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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

But when he turned 21, a friend gave him a Hungarian recurve horseback bow.

From New York Times • May 31, 2018

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

An appendage at that point is considered to spoil the recurve or obstruction.

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