World Gliding Championships

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

Year	Location	Class	Winner	Glider	Notes
1937	Wasserkuppe	Open	Heini Dittmar	Fafnir São Paulo	This was thought not to be a true world championship and was just an 'International Competition', but it has been acknowledged as the first World Gliding Championship.[by whom?][1]
1948	Samedan	Open	Per-Axel Persson	DFS Weihe
1950	Örebro	Open	Billy Nilsson	DFS Weihe
1952	Madrid	Open	Philip Wills	Slingsby Sky	Hanna Reitsch was bronze, the first woman to compete.
		Two Seater	Luis Juez Roberto Bermúdez	DFS Kranich	[2]
1954	Camphill Farm, Great Hucklow	Open	Gerard Pierre	Breguet 901
		Two Seater	Zvonimir Rain Bozidar Komac	Ikarus Košava
1956	Saint-Yan	Open	Paul MacCready	Breguet 901
		Two Seater	Nick Goodhart Frank Foster	Slingsby Eagle
1958	Leszno	Open	Ernst Haase	HKS-3
		Standard	Adam Witek	SZD-22 Mucha Standard
1960	Cologne/Köln	Open	Rodolfo Hossinger	Slingsby Skylark 3	Rolf on his Swedish passport.
		Standard	Heinz Huth	Schleicher Ka 6BR
1963	Junín[3]	Open	Edward Makula	SZD-19 Zefir 2
		Standard	Heinz Huth	Schleicher Ka 6
1965	South Cerney	Open	Jan Wróblewski	SZD-24 Foka 4
		Standard	François-Louis Henry	Siren Edelweiss
1968	Leszno	Open	Harro Wodl	Schempp-Hirth Cirrus
		Standard	Andrew Smith	Neukom S-3 Standard-Elfe
1970	Marfa, Texas	Open	George Moffat	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus
		Standard	Helmut Reichmann	Rolladen-Schneider LS1-c
1972	Vršac	Open	Göran Ax	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2
		Standard	Jan Wróblewski	SZD-43 Orion
1974	Waikerie	Open	George Moffat	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2
		Standard	Helmut Reichmann	Rolladen-Schneider LS2
1976	Räyskälä Airfield, Loppi	Open	George Lee	Schleicher ASW 17
		Standard	Ingo Renner	Eiri PIK-20B
1978	Châteauroux	Open	George Lee	Schleicher ASW 17
		15 metre	Helmut Reichmann	Akaflieg Braunschweig SB-11
		Standard	Baer Selen	Schleicher ASW 19
1981	Paderborn	Open	George Lee	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3
		15 metre	Göran Ax	Schleicher ASW 20
		Standard	Marc Schroeder	Rolladen-Schneider LS4
1983	Hobbs, New Mexico	Open	Ingo Renner	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3
		15 metre	Kees Musters	Schempp-Hirth Ventus A
		Standard	Stig Øye	Rolladen-Schneider LS4
1985	Rieti	Open	Ingo Renner	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-3
		15 metre	Doug Jacobs	Rolladen-Schneider LS6
		Standard	Leonardo Brigliadori	Schempp-Hirth Discus
1987	Benalla	Open	Ingo Renner	Schleicher ASW 22B	Gliding Club of Victoria
		15 metre	Brian Spreckley	Rolladen-Schneider LS6
		Standard	Markku Kuittinen	Schempp-Hirth Discus-a
1989	Wiener Neustadt	Open	Jean-Claude Lopitaux	Schleicher ASW 22B
		15 metre	Bruno Gantenbrink	Schempp-Hirth Ventus C
		Standard	Jacques Aboulin	Schempp-Hirth Discus
1991	Uvalde	Open	Janusz Centka	Schleicher ASW 22B
		15 metre	Brad Edwards	Rolladen-Schneider LS6-b
		Standard	Baer Selen	Schempp-Hirth Discus
1993	Borlänge	Open	Janusz Centka	Schleicher ASW 22B
		15 metre	Gilbert Gerbaud Eric Napoleon	Rolladen-Schneider LS6-b Rolladen-Schneider LS6-b
		Standard	Andrew Davis	Schempp-Hirth Discus-B
1995	Omarama	Open	Ray Lynskey	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4
		15 metre	Eric Napoleon	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2
		Standard	Markku Kuittinen	Schempp-Hirth Discus-a
1997	Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban	Open	Gérard Lherm	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4
		15 metre	Werner Meuser	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a
		Standard	Jean-Marc Caillard	Rolladen-Schneider LS8-a
	İnönü, Eskişehir	World	Frederic Hoyeau	PZL PW-5
1999	Bayreuth	Open	Holger Karow	Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4
		15 metre	Giorgio Galetto	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2
		Standard	Jean-Marc Caillard	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
	Leszno	World	Henry Julien	PZL PW-5
2001	Mafikeng	Open	Oscar Goudriaan	Schleicher ASW 22 BLE
		15 metre	Werner Meuser	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2ax
		Standard	Laurent Aboulin	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
	Gawler	Club	Peter Masson	Glaser-Dirks DG-101
	Lillo	18 metre	Stephen Jones	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2
		World	Olivier Darroze	PZL PW-5
2002	Musbach	Club	Tomáš Suchánek	Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
2003	Leszno	Open	Holger Karow	Nimbus-4M
