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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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 (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). 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.

  • 1st FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Mauterndorf, Austria, 26 August – 3 September 1985
  • individual results:
    1. Jerzy Makula (Poland) glider: Kobuz 3
    2. Ludwig Fuß (Federal Republic of Germany), glider: Lo 100
    3. Marek Szufa (Poland) glider: Kobuz 3
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (Kobuz 3), Marek Szufa (Kobuz 3), Marian Bednorz
    2.  Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Fuß (Lo 100), Helmut Laurson (Lo 100a), Josef Eberl (Lo 100)
    3.  Austria: Siegfried Duchkowitsch, Reinhard Haggenmüller, Otto Salzinger
  • 2nd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Bielsko-Biała, Poland, 1–15 August 1987
  • individual results:
    1. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
    2. Andrzej Tomkowicz (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
    3. Nancy Blank (United States of America) glider: Kobuz 3
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (Kobuz 3), Andrzej Tomkowicz (Kobuz 3), ...
    2.  Federal Republic of Germany
    3.  Austria
  • 3rd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Hockenheim, Federal Republic of Germany, 15–26 August 1989
  • individual results:
    1. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
    2. Andrzej Jozef Solski (Poland), glider: Kobuz 3
    3. Hubert Jänsch (Federal Republic of Germany), glider: Lo 100
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (Kobuz 3), Jozef Solski (Kobuz 3), ...
    2.  Federal Republic of Germany: Hubert Jänsch (Lo 100), ...
    3.   Switzerland: Walter Martig (LO 100), Peter Gafner (LO 100), Franz Studer (LO 100)
  • 4th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Zielona Góra, Poland, 18–31 August 1991
  • individual results:
    1. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
    2. Tadeusz Mezyk (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
    3. Marek Hernik (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (Swift S-1), Tadeusz Mezyk (Swift S-1), Marek Hernik (Swift S-1)
    2.  Germany: Martin Scheuermann (Mü 28), Hubert Jänsch (Lo 100), Konrad Huber (Lo 100)
    3.  United States of America: Stephen Coan (Windex 1200), Charles Kalko (Celstar GA-1), Chris Smisson (Celstar GA-1)
  • 5th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Venlo, the Netherlands, 15–28 August 1993
  • individual results:
    1. Jerzy Makula (Poland)
    2. Adam Michałowski (Poland)
    3. Tadeusz Mezyk (Poland)
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula, Adam Michałowski, Tadeusz Mezyk
    2.  France: Sándor Katona, Pierre Albertini, Daniel Serres
    3.  Germany: Hubert Jänsch, Ulf Kramer, Henry Bohlig
  • 6th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Fayence, Var, France, 11–23 September 1995
  • individual results:
    1. Mikhail Mamistov (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
    2. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
    3. Sergei Rakhmanin (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Russia: Mikhail Mamistov (Swift S-1), Sergei Rakhmanin (Swift S-1), Victor Tchmal (Swift S-1)
    2.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Andrzej Tomkowicz (Swift S-1), Marek Hernik (MDM-1 Fox)
    3.  France: Daniel Serres (Swift S-1), Etienne Meyrous (Swift S-1), Pierre Albertini (Swift S-1)
  • 7th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Antalya, Turkey, 9–21 September 1997
  • individual results:
