World Paragliding Championships
World Paragliding Championships is the main competitive paragliding championships in the World, organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Cross Country Paragliding
[edit]List of events
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| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations | |
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| 1st | 1989 | Kössen |  Austria |
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| 2nd | 1991 | Digne-les-Bains |  France |
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| 3rd | 1993 | Verbier |  Switzerland |
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| 4th | 1995 | Kitakyushu |  Japan |
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| 5th | 1997 | Castejón de Sos |  Spain |
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| 6th | 1999 | Bramberg–Neukirchen | Austria |
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| 7th | 2001 | Granada | Spain |
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| 8th | 2003 | Larouco |  Portugal |
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| 9th | 2005 | Governador Valadares |  Brazil |
March 11–27 | |||
| 10th | 2007 | Manilla |  Australia |
February 24–March 9 | |||
| 11th | 2009 | El Peñón |  Mexico |
January 23–February 6 | |||
| 12th | 2011 | Piedrahíta | Spain |
July 3–16 | |||
| 13th | 2013 | Sopot |  Bulgaria |
July 13–26 | |||
| 14th | 2015 | Roldanillo |  Colombia |
January 10–25 | 148 | 38 | |
| 15th | 2017 | Feltre |  Italy |
July 1–15 | 150 | 40 | |
| 16th | 2019 | Kruševo |  Macedonia |
August 5–18 | 150 | 48 | |
| 17th | 2021 | San Miguel de Tucumán |  Argentina |
November 2–12 | Loma Bola | 150 | 38 |
| 18th | 2023 | Chamoux-sur-Gelon | France |
May 22–June 2 | 149 | 48 | |
| 19th | 2025 | Castelo | Brazil |
September 2–12 | 128 | 53 | |
Overall
[edit]| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 1st | 1989 | Austria
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| 2nd | 1991 | France
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 Robbie Whittall (GBR)
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Andy Hediger (SUI)
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Urs Haari (SUI)
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| 3rd | 1993 | Switzerland
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Hans Bollinger (SUI)
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 E Strobl (GER)
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John Pendry (GBR)
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| 4th | 1995 | Japan
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Stefan Stiegler (AUT)
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Hans Bollinger (SUI)
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J. Sanderson (GBR)
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| 5th | 1997 | Spain
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John Pendry (GBR)
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Christian Tammeger (AUT)
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Jimmy Pacher (ITA)
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| 6th | 1999 | Austria
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| 7th | 2001 | Spain
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Luca Donini (ITA)
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Christian Tammeger (AUT)
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 Olivier Rossel (CAN)
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| 8th | 2003 | Portugal
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Alex Hofer (SUI)
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Frank Thoma Brown (BRA)
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Masataka Kawachi (JPN)
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| 9th | 2005 | Brazil
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Steve Cox (SUI)
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Christian Tammeger (AUT)
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Stefan Wyss (SUI)
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| 10th | 2007 | Australia
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Bruce Goldsmith (GBR)
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Jean-Marc Caron (FRA)
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 Thomas McCune (USA)
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| 11th | 2009 | Mexico
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Andy Aebi (SUI)
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Stefan Wyss (SUI)
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 Aljaz Valic (SLO)
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| 12th | 2011 | Spain
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Charles Cazaux (FRA)
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Luca Donin (ITA)
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Andreas Malecki (GER)
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| 13th | 2013 | Bulgaria
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Jérémie Lager (FRA)
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Charles Cazaux (FRA)
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Davide Cassetta (ITA)
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| 14th | 2015 | Colombia
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Honorin Hamard (FRA)
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Michael Maurer (SUI)
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Torsten Siegel (GER)
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| 15th | 2017 | Italy
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Pierre Remy (FRA)
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Guy Anderson (GBR)
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Honorin Hamard (FRA) Jurij Vidic (SLO)
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| 16th | 2019 | Macedonia
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Joachim Oberhauser (ITA)
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 Gleb Sukhotsky (RUS)
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Honorin Hamard (FRA)
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| 17th | 2021 | Argentina
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Russell Ogden (GBR)
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Honorin Hamard (FRA)
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Luc Armant (FRA)
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| 18th | 2023 | France
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Maxime Pinot (FRA)
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Honorin Hamard (FRA)
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Pierre Remy (FRA)
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| 19th | 2025 | Brazil
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Baptiste Lambert (FRA)
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Honorin Hamard (FRA)
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Marcelo Sanchez Vilchez (SPA)
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Female
[edit]| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 1st | 1989 | Austria
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| 2nd | 1991 | France
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| 3rd | 1993 | Switzerland
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Camilla Perner (AUT)
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Nathalie Berger (FRA)
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Miyuki Tanaka (JPN)
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| 4th | 1995 | Japan
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Judy Leden (GBR)
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Miyuki Tanaka (JPN)
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Nathalie Berger (FRA)
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| 5th | 1997 | Spain
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Sandie Cochepain (FRA)
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Claire Bernier (FRA)
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Louise Crandal (GBR)
