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World Gliding Championships
The World Gliding Championships (WGC) is a gliding competition held every two years or so by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are sometimes held in the summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
Gliding had been a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics and was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940. However since the Second World War, gliding has not featured in the Olympics, and so the World Championships are the highest level in the sport. There are now contests for six classes of glider and so in recent years the Championships have been divided between two locations. The women's, junior, grand prix and aerobatic events are also held separately.
Contents
World Gliding Championships
Each of the following entries give the year and location of the contest followed by the winner of each class, nationality and the glider used.
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Sailplanes at the 1954 Championships with the three Schweizers of the USA team in the foreground
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Uvalde 2012 award ceremony
A list of future events is available here
World Grand Prix Gliding Championships
Gliding Grand Prix, or Sailplane Grand Prix (SGP), is a newer type of gliding competition. It has simpler rules and a more spectacular appearance than conventional soaring competitions.[7]
| Season | Location | Winner | Second | Third | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot | Glider | Pilot | Glider | Pilot | Glider | ||
| 2005 | 23x15px Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban | 23x15px Sebastian Kawa | SZD 56 Diana 2 | 23x15px Mario Kiessling | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2ax | 23x15px Petr Krejcirik | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2ax |
| 2006-2007 | 23x15px Omarama | 23x15px Sebastian Kawa | SZD 56 Diana 2 | 23x15px Uli Schwenk | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2ax | 23x15px Ben Flewett | Schleicher ASW 27 |
| 2008-2009 | 23x15px Santiago | 23x15px Sebastian Kawa | SZD 56 Diana 2 | 23x15px Carlos Rocca Vidal | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2b | 23x15px Mario Kiessling | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2ax |
| 2010-2011 | 23x15px Wasserkuppe | 23x15px Giorgio Galetto | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2ax | 23x15px Sebastian Nägel | Schleicher ASW 27 | 23x15px Peter Hartmann | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2ax |
| 2012-2014 | 23x15px Vaumeilh near Sisteron | 23x15px Didier Hauss | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2cxa | 23x15px Sebastian Kawa | SZD 56 Diana 2 | 23x15px Uli Schwenk | Schempp-Hirth Ventus 2cxa |
Women's World Gliding Championships
The Women's World Gliding Championships (WWGC) is a women-only gliding competition. From 1979 to 1999 women's gliding competitions were held as International European Women's Gliding Championships.[8]
Junior World Gliding Championships
The Junior World Gliding Championships (JWGC) is a competition for glider pilots under the age of 26. From 1991 to 1997, international junior gliding competitions were held as European Junior Gliding Championships.
FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships
World Glider Aerobatic Championships take place each year[9] (every two years until 2011) since 1985 under the auspices of the FAI. They are administrated by the FAI Aerobatics Commission "Commission Internationale de Voltige Aerienne" (CIVA).[10] The 2001 championships were part of the World Air Games. Since 1994, European Glider Aerobatic Championships are held in the years between the World Championships. Since 2010, an additional event is organized in a slightly less demanding "Advanced" category - the World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (WAGAC). WAGAC is organized yearly, usually accompanying the WGAC.[11]
- 1st FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Mauterndorf, Austria, 26 August 1985 – 3 September 1985[12][13]
- individual results:
- Jerzy Makula (Poland) glider: Kobuz 3
- Ludwig Fuß (Federal Republic of Germany), glider: Lo 100
- Marek Szufa (Poland) glider: Kobuz 3
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (Kobuz 3), Marek Szufa (Kobuz 3), Marian Bednorz
- 23x15px Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Fuß (Lo 100), Helmut Laurson, Josef Eberl
- 23x15px Austria: Siegfried Duchkowitsch, Reinhard Haggenmüller, Otto Salzinger
- individual results:
- 2nd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Bielsko-Biała, Poland, 1 August 1987 – 15 August 1987[14]
- individual results:
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
- Andrzej Tomkowicz (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
- Nancy Blank (United States of America) glider: Kobuz 3
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (Kobuz 3), Andrzej Tomkowicz (Kobuz 3), ...
- 23x15px Federal Republic of Germany
- 23x15px Austria
- individual results:
- 3rd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Hockenheim, Federal Republic of Germany, 15 August 1989 – 26 August 1989[15]
- individual results:
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
- Andrzej Jozef Solski (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
- Hubert Jänsch (Federal Republic of Germany), glider: Lo 100
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (Kobuz 3), Jozef Solski (Kobuz 3), ...
- 23x15px Federal Republic of Germany: Hubert Jänsch (Lo 100), ...