		18 metre	Wolfgang Janowitsch	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cx
		15 metre	John Coutts	Schleicher ASW 27B	3
		Standard	Andrew Davis	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
	Nitra	World	Sebastian Kawa	PZL PW-5
2004	Elverum	Club	Sebastian Kawa	SZD-48-3M Jantar 3
2006	Eskilstuna	Open	Michael Sommer	Schleicher ASW 22 BLE
		18 metre	Phil Jones	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cxt
		15 metre	Janusz Centka	SZD 56-2 Diana 2
		Standard	Leigh Wells	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
	Vinon-sur-Verdon	Club	Sebastian Kawa	SZD-48-3M Jantar 3
		World	Christophe Ruch	PZL PW-5
2008	Rieti	Standard	Michael Buchthal	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2
		Club	Matthias Sturm	Glasflügel 206 Hornet
		World	Laurent Couture	PZL PW-5
	Lüsse	Open	Michael Sommer	Schleicher ASW 22 BLE
		18 metre	Olivier Darroze	Schleicher ASG 29-18
		15 metre	György Gulyas	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a
2010	Prievidza	Standard	Sebastian Kawa	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a	3 – 18 July 2010[4]
		Club	Arndt Hovestadt	Glasflügel Standard Libelle
		World	Laurent Couture	PZL PW-5
	Szeged	Open	Michael Sommer	Binder EB29	20 July – 7 August 2010[5]
		18 metre	Zbigniew Nieradka	Schleicher ASG 29-18
		15 metre	Stefano Ghiorzo	SZD 56-2 Diana 2
2012	Uvalde	Open	Laurent Aboulin	Schempp-Hirth Quintus M	28 July – 19 August[6]
		18 metre	Zbigniew Nieradka	Schleicher ASG 29-18
		15 metre	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56-2 Diana 2
2013	Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Buenos Aires	Standard	Sebastian Kawa	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a	6 – 19 January 2013[7]
		Club	Santiago Berca	SZD-48 Jantar Standard 2
		World	Sebastián Riera	PZL PW-5	Last World class world championship
2014	Räyskälä Airfield, Loppi	Club	Eric Bernard	Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus	22 June – 5 July 2014[8]
		Standard	Bert Schmelzer	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
		20m Multi-Seat	Steve Jones Howard Jones	Schempp-Hirth Arcus T
2014	Leszno	Open	Michael Sommer	Binder EB29	26 July – 10 August 2014[9] Photo-gallery [10]
		18 metre	Karol Staryszak	Schleicher ASG 29-18
		15 metre	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56-2 Diana 2
2015	Pociūnai	13.5 metre	Stefano Ghiorzo	Diana 2 Versus	2–15 August 2015
2016	Pociūnai	Club	Jan Rothhardt	Rolladen-Schneider LS1-d	31 July – 13 August 2016[11]
		Standard	Louis Bouderlique	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
		20m Multi-Seat	Laurent Aboulin Julien Duboc	Schempp-Hirth Arcus T
2017	Benalla	Open	Russell Cheetham	Jonker JS-1C	9 – 21 January 2017[12]
		18 metre	Killian Walbrou	Jonker JS-1
		15 metre	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56-2 Diana 2
2017	Szatymaz	13.5 metre	Sebastian Kawa	GP 14 VELO	3–15 July 2017 [13]
2018	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland	Club	Rasmus Ørskov	Schleicher ASW 20	7–21 July 2018 [14]
		Standard	Sjaak Selen	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
		15 metre	Sebastian Kawa	Schleicher ASG 29
2018	Hosín, Czech Republic	Open	Michael Sommer	Binder EB29	27 July – 11 August 2018 [15]
		18 metre	Wolfgang Janowitsch	Ventus-3T
		20 m Multi-seat	Christoph Matkowski Sebastian Kawa	Schleicher ASG 32 Mi
2019	Pavullo nel Frignano, Italy	13.5 metre	Stefano Ghiorzo	Diana VersVS	1–14 September 2019[16]
2021	Montluçon – Guéret	15 metre	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56-2 Diana 2	7 – 21 August 2021
		Standard	Simon Schröder	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Uwe Wahlig	Rolladen-Schneider LS3
2022	Pociūnai, Lithuania	13.5 metre	Nick Hanenburg	Mini LAK	3–15 July 2022[17]
2022	Szeged, Hungary	Open	Felipe Levin	Binder EB-29 R	24 July – 5 August 2022 [18]
		18 metre	Christophe Abadie	Jonker JS-3
		20 m Multi-seat	Ivan Novák Petr Krejčiřík	Arcus M
2023	Narromine	15 metre	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56-2 Diana 2	3 – 15 December 2023 [19]
		Standard	Tom Arscott	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	James Nugent	Rolladen-Schneider LS3
2024	Uvalde, United States	Open	Felipe Levin	Binder EB-29 R	18 – 30 August 2024 [20]
		18 metre	Stefan Langer	AS 33 Me
		20 m Multi-seat	Sarah Arnold Karl Striedieck	Arcus M
2025	Tábor	15 metre	Łukasz Grabowski	SZD 56-2 Diana 2	8 – 20 June 2025 [21]
		Standard	Jeroen Jennen	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Stefan Langer	Rolladen-Schneider LS3

