World Parachuting Championships

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World Parachuting Championships is the main competitive parachuting championships in the World, and is organised by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Canopy piloting

Events

  • Distance
  • Speed
  • Accuracy
  • Freestyle

Championships

Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Athletes
No. of
Nations
1st 2006 Vienna  Austria 23–27 August
2nd 2008 Pretoria  South Africa 18–23 November
3rd 2010 Kolomna  Russia 7–15 August
4th 2012 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 28 November – 9 December
5th 2014 Zephyrhills  United States 1–7 November
6th 2016 Farnham  Canada 20–25 August Unmatched
7th 2018 Wrocław, Szymanów  Poland 3 – 10 July

Landing and style

Events

  • Accuracy landing
  • Freefall style

Championships

List is incomplete

Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Athletes
No. of
Nations
24th 1998 Vrsar[1]  Croatia
28th 2004 Rijeka  Croatia
29th 2006 Stupino  Russia
30th 2008 Lučenec  Slovakia
31st 2010 Niksic  Montenegro 28 August – 4 September
32nd 2012 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 28 November – 9 December
33rd 2014 Banjaluka  Bosnia and Herzegovina 15–23 August

Skydiving

Events

  • Formation skydiving (4-Way, 4-Way Women, 8-Way, VFS 4-Way)
  • Artistic (Freestyle skydiving, Freeflying)
  • Speed skydiving

Championships

List is incomplete

Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Athletes
No. of
Nations
17th 2006 Gera  Germany
18th 2008 La Salmagne - Maubeuge  France
19th 2010 Menzelinsk  Russia 31 July – 6 August
20th 2012 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 28 November – 9 December
21st 2014 Prostejov  Czech Republic 25–31 August
22nd 2016 Chicago  USA September
23rd 2018 Gold Coast  Australia 7 – 13 October Runaway Bay


References

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