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The World Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years or so. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are sometimes held in the Southern Hemisphere. Various classes of glider have been introduced over the years and so separate contests for each class are often held simultaneously, though not always. Gliding had been a demonstration sport at the 1936 Olympic Games and was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940. However since the war, gliding has not featured in the Olympics.

List of contests

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.

  • 1972 Vrsac, Yugoslavia
    • Open Class Winner: Göran Ax, Sweden; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2
    • Standard Class Winner: Jan Wroblewski, Poland; Glider: Orion

  • 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

Women's World Championships

Junior World Championships

Sources

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