List of world champions in paragliding

The list of world champion in paragliding includes all the winners, runners-up at the FAI World Paragliding Championship ( dt. Paragliding World Cup ), which every two years by the International Aeronautical Federation (FAI) in cross-country flying is discharged.

Competitions

Men

#	year	place	master	Runner-up	place 3
1.	1989	Kössen	not validated	not validated	not validated
2.	1991	Dignes-les-Bains	Robert Whittall	André Hediger	Urs Haari
3.	1993	Verbier	Hans Bollinger	Ernst Strobl	John Pendry
4th	1995	Kitakyushu	Stefan Stieglair	Hans Bollinger	Jocky Sanderson
5.	1997	Castejón de Sos	John Pendry	Christian Tamegger	Jimmy Pacher
6th	1999	Bramberg-Neukirchen	Christian Heinrich	Christopher Muller	Walter Holzmüller
7th	2001	Granada	Luca Donini	Christian Tamegger	Oliver Rössel
8th.	2003	Montalegre	Alex Hofer	Frank Thomas Brown	Masataka Kawachi
9.	2005	Valadares	Steve Cox	Christian Tamegger	Stefan Wyss
10.	2007	Manilla	Bruce Goldsmith	Jean-Marc Caron	Thomas McCune
11.	2009	Valle de Bravo	Andy Aebi	Stefan Wyss	Aljaz Valic
12.	2011	Piedrahíta	Charles Cazaux	Luca Donini	Andreas Malecki
13.	2013	Sopot	Jeremie Lager	Charles Cazaux	Davide Cassetta
14th	2015	Roldanillo	Honorary Hamard	Michael Maurer	Torsten Siegel
15th	2017	Monte Avena	Pierre Remy	Guy Anderson	Jurij Vidic ex aequo with Honorin Hamard
16.	2019	Kruševo	Joachim Oberhauser	Gleb Sukhotskiy	Honorary Hamard

Women

#	year	place	master	Runner-up	place 3
1.	1989	Kössen	not validated	not validated	not validated
2.	1991	Dignes-les-Bains	Andrea Amann	Miyuki Tanaka	Nathalie Berger
3.	1993	Verbier	Camilla Perner	Nathalie Berger	Miyuki Tanaka
4th	1995	Kitakyushu	Judy Leden	Miyuki Tanaka	Nathalie Berger
5.	1997	Castejón de Sos	Sandie Cochepain	Claire Bernier	Louise Crandal
6th	1999	Bramberg-Neukirchen	Louise Crandal	Judith Dörflinger	Nicole Nussbaum
7th	2001	Granada	Louise Crandal	Nicole Nussbaum	Miyuki Tanaka
8th.	2003	Montalegre	Petra Krausova	Nicole Nussbaum	Louise Crandal
9.	2005	Valadares	Louise Crandal	Ewa Wisnierska Cieslewicz	Elisabeth Rauchberger
10.	2007	Manilla	Petra Slivova	Viv Williams	Harmony Gaw
11.	2009	Valle de Bravo	Elisa Houdry	Keiko Hiraki	Anja Kroll
12.	2011	Piedrahíta	Petra Slivova	Regula Strasser	Kirsty Cameron
13.	2013	Sopot	Klaudia Bulgakov	Seiko Fukuoka Neville	Nicole Fedele
14th	2015	Roldanillo	Seiko Fukuoka Neville	Keiko Hiraki	Nicole Fedele
15th	2017	Monte Avena	Seiko Fukuoka Neville	Kari Ellis	Silvia Buzzi Ferraris
16.	2019	Kruševo	Meryl Delferriere	Yael Margelisch	Kari Ellis

Nations ratings

total

space	country	master	Vice	Third	total
1.	France	9	5	4th	18th
2.	Switzerland	5	8th	5	18th
3.	Austria	4th	3	1	7th
4th	United Kingdom	4th	1	3	8th
5.	Denmark	3	-	2	5
6th	Czech Republic	3	-	-	3
7th	Italy	2	1	5	8th
8th.	Poland	1	-	-	1
9.	Japan	-	4th	3	7th
10.	Germany	-	3	3	6th
11.	Australia	-	2	1	3
12.	Brazil	-	1	-	1
12.	Canada	-	1	-	1
12.	Russia	-	1	-	1
15th	Slovenia	-	-	2	2
16.	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
16.	United States	-	-	1	1

Men

space	country	master	Vice	Third	total
1.	Switzerland	4th	4th	2	10
2.	France	4th	2	2	8th
3.	United Kingdom	3	1	2	6th
4th	Austria	2	3	1	6th
5.	Italy	2	1	2	5
6th	Germany	-	1	3	4th
7th	Brazil	-	1	-	1
7th	Canada	-	1	-	1
7th	Russia	-	1	-	1
10.	Slovenia	-	-	2	2
11.	Japan	-	-	1	1
11.	United States	-	-	1	1

Women

space	country	master	Vice	Third	total
1.	France	5	3	2	10
2.	Denmark	3	-	2	5
3.	Czech Republic	3	-	-	3
4th	Austria	2	-	-	2
5.	United Kingdom	1	-	1	2
6th	Poland	1	-	-	1
7th	Switzerland	-	4th	3	7th
8th.	Japan	-	4th	2	6th
9.	Australia	-	2	1	3
10.	Germany	-	2	-	2
11.	Italy	-	-	3	3
12.	New Zealand	-	-	1	1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 15th FAI Paragliding World Championship. Retrieved November 15, 2016 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} MonteAvena2017 Paragliding World Championship - France maintains undisputed. July 15, 2017, accessed July 17, 2017 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} 15th FAI World Paragliding Championship Monte Avena 2017 - superb organization and flying! (No longer available online.) Fai.org, July 16, 2017, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 17, 2017 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    

Web links

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