Athletes participating in wheelchair archery include those from the amputee, cerebral palsy, wheelchair and les autres groups. Competition is conducted under the rules of the International Archery Federation with some minor modifications. Athletes participate in three classes, one for standing athletes with and two for wheelchair athletes.

Archery for athletes with a disability was part of the first Stoke Mandeville Games for the disabled held in 1948. It was one of the sports contested at the inaugural 1960 Summer Paralympic Games in Rome, and has been part of every summer Games. Currently, 37 countries participate in Paralympic archery.

The International Archery Federation  is the sport governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 134 national archery associations, and is recognized by the International Olympic Committee.

FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Poland. Its 7 founding members were France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy. The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships and return archery to the Olympic Games. The sport had not been featured since 1920. FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the 1972 Summer Olympics.