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Para-archery: In Paralympic archery, archers compete in three classes - W1, open compound and open recurve.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021

Ana Paula Vázquez, Mexico: Young archer who began her career using the compound bow, but who has since switched to the recurve bow.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2021

Rand Al-Mashhadani lost her first round match 7-1 to Japan's Kaori Kawanaka in the individual recurve event on Friday.

From Reuters • Sep. 29, 2014

Sales of kid-size recurve bows have more than quadrupled this year, said Jim Belcher, owner of the manufacturer Sky Archery, based in Brighton, Mich., which specializes in this most traditional of bows.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2012

There are three loop formations, each one of which is spoiled by an appendage abutting upon its recurve between the shoulders at a right angle.

From The Science of Fingerprints Classification and Uses by Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)