World Paragliding Championships is the main competitiveparagliding championships in the World, organized by theFédération Aéronautique Internationale.
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes | No. of Nations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1989 | Kössen |  Austria | ||||
| 2nd | 1991 | Digne-les-Bains |  France | ||||
| 3rd | 1993 | Verbier |  Switzerland | ||||
| 4th | 1995 | Kitakyushu |  Japan | ||||
| 5th | 1997 | Castejón de Sos |  Spain | ||||
| 6th | 1999 | Bramberg–Neukirchen | Austria | ||||
| 7th | 2001 | Granada | Spain | ||||
| 8th | 2003 | Larouco |  Portugal | ||||
| 9th | 2005 | Governador Valadares |  Brazil | March 11–27 | |||
| 10th | 2007 | Manilla |  Australia | February 24–March 9 | |||
| 11th | 2009 | El Peñón |  Mexico | January 23–February 6 | |||
| 12th | 2011 | Piedrahíta | Spain | July 3–16 | |||
| 13th | 2013 | Sopot |  Bulgaria | July 13–26 | |||
| 14th | 2015 | Roldanillo |  Colombia | January 10–25 | 148 | 38 | |
| 15th | 2017 | Feltre |  Italy | July 1–15 | 150 | 40 | |
| 16th | 2019 | Kruševo |  Macedonia | August 5–18 | 150 | 48 | |
| 17th | 2021 | San Miguel de Tucumán |  Argentina | November 2–12 | Loma Bola | 150 | 38 |
| 18th | 2023 | Chamoux-sur-Gelon | France | May 22–June 2 | 149 | 48 | |
| 19th | 2025 | Castelo | Brazil | September 2–12 | 128 | 53 | |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1989 | Austria | |||
| 2nd | 1991 | France |  Robbie Whittall (GBR) | Andy Hediger (SUI) | Urs Haari (SUI) |
| 3rd | 1993 | Switzerland | Hans Bollinger (SUI) |  E Strobl (GER) | John Pendry (GBR) |
| 4th | 1995 | Japan | Stefan Stiegler (AUT) | Hans Bollinger (SUI) | J. Sanderson (GBR) |
| 5th | 1997 | Spain | John Pendry (GBR) | Christian Tammeger (AUT) | Jimmy Pacher (ITA) |
| 6th | 1999 | Austria | |||
| 7th | 2001 | Spain | Luca Donini (ITA) | Christian Tammeger (AUT) |  Olivier Rossel (CAN) |
| 8th | 2003 | Portugal | Alex Hofer (SUI) | Frank Thoma Brown (BRA) | Masataka Kawachi (JPN) |
| 9th | 2005 | Brazil | Steve Cox (SUI) | Christian Tammeger (AUT) | Stefan Wyss (SUI) |
| 10th | 2007 | Australia | Bruce Goldsmith (GBR) | Jean-Marc Caron (FRA) |  Thomas McCune (USA) |
| 11th | 2009 | Mexico | Andy Aebi (SUI) | Stefan Wyss (SUI) |  Aljaz Valic (SLO) |
| 12th | 2011 | Spain | Charles Cazaux (FRA) | Luca Donin (ITA) | Andreas Malecki (GER) |
| 13th | 2013 | Bulgaria | Jérémie Lager (FRA) | Charles Cazaux (FRA) | Davide Cassetta (ITA) |
| 14th | 2015 | Colombia | Honorin Hamard (FRA) | Michael Maurer (SUI) | Torsten Siegel (GER) |
| 15th | 2017 | Italy | Pierre Remy (FRA) | Guy Anderson (GBR) | Honorin Hamard (FRA) Jurij Vidic (SLO) |
| 16th | 2019 | Macedonia | Joachim Oberhauser (ITA) |  Gleb Sukhotsky (RUS) | Honorin Hamard (FRA) |
| 17th | 2021 | Argentina | Russell Ogden (GBR) | Honorin Hamard (FRA) | Luc Armant (FRA) |
| 18th | 2023 | France | Maxime Pinot (FRA) | Honorin Hamard (FRA) | Pierre Remy (FRA) |
| 19th | 2025 | Brazil | Baptiste Lambert (FRA) | Honorin Hamard (FRA) | Marcelo Sanchez Vilchez (SPA) |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1989 | Austria | |||
| 2nd | 1991 | France | |||
| 3rd | 1993 | Switzerland | Camilla Perner (AUT) | Nathalie Berger (FRA) | Miyuki Tanaka (JPN) |