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.^[22]

Season	Location	Winner		Second		Third
		Pilot	Glider	Pilot	Glider	Pilot	Glider
2005	Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56 Diana 2	Mario Kiessling	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2ax	Petr Krejčiřík	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2ax
2006–2007	Omarama	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56 Diana 2	Uli Schwenk	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2ax	Ben Flewett	Schleicher ASW 27
2008–2009	Santiago	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56 Diana 2	Carlos Rocca Vidal	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2b	Mario Kiessling	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2ax
2010–2011	Wasserkuppe	Giorgio Galetto	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2ax	Sebastian Nägel	Schleicher ASW 27	Peter Hartmann	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2ax
2012–2014	Vaumeilh near Sisteron	Didier Hauss	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cxa	Sebastian Kawa	SZD 56 Diana 2	Uli Schwenk	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cxa
2014–2015	Varese	Maximilian Seis	Jonker JS-1 evo	Christope Ruch	Jonker JS-1 evo	Sebastian Kawa	Schleicher ASG 29-18
2015–2016	Potchefstroom	Holger Karow	Jonker JS-1 evo	Oscar Goudriaan	Jonker JS-1 evo TJ	Christophe Abadie	Jonker JS-1 evo TJ
2018	Vitacura	Sebastian Kawa (Poland)	Jonker JS-1 evo	Sebastian Nägel (Germany)	Ventus-3TS	Mario Kiessling (Germany)	Ventus-3TS
2019	La Cerdanya	Tilo Holighaus (Germany)	Ventus-3TS	Sebastian Kawa (Poland)	MD-JS3 Jet	Louis Bouderlique (France)	MD-JS3
2021	Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban	Sebastian Kawa	AS33ES	Mario Kiessling (Germany)	Ventus-3TS	Maximilian Seis (France)	MD-JS3
2022-2023	Pavullo nel Frignano	Stefan Langer	Schleicher ASG 29-18	Erik Borgmann	MD-JS3	Hermann Leucker	MD-JS3