- 23x16px Switzerland
- individual results:
- 4th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Zielona Góra, Poland, 18 August 1991 – 31 August 1991[16][17]
- individual results:
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
- Tadeusz Mezyk (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
- Marek Hernik (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (Swift S-1), Tadeusz Mezyk (Swift S-1), Marek Hernik (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Germany: Martin Scheuermann (Mü 28), Hubert Jänsch (Lo 100), Konrad Huber (Lo 100)
- 23x15px United States of America: Stephen Coan (Windex 1200), Charles Kalko (Celstar GA-1), Chris Smisson (Celstar GA-1)
- individual results:
- 5th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Venlo, the Netherlands, 15 August 1993 – 28 August 1993[18][19]
- individual results:
- Jerzy Makula (Poland)
- Adam Michałowski (Poland)
- Tadeusz Mezyk (Poland)
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula, Adam Michałowski, Tadeusz Mezyk
- 23x15px France: Sándor Katona, Pierre Albertini, Daniel Serres
- 23x15px Germany: Hubert Jänsch, Ulf Kramer, Henry Bohlig
- individual results:
- 6th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Fayence, Var, France, 11 September 1995 – 23 September 1995[20][21]
- individual results:
- Mikhail Mamistov (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
- Sergei Rakhmanin (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:
- 23x15px Russia: Mikhail Mamistov (Swift S-1), Sergei Rakhmanin (Swift S-1), Victor Tchmal (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Andrzej Tomkowicz (Swift S-1), Marek Hernik (MDM-1 Fox)
- 23x15px France: Daniel Serres (Swift S-1), Etienne Meyrous (Swift S-1), Pierre Albertini (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- 7th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Antalya, Turkey, 9 September 1997 – 21 September 1997[22]
- individual results:
- Mikhail Mamistov (Russia)
- Sergei Krikalev (Russia) – cosmonaut
- Georgij Kaminski (Russia)
- team winners:
- individual results:
- 8th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Niederöblarn, Austria, 15 August 1999 – 28 August 1999[23][24]
- individual results:
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
- Henry Bohlig (Germany), glider: Swift S-1
- Krzystof Brzakalik (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Krzysztof Brząkalik (Swift S-1), Adam Michałowski (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Germany: Henry Bohlig (Swift S-1), Helmut Lindner (Swift S-1), Detlef Eilers (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Russia: Valentin Barabanov (Swift S-1), Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Alexandr Panfierov (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- 9th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships and 2nd World Air Games Glider Aerobatics Championships, Palma del Río, Córdoba, Spain, 19 June 2001 – 1 July 2001[25][26]
- individual results:
- Alexandr Panfierov (Russia)
- Jerzy Makula (Poland)
- Adam Michałowski (Poland)
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula, Adam Michałowski, Małgorzata Margańska
- 23x15px Russia: Alexandr Panfierov, Valentin Barabanov, Georgij Kaminski
- 23x15px Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, Sándor Katona
- individual results:
- 10th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Pér, Hungary, 2 August 2003 – 15 August 2003[27][28]
- individual results:
- Ferenc Tóth (Hungary), glider: Swift S-1
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
- Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Krzysztof Brząkalik (Swift S-1), Lucjan Fizia (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Alexandr Panfierov (Swift S-1), Alexandr Smirnov (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Hungary: Ferenc Tóth (Swift S-1), Sándor Katona (Swift S-1), János Szilágyi (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- 11th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Serpuchov, Russia, 20 July 2005 – 30 July 2005[29][30]
- individual results:
- Georgij Kaminski (Russia)
- Jerzy Makula (Poland)
- Ferenc Tóth (Hungary)
- team winners:
- 23x15px Russia: Georgij Kaminski, Alexandr Panfierov, Valentin Barabanov
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula, Krzysztof Brząkalik, Stanisław Makula
- 23x15px Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, Sándor Katona
- individual results:
- 12th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Niederöblarn, Austria, 16 August 2007 – 25 August 2007[31][32]
- individual results:
- Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
- Ferenc Tóth (Hungary), glider: Swift S-1
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Solo-Fox
- team winners:
- 23x15px Hungary: Ferenc Tóth (Swift S-1), János Szilágyi (Swift S-1), Zoltán Kakuk (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Germany: Olaf Schmidt (Swift S-1), Markus Feyerabend (Swift S-1), Eugen Schaal (MDM-1 Fox)
- 23x15px Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Igor Plakhsin (Swift S-1), Olga Romanenko (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- 13th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Hosín, Czech Republic, 10 July 2009 – 19 July 2009[33]
- individual results:
- Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
- Erik Piriou (France), glider: Swift S-1
- Jan Rozlivka (Czech Republic), glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:
- 23x15px France: Erik Piriou (Swift S-1), Daniel Serres (Swift S-1), Jean-Christophe Beaumier (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Czech Republic: Jan Rozlivka (Swift S-1), Premysl Vávra (Swift S-1), Miroslav Cervenka (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Germany: Eugen Schaal (MDM-1 Fox), Olaf Schmidt (Swift S-1), Gerhard Teichmann (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- 1st FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships, Jämijärvi, Finland, 17th - 24th July 2010.