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| 6th | 1999 | Austria
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| 7th | 2001 | Spain
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Louise Crandal (GBR)
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Nicole Nussbaum (SUI)
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Miyuki Tanaka (JPN)
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| 8th | 2003 | Portugal
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 Petra Krausova (CZE)
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Nicole Nussbaum (SUI)
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 Louise Crandal (DEN)
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| 9th | 2005 | Brazil
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Louise Crandal (GBR)
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Ewa Wisnierska-Cieslewicz (GER)
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Elizabeth Rauchenberger (SUI)
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| 10th | 2007 | Australia
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Petra Slivova (CZE)
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Viv Williams (AUS)
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 Harmony Gaw (NZL)
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| 11th | 2009 | Mexico
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Elisa Houdry (FRA)
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Keiko Hiraki (JPN)
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Anja Kröll (SUI)
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| 12th | 2011 | Spain
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Petra Krausova-Slivova (CZE)
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Regula Strasser (GER)
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Kirsty Cameron (GBR)
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| 13th | 2013 | Bulgaria
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 Klaudia Bulgakow (POL)
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Seiko Fukuoka (FRA)
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Nicole Fedele (ITA)
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| 14th | 2015 | Colombia
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Seiko Fukuoka (FRA)
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Keiko Hiraki (JPN)
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Nicole Fedele (ITA)
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| 15th | 2017 | Italy
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Seiko Fukuoka (FRA)
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Kari Ellis (AUS)
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Silvia Buzzi Ferraris (ITA)
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| 16th | 2019 | Macedonia
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Meryl Delferriere (FRA)
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Yael Margelisch (SUI)
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Kari Ellis (AUS)
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| 17th | 2021 | Argentina
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Yael Margelisch (SUI)
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Seiko Fukuoka (FRA)
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Klaudia Bulgakow (POL)
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| 18th | 2023 | France
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Meryl Delferriere (FRA)
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Constance Mettetal (FRA)
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Nanda Walliser (SUI)
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| 19th | 2025 | Brazil
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Constance Mettetal (FRA)
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Alexia Fischer (USA)
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Keiko Hiraki (JPN)
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Nations
[edit]| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 1st | 1989 | |||
| 2nd | 1991 | Switzerland
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Great Britain
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Germany
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| 3rd | 1993 | Switzerland
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Great Britain
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Austria
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| 4th | 1995 | Switzerland
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Great Britain
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Austria
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| 5th | 1997 | Switzerland
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Great Britain
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Austria
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| 6th | 1999 | |||
| 7th | 2001 | Switzerland
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Germany
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Italy
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| 8th | 2003 | Switzerland
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Austria
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Germany
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| 9th | 2005 | Switzerland
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Germany
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Czech Republic
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| 10th | 2007 | Czech Republic
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France
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Switzerland
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| 11th | 2009 | Czech Republic
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Italy
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Slovenia
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| 12th | 2011 | France
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Great Britain
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Switzerland
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| 13th | 2013 | France
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Italy
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 Venezuela
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| 14th | 2015 | Germany
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Slovenia
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Spain
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| 15th | 2017 | France
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Slovenia
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Switzerland
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| 16th | 2019 | France Italy
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Japan
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| 17th | 2021 | Great Britain
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Switzerland
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Czech Republic
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| 18th | 2023 | France
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Great Britain
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North Macedonia
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| 19th | 2025 | France
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Spain
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Italy
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All-time medal table (1991–2025)
[edit]Updated after the 2025 World Paragliding Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | France | 19 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Austria | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 50 | 50 | 51 | 151 | |
Source: [1]
Paragliding Accuracy
[edit]List of events
[edit]| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations | |
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| 1st | 2000 | Middle Wallop | United Kingdom |
August 12–19 | |||
| 2nd | 2003 | Nova Gorica | Slovenia |
August 4–10 | |||
