World Gliding Championships

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The World Gliding Championships 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.

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World championships [edit]

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.

(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.[1]

Sailplanes at the 1954 Championships with the three Schweizers of the USA team in the foreground
  • 1999 Leszno, Poland
    • World Class Winner: Henry Julien, France; Glider: PZL PW-5
  • 2001 Gawler, Australia
    • Club Class Winner: Peter Masson, UK; Glider: DG-101
Uvalde 2012 award ceremony

A list of future events is available here [5]

World Grand Prix Gliding Championships [edit]

Gliding Grand Prix is a newer type of gliding competition. It has simpler rules and a more spectacular appearance than conventional soaring competitions.[6]

  • 4th FAI World Grand Prix 2011 at the Wasserkuppe, Germany

Women's World Championships [edit]

From 1979 to 1999 women's gliding competitions were held as International European Women's Gliding Championships.[8]

  • 2013 Issoudun, France 29 June - 13 July
    • Club Class
    • Standard Class
    • 15 meter Class

Junior World Championships "JWGC" [edit]

From 1991 to 1997, international junior gliding competitions were held as European Junior Gliding Championships.

  • 2013 Leszno, Poland 28 July - 10 August
    • Club Class
    • Standard Class

FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships [edit]

World Glider Aerobatic Championships take place every two years since 1985 under the auspices of the FAI. They are administrated by the FAI Aerobatics Commission "Commission Internationale de Voltige Aerienne" (CIVA).[11] 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.

  • 5th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships, Venlo (Netherlands), 15 August 1993 - 28 August 1993[18][19]
    • individual results:
      • overall champion: Jerzy Makula (Poland)
      • overall 2nd: Adam Michałowski (Poland)
      • overall 3rd: Tadeusz Mezyk (Poland)
    • team winners:

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ http://sailplane-grandprix-2011.aero/spannende-luftrennen-%C3%BCber-der-rh%C3%B6n-zu-erwarten/ Translation http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsailplane-grandprix-2011.aero%2Fspannende-luftrennen-%25C3%25BCber-der-rh%25C3%25B6n-zu-erwarten%2F&sl=de&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8
  2. ^ [1] 1963 WGC newsreel
  3. ^ "Uvalde championship web-site". Retrieved 21 July 2012. 
  4. ^ "Argentinian 2012 world gliding championship web-site". Retrieved 21 July 2012. 
  5. ^ http://www.fai.org/igc-events/igc-events-calendar-and-results
  6. ^ FAI: 1st World Sailplane Grand Prix in Saint Auban and Salon Européen du Vol à Voile - accessed 2008-04-11
  7. ^ FAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championship 2007 - accessed 2008-04-11
  8. ^ http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15
  9. ^ site
  10. ^ Official site
  11. ^ Website of the FAI Aerobatics Commission (CIVA) - accessed 2008-03-09
  12. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=163 - accessed 2008-02-15
  13. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=163&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-15
  14. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=161 - accessed 2008-02-15
  15. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=158 - accessed 2008-02-15
  16. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=156 - accessed 2008-02-15
  17. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=156&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-15
  18. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=155 - accessed 2008-02-15
  19. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=155&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-15
  20. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=147 - accessed 2008-02-15
  21. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=147&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-15
  22. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=221 - accessed 2008-02-15
  23. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=705 - accessed 2008-02-15
  24. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=705&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-15
  25. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=1224 - accessed 2008-02-15
  26. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=1224&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-15
  27. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=1167 - accessed 2008-02-15
  28. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=1167&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-15
  29. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=2265 - accessed 2008-02-02
  30. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=2265&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-02
  31. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=3795 - accessed 2008-02-02
  32. ^ http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=3795&gender=o - accessed 2008-02-02
  33. ^ http://segelkunstflug.mediacluster.de/d/430 accessed 2009-10-26
  34. ^ http://www.civa-results.com/2011/WGAC11/multi_R003s01s02s03s04.htm accessed 2012-02-05
  35. ^ http://www.civa-results.com./2012/WGAC_2012/multi_R008s01s02s03s04s05s06.htm accessed 2012-08-29

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