Rescue
The world championships in lifeguard rescue of the International Life Saving Federation (ILS), or one of its predecessor organizations, have been held every two years at different locations since 1988. Before that, there were two world federations, FIS (Federation International Sauvetage) and WLS (World Life Saving), which merged in 1990 and held their own world championships before 1988.
organization
The participating national teams , club teams and seniors (Masters) from the associations affiliated to the ILS compete as teams or individual starters in their own competition. The competitions are divided into indoor disciplines (Still Water / Pool Events) and outdoor disciplines (Open Water / Ocean Events). The individual disciplines can be found under Rescue Sports.
In 2008 the World Championships were held on behalf of the ILS by the German Life Saving Society (DLRG) in Berlin (indoor swimming pool disciplines) and Warnemünde (open water disciplines). The subsequent World Cup took place in Egypt from October 2nd to 17th, 2010 . It was scheduled to take place in Cornwall - but it was canceled for logistical reasons.
From November 7th to 18th, 2012 the World Cup took place in Australia, in Adelaide .
The most successful participants are Lutz Heimann , who has been world champion 35 times, and Carsten Schlepphorst , who has been world champion 23 times. Both started for the German national team.
Venues
| year | championship | venue |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | FIS | Paris, France |
| 1956 | FIS | Mulhouse, France |
| 1956 | International contest | Torquay Beach, Australia |
| 1957 | FIS | Bordeaux, France |
| 1958 | FIS | Châlons du Marne et Reims, France |
| 1959 | FIS | Wiesbaden, Germany |
| 1960 | FIS | Madrid, Spain |
| 1961 | FIS | Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg |
| 1962 | FIS | Rome, Italy |
| 1963 | FIS | Paris, France |
| 1964 | FIS | Alger, Algeria |
| 1966 | FIS | Rabat, Morocco |
| 1967 | FIS | Salzburg, Austria |
| 1968 | FIS | Trier, Germany |
| 1969 | FIS | Rome, Italy |
| 1972 | FIS | Vittel Neufchateau Contrexville, France |
| 1974 | WLS | South Africa |
| 1974 | FIS | Barcelona, Spain |
| 1976 | FIS | Berlin, Germany |
| 1978 | FIS | London, UK |
| 1981 | WLS Interclub | Bali, Indonesia |
| 1981 | FIS | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1983 | WLS Interclub | Hawaii, USA |
| 1983 | FIS | Warsaw, Poland |
| 1987 | FIS | Warendorf, Germany |
| 1988 | Rescue 88 | Gold Coast, Australia |
| 1990 | Rescue 90 | Lübeck / Travemünde, Germany |
| 1991 | FIS | Jonkoping, Sweden |
| 1992 | Rescue 92 | Shimoda, Japan |
| 1994 | Rescue 94 | Cardiff / Newquay, UK |
| 1995 | FIS | Valenciennes, France |
| 1996 | Rescue 96 | Durban, South Africa |
| 1998 | Rescue 98 | Auckland, New Zealand |
| 2000 | Rescue 2000 | Sydney, Australia |
| 2002 | Rescue 2002 | Daytona Beach / Orlando, USA |
| 2004 | Rescue 2004 | Livorno / Viareggio, Italy |
| 2006 | Rescue 2006 | Geelong / Lorne, Australia |
| 2008 | Rescue 2008 | Berlin / Warnemünde, Germany |
| 2010 | Rescue 2010 | Alexandria, Egypt |
| 2012 | Rescue 2012 | Adelaide, Australia |
| 2014 | Rescue 2014 | Montpellier, France |
| 2016 | Rescue 2016 | Eindhoven / Noordwijk, Netherlands |
| 2018 | Rescue 2018 | Adelaide, Australia |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ "DLRG Statement" ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , DLRG, February 3, 2009