| 3rd | 2005 | Niš |  Serbia and Montenegro |
August 8–14 | |||
| 4th | 2007 | Trakai |  Lithuania |
February 9–18 | |||
| 5th | 2009 | Ivanec |  Croatia |
June 20–27 | |||
| 6th | 2011 | Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem | Czech Republic |
July 22–30 | |||
| 7th | 2013 | Bjelasnica |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
August 17–25 | |||
| 8th | 2015 | Puncak |  Indonesia |
August 11–16 | |||
| 9th | 2017 | Vlorë |  Albania |
May 6–13 | |||
| 10th | 2019 | Vršac |  Serbia |
September 10–18 | |||
| 11th | 2021 | Prilep | Macedonia |
October 8–16 | 129 | 32 | |
| 12th | 2023 | Sopot | Bulgaria |
October 20-28 | 130 | 31 | |
| 13th | 2025 | Alanya |  Turkey |
Oct 9-19 | 140 | 36 | |
| 14th | 2027 | Nongkhai |  Thailand |
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Overall
[edit]| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 1st | 2000 | United Kingdom
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 John Eiff |
 Simeon Klokocovnik |
 Dave Fairey |
| 2nd | 2003 | Slovenia
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Matjaz Feraric |
Andy Shaw |
David Sluga |
| 3rd | 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro
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Jaka Gorenc |
Matej Goste |
Andy Shaw |
| 4th | 2007 | Lithuania
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Matjaz Feraric |
Andrew Webster |
 Martin Jovanoski |
| 5th | 2009 | Croatia
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 Shu Peng Zhang |
Haiping Chen |
 Martin Ondrášek |
| 6th | 2011 | Czech Republic
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Anton Svoljšak |
Xiaoqiang Yang |
Jaka Gorenc |
| 7th | 2013 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Sheng Guang Q. |
Jaka Gorenc |
Tomáš Lednik |
| 8th | 2015 | Indonesia
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 Dede Supratman |
Matjaz Sluga |
Anton Svoljšak Tomáš Lednik
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| 9th | 2017 | Albania
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 Tzvetan Tzolov |
Matjaz Sluga |
Haiping Chen |
| 10th | 2019 | Serbia
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Yong Wu |
Irvan Winarya |
Matjaz Sluga |
| 11th | 2021 | Macedonia
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 Seungil Ahn |
Vlastimil Vachtl |
Dagyeom Lee |
| 12th | 2023 | Bulgaria
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Yang Chen |
 Linus Schubert |
Aris Afriansyah |
| 13th | 2025 | Turkey
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Yang Chen |
Xu Yu |
 Ivan Pavlov |
Female
[edit]| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 1st | 2000 | United Kingdom
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| 2nd | 2003 | Slovenia
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Aleksandra Klokocovnik
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Pauline Behan
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Natasa Marti
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| 3rd | 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro
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Markéta Tomášková
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Sandra Ivanovic
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Andrijana Joleska
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| 4th | 2007 | Lithuania
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Durusu Funda Cici
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Kateřina Pánková
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 Olga Lonina
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| 5th | 2009 | Croatia
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Elena Kostova
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Markéta Tomášková
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Milica Bicanin
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| 6th | 2011 | Czech Republic
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Markéta Tomášková
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Milica Marinković
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Milica Bicanin
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| 7th | 2013 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Milica Marinković
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Rimante Verbylaite
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Jolanta Romanenko
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| 8th | 2015 | Indonesia
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Nunnapat Phuchong
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 Hye Joung Cho
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Jolanta Romanenko
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| 9th | 2017 | Albania
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Nunnapat Phuchong
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Markéta Tomášková
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Rika Wijayanti
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| 10th | 2019 | Serbia
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Soyoung Cho
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Eunyoung Cho
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 Georgiana Birgoz
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| 11th | 2021 | Macedonia
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Dagyeom Lee
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Markéta Tomášková
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Eunyoung Cho
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| 12th | 2023 | Bulgaria
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Eunyoung Cho
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Catherine Devos
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Donghwa Yang
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| 13th | 2025 | Turkey
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Karolína Koudelová
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Markéta Tomášková
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 Lisjeta Thaqi
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Nations
[edit]| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 1st | 2000 | Great Britain
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Great Britain |
Slovenia |
 Nederland |
| 2nd | 2003 | Slovenia
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Slovenia |
Great Britain |
 Lithuania |
| 3rd | 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro
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Slovenia |
Great Britain |
Czech Republic |
| 4th | 2007 | Lithuania
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Slovenia |
Czech Republic |
Great Britain |
| 5th | 2009 | Croatia
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Slovenia |
China |
Bulgaria |
| 6th | 2011 | Czech Republic
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Slovenia |
Serbia |
China |
| 7th | 2013 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Czech Republic |
Bulgaria |
Serbia |
| 8th | 2015 | Indonesia
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 Thailand |
Serbia |
Indonesia |
| 9th | 2017 | Albania
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China |
Serbia |
Czech Republic |
| 10th | 2019 | Serbia
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Indonesia |
China |
 Colombia |
| 11th | 2021 | Macedonia
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South Korea |
Czech Republic |
Slovenia |
| 12th | 2023 | Bulgaria
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Indonesia |
Czech Republic |
South Korea |
| 13th | 2025 | Turkey
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China |
Indonesia |
 Kosovo |
All-time medal table (2000–2023)
[edit]Updated after the 2023 World Paragliding Accuracy Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Slovenia | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 |  China | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Serbia | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 40 | 38 | 40 | 118 | |
Source: [2]
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