Michael Sommer (glider pilot)

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Michael Sommer (* 1972/1973) is a German glider pilot from Kleinostheim and reigning European glider pilot in the open class. He is active in the FSC Möve Obernau 1951 eV.

At the age of 14 he sat in a glider for the first time.

Sporting successes

  • 1993 5th place in the junior club class
  • 1994 Lower Franconian champion club class Giebelstadt
  • 1995 German Champion Junior Club Class
  • 1996 German vice-champion club class
  • 1997 German Champion Junior Club Class
  • 1997 European junior club class champion
  • 1998 5th place DM club class
  • 1998 6th place in the Open Class Quantities
  • 2000 German Vice-Master Open Class
  • 2001 Vice World Champion Open Class in Mafikeng South Africa
  • 2003 3rd place DM Open Class
  • 2005 won the German championship in the open class
  • 2006 Open Class World Champion in Eskilstuna , Sweden
  • 2007 win of the German championship in the open class
  • 2008 world champion in the open class in Lüsse near Berlin
  • 2009 3rd place DM Open Class in Quantities
  • 2010 World Champion in the Open Class at the 31st FAI Glider World Championships in Szeged / Hungary , making him the third glider pilot to have achieved this hat trick (2006/2008/2010).
  • 2011 Winner of the German Championship Lüsse 2011
  • 2012 Vice World Champion Open Class, WM Uvalde (USA)
  • 2013 European Open Class Champion, Vinon / FR
  • 2013 win of the German championship in the open class
  • 2014 Open Class World Champion at the 33rd FAI World Gliding Championships in Leszno (Poland)
  • 2015 winning the German championship in the open class in Stendal-Borstel

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Preliminary report on the 2008 World Cup
  2. ↑ http://www.daec-segelflug.de/index.php?we_objectID=75&pid=0 Overview of Michael Sommer's achievements on the website of the German National Sailing Team
  3. ↑ http://www.wgc2008.org/ Results of the World Gliding Championship 2008 (page in English)
  4. ↑ http://www.deutsche-segelflug-meisterschaft.de/wettkampf/aktuelles/einzelansicht/artikel/1/ehrungen-und-deutsche-nationalmannschaft/
  5. ↑ http://www.flatlandcup.hu/2010/competition/Open/085_Open_tot.htm
  6. ↑ Deutscher Aero Club eV: German Championship Lüsse from 07/01/2011 to 07/14/2011  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.rangliste-segelflug.de  
personal data
SURNAME Summer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German glider pilot
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Kleinostheim