World Paragliding Championships

World Paragliding Championships is the main competitive paragliding championships in the World, organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Cross Country Paragliding

2017 World Paragliding Championships in Feltre (task Rubbio), Italy.
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 BrambergNeukirchen  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

Paragliding Accuracy

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

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