World_Gliding_Championships

World Gliding Championships

World Gliding Championships

Aviation sporting event

The World Gliding Championships (WGC) is a gliding competition held roughly every two years by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are always held in the summer in either the Southern Hemisphere or Northern Hemisphere.

History

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.

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.

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.[20]

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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.[21]

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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.

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FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships

World Glider Aerobatic Championships take place each year[23] (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).[24] 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.[25]

  • 16th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited) and 4th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced), Oripää Airfield, Oripää, Finland, 18–27 July 2013[51]
    • Unlimited category
    • Advanced category
      • individual results:
        1.  Sweden: Johan Gustafsson, glider: SZD-59 Acro
        2.  Poland: Sławomir Talowski, glider: Swift S-1
        3.  Sweden: Daniel Ahlin, glider: Salto
      • team results:
        1.  Poland: Sławomir Talowski (Swift S-1), Katarzyna Żmudzinska (Swift S-1), Magdalena Stróżyk (Swift S-1)
        2.  Czech Republic: Michal Čechmánek (Swift S-1), Ivo Červinka (Swift S-1), Jan Rolinek (Swift S-1)
        3.  Italy: Sasha Marvin (Swift S-1), Pietro Filippini (Swift S-1), Lapo Simone Dressino (Swift S-1)
  • 17th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 5th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category) Toruń Airfield, Toruń, Poland, July 22 – August 2, 2014.
    • Unlimited category
    • Advanced category
      • individual results:[55]
        1.  France: Romain Vienne, glider: Swift S-1
        2.  Poland: Katarzyna Żmudzińska, glider: Swift S-1
        3.  Poland: Sławomir Talowski, glider: Swift S-1
      • team results:[56]
        1.  Poland: Katarzyna Żmudzinska, Sławomir Talowski, Michał Klimaszewski
        2.  France: Romain Vienne, Benoit Madrenas, Ervin George
        3.  Germany: Markus Pönicke, Andreas Rodewald, Eberhard Holl
  • 18th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 6th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), August 5–15, 2015, Zbraslavice Airport, Czech Republic.[57]
  • 20th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 8th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), July 27 – August 5, 2017, Toruń, Poland.[62]
    • Unlimited category
    • Advanced category
      • individual results:[65]
        1.  Sweden: Gustav Salminen, glider: MDM-1 Fox
        2.  France: Erwin George, glider: Swift S-1
        3.  Poland: Michał Klimaszewski, glider: MDM-1 Fox
      • team results:[66]
        1.  Poland: Michał Andrzejewski, Agata Nykaza, Mirosław Wrześniewski
        2.  France: Erwin George, Benoît Madrenas, Eric Lanquetin
        3.  Romania: Ciprian Lupaș, Valentin Hota, Gál Zsolt
  • 22nd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 10th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), July 18–26, 2019, Deva, Romania.[72]
    • Unlimited category
    • Advanced category
      • individual results:[75]
        1.  Poland: Patrycja Pacak, glider: Swift S-1
        2.  Romania: Octav Alexan, glider: MDM-1 Fox
        3.  France: Charlie Levy-Louapre, glider: MDM-1 Fox
      • team results:[76]
        1.  Romania: Octav Alexan, Lorand Daroczi, Ciprian Lupaș
        2.  France: Charlie Levy-Louapre, Thibaut Fromantin, Marc de Bouvier
        3.  Germany: Stefan Zistler, Mathias Mühlbacher, David Tempel
  • 23rd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 11th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), July 29–August 6, 2021, Leszno, Poland.[77]
    • Unlimited category
    • Advanced category
      • individual results:[80]
        1.  France: Charlie Levy-Louapre, glider: Swift S-1
        2.  Russia: Maria Gavrilina, glider: Swift S-1
        3.  France: Thibaut Fromantin, glider: Swift S-1
      • team results:[81]
        1.  Romania: Octav Alexan, Valentin Hoța, Daroczi Lorand
        2.  France: Charlie Levy-Louapre, Thibaut Fromantin, Frédéric Durand
        3.  Poland: Sławomir Cichoń, Wojciech Gałuszka, Michał Rumiński
  • 24th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 12th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), 18–26 August, 2022, Issoudun, France.[82]
  • 25th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 13th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), 27 July – 5 August, 2023, Toruń, Poland.[87]

See also

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