Cup – getting silver in Türkiye.
Now, Raab has best positioned herself to climb onto her first ever international podium as an individual with her not needing to shoot an arrow until the quarterfinals.
Germany’s recurve team have had the most notable success in recent years, can Raab break the status quo and make some noise for the country’s compound progression?