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.^[23]

Year	Location	Class	Winner	Glider	Notes
2001	Pociūnai	Club	Tamara Sviridova	SZD-48 Jantar Standard
		Standard	Sarah Steinberg	Schleicher ASW 24	née Harland
		15 metre	Gillian Spreckley	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a
2003	Jihlava	Club	Christine Grote	Glasflügel Standard Libelle
		Standard	Cornelia Schaich	Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b
		15 metre	Alena Netušilová	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a
2005	Klix	Club	Hana Vokřínková	Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
		Standard	Jana Vepřeková	Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b
		15 metre	Mette Pedersen	Schleicher ASW 27B
2007	Romorantin	Club	Gillian Spreckley	Rolladen-Schneider LS1-f
		Standard	Sarah Kelman	Schleicher ASW 28	née Harland
		15 metre	Katrin Senne	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a
2009	Szeged	Club	Nathalie Hurlin	Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
		Standard	Sue Kussbach	Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b
		15 metre	Susanne Schödel	Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a
2011	Arboga	Club	Agnete Olesen	Glasflügel Standard Libelle WL
		Standard	Sue Kussbach	Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b
		15 metre	Susanne Schödel	Ventus-2ax
2013	Issoudun	Club	Christine Grote	Glasflügel Standard Libelle WL
		Standard	Sue Kussbach	Rolladen-Schneider LS8-b
		15 metre	Anne Ducarouge	Schleicher ASG 29
2015	Herning	Club	Sabrina Vogt	Glasflügel Standard Libelle
		Standard	Aude Grangeray	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		15 metre	Anne Ducarouge	Schleicher ASG 29
2017	Zbraslavice	Club	Sabrina Vogt	Glasflügel Standard Libelle
		Standard	Aude Grangeray	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2A
		18 metre	Katrin Senne	Schleicher ASG 29
2020	Lake Keepit	Club	Elena Fergnani	Schempp-Hirth Discus
		Standard	Sarah Arnold	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2
		18 metre	Mélanie Gadoulet	Jonker JS-3 Rapture
2022	Husbands Bosworth	Club	Petra Pískatá	Rolladen-Schneider LS4
		Standard	Cornelia Schaich	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		18 metre	Anne Ducarouge	Jonker JS-3 Rapture
2023	Garray	Club	Louise Rodriguez	Rolladen-Schneider LS7
		Standard	Barbora Moravcová	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		18 metre	Alena Netušilová	Jonker JS-3 Rapture
2025 [24]	Zbraslavice	Club	Tereza Koubková	Rolladen-Schneider LS4
		Standard	Klára Teichmannová	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		18 metre	Alena Netušilová	Jonker JS-3 RES

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.

Year	Location	Class	Winner	Glider	Notes
1999	Terlet	Standard	Gunther Stahl	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2b
		Club	Robert Scheiffarth	Schleicher ASW 19b
2001	Issoudun	Standard	Jay Rebbeck	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Peter Toft	Glasflügel Standard Libelle
2003	Nitra	Standard	Jeremy Hood	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Michael Streit	Schleicher ASW 19
2005	Husbands Bosworth	Standard	Mark Parker	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Christoph Nacke	Rolladen-Schneider LS1
2007	Rieti	Standard	Patrick Gai	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Killian Walbrou	Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus 75
2009	Räyskälä	Standard	Felipe Levin	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2
		Club	Volker Sailer	Glasflügel Standard Libelle
2011	Freudenstadt Musbach	Standard	Felipe Levin	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
		Club	Tim Kuijpers	Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
2013	Leszno	Standard	Peter Millenaar	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
		Club	Valentin Grit	Glasflügel 206 Hornet
2015	Narromine	Standard	Matthew Scutter	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
		Club	Tom Arscott	Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus
2017	Pociūnai	Standard	Sjoerd van Empelen	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Julian Klemm	Glasflügel Standard Libelle
2019	Szeged	Standard	Simon Schröder	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Jake Brattle	Schleicher ASW 20
2022	Tábor	Standard	Simon Briel[25]	Schempp-Hirth Discus-2a
		Club	Finn Sleigh[25]	Schleicher ASW 20
2024	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Standard	Max Maslak	Rolladen-Schneider LS8
		Club	Martijn Eerdekens	Rolladen-Schneider LS3

FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships

World Glider Aerobatic Championships take place each year^[26] (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).^[27] 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.^[28]

• 1st FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Mauterndorf, Austria, 26 August – 3 September 1985^[29][30]
  • 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. Polish People's Republic: 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^[31]
  • 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. Polish People's Republic: 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^[32]
  • 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^[33][34]
  • 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^[35][36]
  • 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^[37][38]
  • individual results:
    1. Mikhail Mamistov (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
    2. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
    3. Sergey Rakhmanin (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
  • team winners:
    1.  Russia: Mikhail Mamistov (Swift S-1), Sergey 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^[39]
  • 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^[40][41]
  • 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^[42][43]
  • 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^[44][45]
  • 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^[46][47]
  • 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^[48][49]
  • 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^[50]
  • 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), Přemysl Vávra (Swift S-1), Miroslav Červenka (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), Miloš 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^[51][52]
  • 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^[53]
  • 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^[54]
  • 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:^[55]
      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 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
    • individual results:^[56]
      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:^[57]
      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:^[58]
      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:^[59]
      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.^[60]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[61]
      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:^[62]
      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:^[63]
      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:^[64]
      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
• 20th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 8th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), July 27 – August 5, 2017, Toruń, Poland.^[65]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[66]
      1. Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
      2. Hungary: János Szilágyi, glider: Swift S-1
      3.  Italy: Luca Bertossio, glider: Swift S-1
    • team winners:^[67]
      1. Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly
      2.  Germany: Moritz Kirchberg, Eugen Schaal, Marvin Woltering
      3. Austria: Siegfried Mayr, Gabriel Stangl, Bernhard Behr
  • Advanced category
    • individual results:^[68]
      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:^[69]
      1. Poland: Michał Andrzejewski, Agata Nykaza, Mirosław Wrześniewski
      2.  France: Erwin George, Benoît Madrenas, Eric Lanquetin
      3. Romania: Ciprian Lupaș, Valentin Hota, Gál Zsolt

• 21st FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 9th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), August 1 – 11, 2018, Zbraslavice Airport, Czech Republic.^[70]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[71]
      1. Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
      2.  Italy: Luca Bertossio, glider: Swift S-1
      3.  Germany: Moritz Kirchberg, glider: Swift S-1
    • team winners:^[72]
      1.  Germany: Moritz Kirchberg, Eugen Schaal, Eberhard Holl
      2. Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly
      3. Czech Republic: Přemysl Vávra, Miroslav Červenka, Miroslav Černý
  • Advanced category
    • individual results:^[73]
      1.   Switzerland: Jonas Langenegger, glider: MDM-1 Fox
      2. Czech Republic: Tomáš Bartoň, glider: Swift S-1
      3. Czech Republic: Josef Rejent, glider: Swift S-1
    • team results:^[74]
      1. Czech Republic: Tomáš Bartoň, Josef Rejent, Aleš Ferra
      2. Poland: Michał Klimaszewski, Sławomir Cichoń, Wojciech Gałuszka
      3. Romania: Lorand Daroczi, Octav Alexan, Ciprian Lupaș

