World Paragliding Championships is the main competitive paragliding championships in the World, organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Cross Country Paragliding List of events
Year City Country Date Venue No. ofAthletes No. ofNations 1st 1989 Kössen 2nd 1991 Digne-les-Bains 3rd 1993 Verbier 4th 1995 Kitakyushu 5th 1997 Castejón de Sos 6th 1999 Bramberg–Neukirchen 7th 2001 Granada 8th 2003 Larouco 9th 2005 Governador Valadares March 11–27 10th 2007 Manilla February 24–March 9 11th 2009 El Peñón January 23–February 6 12th 2011 Piedrahíta July 3–16 13th 2013 Sopot July 13–26 14th 2015 Roldanillo January 10–25 148 38 15th 2017 Feltre July 1–15 150 40 16th 2019 Kruševo August 5–18 150 48 17th 2021 San Miguel de Tucumán November 2–12 Loma Bola 150 38 18th 2023 Chamoux-sur-Gelon May 22–June 2 149 48 19th 2025 Castelo September 2–12 128 53
Overall Year Hosts Gold Silver Bronze 1st 1989 2nd 1991 3rd 1993 4th 1995 5th 1997 6th 1999 7th 2001 8th 2003 9th 2005 10th 2007 11th 2009 12th 2011 13th 2013 14th 2015 15th 2017 16th 2019 17th 2021 18th 2023 19th 2025
Female Year Hosts Gold Silver Bronze 1st 1989 2nd 1991 3rd 1993 4th 1995 5th 1997 6th 1999 7th 2001 8th 2003 9th 2005 10th 2007 11th 2009 12th 2011 13th 2013 14th 2015 15th 2017 16th 2019 17th 2021 18th 2023 19th 2025
Nations Year Gold Silver Bronze 1st 1989 2nd 1991 3rd 1993 4th 1995 5th 1997 6th 1999 7th 2001 8th 2003 9th 2005 10th 2007 11th 2009 12th 2011 13th 2013 14th 2015 15th 2017 16th 2019 17th 2021 18th 2023 19th 2025
All-time medal table (1991–2025) Updated after the 2025 World Paragliding Championships.
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Paragliding Accuracy List of events Year City Country Date Venue No. ofAthletes No. ofNations 1st 2000 Middle Wallop August 12–19 2nd 2003 Nova Gorica August 4–10 3rd 2005 Niš August 8–14 4th 2007 Trakai February 9–18 5th 2009 Ivanec June 20–27 6th 2011 Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem July 22–30 7th 2013 Bjelasnica August 17–25 8th 2015 Puncak August 11–16 9th 2017 Vlorë May 6–13 10th 2019 Vršac September 10–18 11th 2021 Prilep October 8–16 129 32 12th 2023 Sopot October 20-28 130 31 13th 2025 Alanya Oct 9-19 140 36 14th 2027 Nongkhai
Overall Year Hosts Gold Silver Bronze 1st 2000 John Eiff Simeon Klokocovnik Dave Fairey 2nd 2003 Matjaz Feraric Andy Shaw David Sluga 3rd 2005 Jaka Gorenc Matej Goste Andy Shaw 4th 2007 Matjaz Feraric Andrew Webster Martin Jovanoski 5th 2009 Shu Peng Zhang Haiping Chen Martin Ondrášek 6th 2011 Anton Svoljšak Xiaoqiang Yang Jaka Gorenc 7th 2013 Sheng Guang Q. Jaka Gorenc Tomáš Lednik 8th 2015 Dede Supratman Matjaz Sluga Anton Svoljšak Tomáš Lednik 9th 2017 Tzvetan Tzolov Matjaz Sluga Haiping Chen 10th 2019 Yong Wu Irvan Winarya Matjaz Sluga 11th 2021 Seungil Ahn Vlastimil Vachtl Dagyeom Lee 12th 2023 Yang Chen Linus Schubert Aris Afriansyah 13th 2025 Yang Chen Xu Yu Ivan Pavlov
Female Year Hosts Gold Silver Bronze 1st 2000 2nd 2003 Aleksandra Klokocovnik Pauline Behan Natasa Marti 3rd 2005 Markéta Tomášková Sandra Ivanovic Andrijana Joleska 4th 2007 Durusu Funda Cici Kateřina Pánková Olga Lonina 5th 2009 Elena Kostova Markéta Tomášková Milica Bicanin 6th 2011 Markéta Tomášková Milica Marinković Milica Bicanin 7th 2013 Milica Marinković Rimante Verbylaite Jolanta Romanenko 8th 2015 Nunnapat Phuchong Hye Joung Cho Jolanta Romanenko 9th 2017 Nunnapat Phuchong Markéta Tomášková Rika Wijayanti 10th 2019 Soyoung Cho Eunyoung Cho Georgiana Birgoz 11th 2021 Dagyeom Lee Markéta Tomášková Eunyoung Cho 12th 2023 Eunyoung Cho Catherine Devos Donghwa Yang 13th 2025 Karolína Koudelová Markéta Tomášková Lisjeta Thaqi
Nations Year Hosts Gold Silver Bronze1st2000 Great Britain Slovenia Nederland2nd2003 Slovenia Great Britain Lithuania3rd2005 Slovenia Great Britain Czech Republic4th2007 Slovenia Czech Republic Great Britain5th2009 Slovenia China Bulgaria6th2011 Slovenia Serbia China7th2013 Czech Republic Bulgaria Serbia8th2015 Thailand Serbia Indonesia9th2017 China Serbia Czech Republic10th2019 Indonesia China Colombia11th2021 South Korea Czech Republic Slovenia12th2023 Indonesia Czech Republic South Korea13th2025 China Indonesia Kosovo
All-time medal table (2000–2023) Updated after the 2023 World Paragliding Accuracy Championships.
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References Medalists AirSports Calendar
External links 2015 World Championships 2019 World Championships