| 4th | 1995 | Japan | Judy Leden (GBR) | Miyuki Tanaka (JPN) | Nathalie Berger (FRA) |
| 5th | 1997 | Spain | Sandie Cochepain (FRA) | Claire Bernier (FRA) | Louise Crandal (GBR) |
| 6th | 1999 | Austria | |||
| 7th | 2001 | Spain | Louise Crandal (GBR) | Nicole Nussbaum (SUI) | Miyuki Tanaka (JPN) |
| 8th | 2003 | Portugal |  Petra Krausova (CZE) | Nicole Nussbaum (SUI) |  Louise Crandal (DEN) |
| 9th | 2005 | Brazil | Louise Crandal (GBR) | Ewa Wisnierska-Cieslewicz (GER) | Elizabeth Rauchenberger (SUI) |
| 10th | 2007 | Australia | Petra Slivova (CZE) | Viv Williams (AUS) |  Harmony Gaw (NZL) |
| 11th | 2009 | Mexico | Elisa Houdry (FRA) | Keiko Hiraki (JPN) | Anja Kröll (SUI) |
| 12th | 2011 | Spain | Petra Krausova-Slivova (CZE) | Regula Strasser (GER) | Kirsty Cameron (GBR) |
| 13th | 2013 | Bulgaria |  Klaudia Bulgakow (POL) | Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) | Nicole Fedele (ITA) |
| 14th | 2015 | Colombia | Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) | Keiko Hiraki (JPN) | Nicole Fedele (ITA) |
| 15th | 2017 | Italy | Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) | Kari Ellis (AUS) | Silvia Buzzi Ferraris (ITA) |
| 16th | 2019 | Macedonia | Meryl Delferriere (FRA) | Yael Margelisch (SUI) | Kari Ellis (AUS) |
| 17th | 2021 | Argentina | Yael Margelisch (SUI) | Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) | Klaudia Bulgakow (POL) |
| 18th | 2023 | France | Meryl Delferriere (FRA) | Constance Mettetal (FRA) | Nanda Walliser (SUI) |
| 19th | 2025 | Brazil | Constance Mettetal (FRA) | Alexia Fischer (USA) | Keiko Hiraki (JPN) |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1989 | |||
| 2nd | 1991 | Switzerland | Great Britain | Germany |
| 3rd | 1993 | Switzerland | Great Britain | Austria |
| 4th | 1995 | Switzerland | Great Britain | Austria |
| 5th | 1997 | Switzerland | Great Britain | Austria |
| 6th | 1999 | |||
| 7th | 2001 | Switzerland | Germany | Italy |
| 8th | 2003 | Switzerland | Austria | Germany |
| 9th | 2005 | Switzerland | Germany | Czech Republic |
| 10th | 2007 | Czech Republic | France | Switzerland |
| 11th | 2009 | Czech Republic | Italy | Slovenia |
| 12th | 2011 | France | Great Britain | Switzerland |
| 13th | 2013 | France | Italy |  Venezuela |
| 14th | 2015 | Germany | Slovenia | Spain |
| 15th | 2017 | France | Slovenia | Switzerland |
| 16th | 2019 | FranceItaly | Japan | |
| 17th | 2021 | Great Britain | Switzerland | Czech Republic |
| 18th | 2023 | France | Great Britain | North Macedonia |
| 19th | 2025 | France | Spain | Italy |
Updated after the2025 World Paragliding Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 19 | 11 | 5 | 35 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Austria | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 |  United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 50 | 50 | 51 | 151 | |
Source:[1]
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes | No. of Nations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2000 | Middle Wallop | United Kingdom | August 12–19 | |||
| 2nd | 2003 | Lijak | Slovenia | August 4–10 | |||
| 3rd | 2005 | Niš |  Serbia and Montenegro | August 8–14 | |||