• 22nd FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 10th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), July 18–26, 2019, Deva, Romania.^[75]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[76]
      1. Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
      2.  Germany: Eugen Schaal, glider: Swift S-1
      3.  Germany: Michael Spitzer, glider: Swift S-1
    • team winners:^[77]
      1.  Germany: Eugen Schaal, Michael Spitzer, Tobias Hackel
      2. Poland: Stanisław Makula, Jan Makula, Piotr Lewandowski
      3. Austria: Bernhard Behr, Siegfried Mayr, Gabriel Stangl
  • Advanced category
    • individual results:^[78]
      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:^[79]
      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.^[80]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[81]
      1. Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
      2.  Italy: Luca Bertossio, glider: Swift S-1
      3.  Russia: Vladimir Ilinskiy, glider: Swift S-1
    • team winners:^[82]
      1. Poland: Piotr Lewandowski, Jan Makula, Stanisław Makula
      2.  France: Benoît Madrenas, Nicolas Honnons, Marc de Bouvier
      3. Austria: Siegfried Mayr, Bernhard Behr, Jakob Prior
  • Advanced category
    • individual results:^[83]
      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:^[84]
      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.^[85]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[86]
      1. Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, glider: Swift S-1
      2. Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
      3.   Switzerland: Jonas Langenegger, glider: Swift S-1
    • team winners:^[87]
      1.  France: Charlie Levy-Louapre, Marc de Bouvier
      2. Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, Michał Klimaszewski
      3.  Germany: Michael Spitzer, Wolfgang Schiek
  • Advanced category
    • individual results:^[88]
      1. Czech Republic: Oliver Adamy, glider: Swift S-1
      2.  France: Thibaut Fromantin, glider: Swift S-1
      3. Poland: Mirosław Wrześniewski, glider: Swift S-1
    • team results:^[89]
      1. Czech Republic: Oliver Adamy, Adam Klenka, Jan Adam
      2.  Germany: Mathias Mühlbacher, Holger Geusen, David Tempel
      3. Romania: Valentin Hoța, Zsolt Gál, Lorand Daroczi

• 25th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 13th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), 27 July – 5 August, 2023, Toruń, Poland.^[90]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[91]
      1. Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
      2. France: Charlie Levy-Louapre, glider: Swift S-1
      3.  Austria: Siegfried Mayr, glider: Swift S-1
    • team winners:^[92]
      1. Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, Mirosław Wrześniewski
      2.  Germany: Wolfgang Schiek, Michael Spitzer
      3.  France: Charlie Levy-Louapre, Marc de Bouvier
  • Advanced category
    • individual results:^[93]
      1.  France: Thibaut Fromantin, glider: Swift S-1
      2. Poland: Agata Porębska, glider: Swift S-1
      3. Czech Republic: Tomáš Michálek, glider: Swift S-1
    • team results:^[94]
      1. Czech Republic: Tomáš Michálek, Jan Adam, Marek Veselý
      2.  Germany: Richard Münzberger, David Tempel, Lars Czernek
      3. Poland: Agata Porębska, Paweł Mazur, Piotr Sieradzan

• 26th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships (Unlimited category) and 14th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships (Advanced category), 1 – 10 August, 2024, Oschatz, Germany.^[95]
  • Unlimited category
    • individual results:^[96]
      1.  Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, glider: Swift S-1
      2.   Switzerland: Jonas Langenegger, glider: Swift S-1
      3.  Germany: Moritz Kirchberg, glider: Swift S-1
    • team winners:^[97]
      1.  Germany: Moritz Kirchberg, Wolfgang Schieck, Michael Spitzer
      2.  Poland: Maciej Pospieszyński, Michał Klimaszewski, Mirosław Wrześniewski
      3.  Czech Republic: Přemysl Vávra, Miroslav Červenka, Oliver Adamy
  • Advanced category
    • individual results:^[98]
      1.  Netherlands: Lars Hofman, glider: MDM-1 Fox
      2.  France: Maximilian Godard, glider: Swift S-1
      3.  Czech Republic: Marek Veselý, glider: Swift S-1
    • team results:^[99]
      1.  Netherlands: Lars Hofman, Björn Straijer, Jelle Heikamp
      2.  Czech Republic: Marek Veselý, Adam Klenka, Vilém Říha
      3.  Romania: Zsolt Gál, Valentin Hota, Lazăr Geza-Lehel

See also

• European Gliding Championships