    1. Mikhail Mamistov (Russia)
    2. Sergei Krikalev (Russia) – cosmonaut
    3. Georgij Kaminski (Russia)
  • team winners:
    1.  Russia: Mikhail Mamistov, Sergei Krikalev, Georgij Kaminski
  • 8th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Niederöblarn, Austria, 15–28 August 1999
  • individual results:
    1. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
    2. Henry Bohlig (Germany), glider: Swift S-1
    3. Krzystof Brzakalik (Poland), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Krzysztof Brząkalik (Swift S-1), Adam Michałowski (Swift S-1)
    2.  Germany: Henry Bohlig (Swift S-1), Helmut Lindner (Swift S-1), Detlef Eilers (Swift S-1)
    3.  Russia: Valentin Barabanov (Swift S-1), Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Alexandr Panfierov (Swift S-1)
  • 9th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships and 2nd World Air Games Glider Aerobatics Championships, Palma del Río, Córdoba, Spain, 19 June – 1 July 2001
  • individual results:
    1. Alexandr Panfierov (Russia)
    2. Jerzy Makula (Poland)
    3. Adam Michałowski (Poland)
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula, Adam Michałowski, Małgorzata Margańska
    2.  Russia: Alexandr Panfierov, Valentin Barabanov, Georgij Kaminski
    3.  Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, Sándor Katona
  • 10th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Pér, Hungary, 2–15 August 2003
  • individual results:
    1. Ferenc Tóth (Hungary), glider: Swift S-1
    2. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
    3. Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Krzysztof Brząkalik (Swift S-1), Lucjan Fizia (Swift S-1)
    2.  Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Alexandr Panfierov (Swift S-1), Alexandr Smirnov (Swift S-1)
    3.  Hungary: Ferenc Tóth (Swift S-1), Sándor Katona (Swift S-1), János Szilágyi (Swift S-1)
  • 11th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Serpuchov, Russia, 20–30 July 2005
  • individual results:
    1. Georgij Kaminski (Russia)
    2. Jerzy Makula (Poland)
    3. Ferenc Tóth (Hungary)
  • team winners:
    1.  Russia: Georgij Kaminski, Alexandr Panfierov, Valentin Barabanov
    2.  Poland: Jerzy Makula, Krzysztof Brząkalik, Stanisław Makula
    3.  Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, Sándor Katona
  • 12th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Niederöblarn, Austria, 16–25 August 2007
  • individual results:
    1. Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
    2. Ferenc Tóth (Hungary), glider: Swift S-1
    3. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Solo-Fox
  • team winners:
    1.  Hungary: Ferenc Tóth (Swift S-1), János Szilágyi (Swift S-1), Zoltán Kakuk (Swift S-1)
    2.  Germany: Olaf Schmidt (Swift S-1), Markus Feyerabend (Swift S-1), Eugen Schaal (MDM-1 Fox)
    3.  Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Igor Plakhsin (Swift S-1), Olga Romanenko (Swift S-1)
  • 13th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Hosín, Czech Republic, 10 July 2009 – 19 July 2009
  • individual results:
    1. Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
    2. Erik Piriou (France), glider: Swift S-1
    3. Jan Rozlivka (Czech Republic), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  France: Erik Piriou (Swift S-1), Daniel Serres (Swift S-1), Jean-Christophe Beaumier (Swift S-1)
    2.  Czech Republic: Jan Rozlivka (Swift S-1), Premysl Vávra (Swift S-1), Miroslav Cervenka (Swift S-1)
    3.  Germany: Eugen Schaal (MDM-1 Fox), Olaf Schmidt (Swift S-1), Gerhard Teichmann (Swift S-1)
  • 1st FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships, Jämijärvi, Finland, 17–24 July 2010.