| 4th | 2007 | Trakai |  Lithuania | February 9–18 | |||
| 5th | 2009 | Ivanec |  Croatia | June 20–27 | |||
| 6th | 2011 | Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem | Czech Republic | July 22–30 | |||
| 7th | 2013 | Bjelasnica |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | August 17–25 | |||
| 8th | 2015 | Puncak |  Indonesia | August 11–16 | |||
| 9th | 2017 | Vlorë |  Albania | May 6–13 | |||
| 10th | 2019 | Vršac |  Serbia | September 10–18 | |||
| 11th | 2021 | Prilep | Macedonia | October 8–16 | 129 | 32 | |
| 12th | 2023 | Sopot | Bulgaria | October 20-28 | 130 | 31 | |
| 13th | 2025 | Alanya |  Turkey | Oct 9-19 | 140 | 36 | |
| 14th | 2027 | Nongkhai |  Thailand | ||||
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2000 | United Kingdom | John Eiff | Simeon Klokocovnik | Dave Fairey |
| 2nd | 2003 | Slovenia | Matjaz Feraric | Andy Shaw | David Sluga |
| 3rd | 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro | Jaka Gorenc | Matej Goste | Andy Shaw |
| 4th | 2007 | Lithuania | Matjaz Feraric | Andrew Webster | Martin Jovanoski |
| 5th | 2009 | Croatia |  Shu Peng Zhang | Haiping Chen | Martin Ondrašek |
| 6th | 2011 | Czechia | Anton Svoljsak | Xiaoqiang Yang | Jaka Gorenc |
| 7th | 2013 | Bosnia | Sheng Guang Q. | Jaka Gorenc | Tomas Lednik |
| 8th | 2015 | Indonesia | Dede Supratman | Matjaz Sluga | Anton Svoljsak Tomas Lednik |
| 9th | 2017 | Albania | Tzvetan Tzolov | Matjaz Sluga | Haiping Chen |
| 10th | 2019 | Serbia | Yong Wu | Irvan Winarya | Matjaz Sluga |
| 11th | 2021 | Macedonia |  Seungil Ahn | Vlastimil Vachtl | Dagyeom Lee |
| 12th | 2023 | Bulgaria | Yang Chen | Linus Schubert | Aris Afriansyah |
| 13th | 2025 | Turkey | Yang Chen | Xu Yu | Ivan Pavlov |
| Year | Hosts | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2000 | United Kingdom | |||
| 2nd | 2003 | Slovenia | Aleksandra Klokocovnik | Pauline Behan | Natasa Marti |
| 3rd | 2005 | Serbia and Montenegro | Marketa Tomaskova | Sandra Ivanovic | Andrijana Joleska |
| 4th | 2007 | Lithuania | Durusu Funda Cici | Katerina Pankova |  Olga Lonina |
| 5th | 2009 | Croatia | Elena Kostova | Marketa Tomaskova | Milica Bicanin |
| 6th | 2011 | Czechia | Marketa Tomaskova | Milica Marinkovic | Milica Bicanin |
| 7th | 2013 | Bosnia | Milica Marinkovic | Rimante Verbylaite | Jolanta Romanenko |
| 8th | 2015 | Indonesia | Nunnapat Phuchong | Hye Joung Cho | Jolanta Romanenko |
| 9th | 2017 | Albania | Nunnapat Phuchong | Marketa Tomaskova | Rika Wijayanti |
| 10th | 2019 | Serbia | Soyoung Cho | Eunyoung Cho |  Georgiana Birgoz |
| 11th | 2021 | Macedonia | Dagyeom Lee | Marketa Tomaskova | Eunyoung Cho |
| 12th | 2023 | Bulgaria | Eunyoung Cho | Catherine Devos | Donghwa Yang |
| 13th | 2025 | Turkey | Karolína Koudelová | Marketa Tomaskova |  Lisjeta Thaqi |
Updated after the2023 World Paragliding Accuracy Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 | China | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Serbia | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 20 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 40 | 38 | 40 | 118 | |
Source:[2]
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