- individual results:
- Johan Gustafsson (Sweden), glider: Pilatus B-4
- Michael Spitzer (Germany), glider: MDM-1 Fox
- Jochen Reuter (Germany), glider: MDM-1 Fox
- team winners:
- 23x15px Germany: Michael Spitzer (MDM-1 Fox), Jochen Reuter (MDM-1 Fox), Sebastian Dirlam (MDM-1 Fox)
- 23x15px Sweden: Johan Gustafsson (Pilatus B4), Daniel Ahlin (MDM-1 Fox), Pekka Havbrandt (MDM-1 Fox)
- 23x15px Czech Republic: Petr Biskup (MDM-1 Fox), Milos Ramert (MDM-1 Fox), Jan Rolinek (MDM-1 Fox)
- individual results:
- 14th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited) and 2nd FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced), Toruń, Poland, 26 July 2011 – 7 August 2011[34][35]
- Unlimited category
- individual results:
- Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Solo-Fox
- Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
- Erik Piriou (France), glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:
- 23x15px Poland: Jerzy Makula (Solo-Fox), Maciej Pospieszyński (Swift S-1), Stanisław Makula (Solo-Fox)
- 23x15px France: Erik Piriou (Swift S-1), Daniel Serres (Swift S-1), Pierre Albertini (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Vladimir Ilinski (Swift S-1), Igor Plaksin (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- Advanced category
- individual results:
- Benoit Merieau (France), glider: Swift S-1
- Luca Bertossio (Italy), glider: Swift S-1
- Aurelien Durgineux (France), glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:
- 23x15px Germany: David Friedrich (Swift S-1), Jochen Reuter (MDM-1 Fox), Michael Spitzer (MDM-1 Fox)
- 23x15px France: Benoit Merieau (Swift S-1), Aurelien Durgineux (Swift S-1), Daniel Devillers (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Sweden: Daniel Ahlin (MDM-1 Fox), Johan Gustafsson (Pilatus B-4), Pekka Havbrandt (MDM-1 Fox)
- individual results:
- Unlimited category
- 15th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited) and 3rd FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced), Dubnica, Slovakia, 9 August 2012 – 18 August 2012[36]
- Unlimited category
- individual results:
- 23x15px Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Hungary: Ferenc Toth, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Germany: Markus Feyerabend, glider: Swift S-1
- individual results:
- Advanced category
- individual results:
- 23x15px Italy: Luca Bertossio, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Italy: Marcello Tedeschi, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Italy: Sasa Marvin, glider: Swift S-1
- team results:
- 23x15px Italy: Luca Bertossio (Swift S-1), Marcello Tedeschi (Swift S-1), Sasa Marvin (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Germany: Nicolas Soehner (MDM-1 Fox), Eberhard Holl (MDM-1 Fox), Dirk Maslonka (MDM-1 Fox)
- 23x15px Poland: Magdalena Stróżyk (Solo Fox), Katarzyna Żmudzińska (MDM-1 Fox), Sławomir Talowski (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- Unlimited category
- 16th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited) and 4th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced), Oripää Airfield, Oripää, Finland, 18–27 July 2013[37]
- Unlimited category
- individual results:
- 23x15px Russia: Vladmir Ilyinski, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Russia: Georgij Kaminski, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:[38]
- individual results:
- Advanced category
- individual results:
- 23x15px Sweden: Johan Gustafsson, glider: SZD-59 Acro
- 23x15px Poland: Sławomir Talowski, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Sweden: Daniel Ahlin, glider: Salto
- team results:
- 23x15px Poland: Sławomir Talowski (Swift S-1), Katarzyna Żmudzinska (Swift S-1), Magdalena Stróżyk (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Czech Republic: Michal Cechmánek (Swift S-1), Ivo Cervinka (Swift S-1), Jan Rolinek (Swift S-1)
- 23x15px Italy: Sasha Marvin (Swift S-1), Pietro Filippini (Swift S-1), Lapo Simone Dressino (Swift S-1)
- individual results:
- Unlimited category
- 17th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 5th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category) Toruń Airfield, Toruń, Poland, July 22nd - August 2nd, 2014.
- Unlimited category
- individual results:[39]
- 23x15px Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Hungary: Ferenc Toth, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Russia: Georgij Kaminski, glider: Swift S-1
- team winners:[40]
- individual results:[39]
- Advanced category
- individual results:[41]
- 23x15px France: Romain Vienne, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Poland: Katarzyna Żmudzińska, glider: Swift S-1
- 23x15px Poland: Sławomir Talowski, glider: Swift S-1
- team results:[42]
- individual results:[41]
- Unlimited category
- 18th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 6th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category) are scheduled to take place between August 5th and August 15th, 2015 in Zbraslavice Airport, Czech Republic.[43]
See also
References
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- ^ http://www.wgac2015.cz - Official Event Website
Sources
- Airsports.tv Gliding Channel
- Air Sports International (FAI online magazine)
- Archive of the US Team
- British Gliding Association competitions page[dead link]
External links
- 16x16px Media related to World Gliding championships at Wikimedia Commons
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