  • individual results:
    1. Johan Gustafsson (Sweden), glider: Pilatus B-4
    2. Michael Spitzer (Germany), glider: MDM-1 Fox
    3. Jochen Reuter (Germany), glider: MDM-1 Fox
  • team winners:
    1.  Germany: Michael Spitzer (MDM-1 Fox), Jochen Reuter (MDM-1 Fox), Sebastian Dirlam (MDM-1 Fox)
    2.  Sweden: Johan Gustafsson (Pilatus B4), Daniel Ahlin (MDM-1 Fox), Pekka Havbrandt (MDM-1 Fox)
    3.  Czech Republic: Petr Biskup (MDM-1 Fox), Milos Ramert (MDM-1 Fox), Jan Rolinek (MDM-1 Fox)
  • 14th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited) and 2nd FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced), Toruń, Poland, 26 July 2011 – 7 August 2011
  • Unlimited category
  • individual results:
    1. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Solo-Fox
    2. Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
    3. Erik Piriou (France), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Poland: Jerzy Makula (Solo-Fox), Maciej Pospieszyński (Swift S-1), Stanisław Makula (Solo-Fox)
    2.  France: Erik Piriou (Swift S-1), Daniel Serres (Swift S-1), Pierre Albertini (Swift S-1)
    3.  Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Vladimir Ilinski (Swift S-1), Igor Plaksin (Swift S-1)
  • Advanced category
  • individual results:
    1. Benoit Merieau (France), glider: Swift S-1
    2. Luca Bertossio (Italy), glider: Swift S-1
    3. Aurelien Durgineux (France), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Germany: David Friedrich (Swift S-1), Jochen Reuter (MDM-1 Fox), Michael Spitzer (MDM-1 Fox)
    2.  France: Benoit Merieau (Swift S-1), Aurelien Durgineux (Swift S-1), Daniel Devillers (Swift S-1)
    3.  Sweden: Daniel Ahlin (MDM-1 Fox), Johan Gustafsson (Pilatus B-4), Pekka Havbrandt (MDM-1 Fox)
  • 15th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited) and 3rd FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced), Dubnica, Slovakia, 9 August 2012 – 18 August 2012
  • Unlimited category
  • individual results:
    1.  Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
    2.  Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
    3.  Germany: Markus Feyerabend, glider: Swift S-1
  • Advanced category
  • individual results:
    1.  Italy: Luca Bertossio, glider: Swift S-1
    2.  Italy: Marcello Tedeschi, glider: Swift S-1
    3.  Italy: Sasa Marvin, glider: Swift S-1
  • team results:
    1.  Italy: Luca Bertossio (Swift S-1), Marcello Tedeschi (Swift S-1), Sasa Marvin (Swift S-1)
    2.  Germany: Nicolas Soehner (MDM-1 Fox), Eberhard Holl (MDM-1 Fox), Dirk Maslonka (MDM-1 Fox)
    3.  Poland: Magdalena Stróżyk (Solo Fox), Katarzyna Żmudzińska (MDM-1 Fox), Sławomir Talowski (Swift S-1)
  • 16th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited) and 4th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced), Oripää Airfield, Oripää, Finland, 18–27 July 2013
  • Unlimited category
  • individual results:
    1.  Russia: Vladmir Ilyinski, glider: Swift S-1
    2.  Russia: Georgij Kaminski, glider: Swift S-1
    3.  Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Czech Republic
    2.  Germany
    3.  Poland
  • 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 Cechmánek (Swift S-1), Ivo Cervinka (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
  • individual results:
    1.  Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
    2.  Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
    3.  Russia: Georgij Kaminski, glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Czech Republic: Přemysl Vávra, Jan Rozlivka, Jan Rolinek
    2.  Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, Jerzy Makula, Tomasz Kaczmarczyk
    3.  Russia: Georgy Kaminskiy, Valeriy Korchagin,Vladimir Ilinskiy
  • Advanced category
  • individual results:
    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:
    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.
  • Unlimited category
  • individual results:
    1.  Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
    2.  Italy: Luca Bertossio, glider: Swift S-1
    3.  Germany: Eugen Schaal, glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Czech Republic: Přemysl Vávra, Miroslav Červenka, Lucie Pešková
    2.  Germany: Eugen Schaal, Markus Feyerabend, Gisbert Leimkühler
    3.  Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, Jerzy Makula, Magdalene Stróžyk
  • Advanced category
  • individual results:
    1.  Czech Republic: Miroslav Černý, glider: Swift S-1
    2.  Poland: Sławomir Talowski, glider: Swift S-1
    3.   Switzerland: Jonas Langenegger, glider: MDM-1 Fox
  • team results:
    1.  Poland: Sławomir Talowski, Katarzyna Zmudziňska, Michał Andrzejewski
    2.  Czech Republic: Miroslav Černý, David Beneš, Martin Meloun
    3.   Switzerland: Jonas Langenegger, Manfred Echter, Martin Götz

    • References

    World Gliding Championships Wikipedia
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