European Gliding Championships

The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years or so.

Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940. However since the war, gliding has not featured in the Olympics. For gliding, international competition has been provided by the World Gliding Championships since 1938 and also by the European Gliding Championships since 1982.

The increased number of classes of glider means that it is no longer possible for all the classes to compete at the same location. The European Glider Aerobatic Championships were added in 1992. They are also held every two years.http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=12 - accessed 2008-01-11]

European Gliding Championships

Each of the following entries give the year and location of the contest followed by the winner of each class, nationality and the glider used.

* 1st Championships - 1982
** Open Class Winner: Klaus Holighaus, West Germanyhttp://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/f/flugsport/hst/34.html - accessed 2001-01-11]
** 15-metre Class Winner: Kees Musters, Netherlands
** Standard Class Winner: Leonardo Brigliadori, Italy

* 2nd Championships - 1984
** Open Class Winner: Gerard Lherm, France
** 15-metre Class Winner: Delylle, France
** Standard Class Winner: Jean-Claude Lopiteaux, France

* 3rd Championships - 1986
** Open Class Winner: Klaus Holighaus, West Germany
** 15-metre Class Winner: Daniel M. Pare, France
** Standard Class Winner: Bruno Gantenbrink, West Germany

* 4th Championships - 1988
** Open Class Winner: Klaus Holighaus, West Germany
** 15-metre Class Winner: Gerard Lherm, France
** Standard Class Winner: Janusz Trzeciak, Poland

* 5th Championships - 1990
** Open Class Winner: Eberhard Laur, West Germany
** 15-metre Class Winner: Gabriel Chenevoy, France
** Standard Class Winner: Janusz Trzeciak, Poland

* 6th Championships - 1992
** Open Class Winner: Gerard Lherm, France
** 15-metre Class Winner: Gilbert Gerbaud, France
** Standard Class Winner: Franciszek Kepka, Poland

* 7th Championships - 1994 Rieti, Italy
** Open Class Winner: Bruno Gartenbrink, Germany
** 15-metre Class Winner: Stefano Ghiorzo, Italy
** Standard Class Winner: Peter Fischer, Germany

* 8th Championships - 1996 Räyskälä, Loppi, Finland
** Open Class Winner: Janusz Centka, Poland, Germany
** 15-metre Class Winner: Michael Grund, Germany
** Standard Class Winner: Erwin Ziegler, Germany

* 9th Championships - 1998 Leszno, Poland
** Open Class Winner: Ulrich Schwenk, Germany
** 15-metre Class Winner: Hans Obermeyer, Germany
** Standard Class Winner: Paul Crabb, Ireland

* 10th Championships - 2000 Lüsse, Germany
** Open Class Winner: Bruno Gantenbrink, Germany; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4
** 15-metre Class Winner: Steve Jones, UK; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2a
** Standard Class Winner: Jean-Marc Caillard, France; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Discus 2a

* 11th Championships - 2002 Békéscsaba, Hungary
** Open Class Winner: Tassilo Bode, Germany; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 22 BLE
** 18-metre Class Winner: Petr Krejcirik, Czech Republic; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-C
** 15-metre Class Winner: Frédéric Hoyeau, France; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27
** Standard Class Winner: Tomas Suchanek, Czech Republic; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8

* 12th Championships - 2004 Pociūnai, Lithuania, [http://www.egc2004.lt/ Official Website]
** Open Class Winner: Russell Cheetham, UK; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 22 BL
** 18-metre Class Winner: Wolfgang Janowitsch, Austria; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2cx
** 15-metre Class Winner: Herbert Zemmel, Germany; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2
** Standard Class Winner: Tomasz Rubaj, Poland; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8

* 13th Championships - 2005 Nitra, Slovakia [http://www.nitra2005.sk Official Website]
** Club Class Winner: Sebastian Kawa, Poland; Glider: SZD-48-3M Brawo
** Standard Class Winner: Pavel Loužecký, Czech Republic; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8
** 18 metre Class Winner: Wolfgang Janowitsch, Austria; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2CX

* 13th Championships - 2005 Räyskälä, Loppi, Finland, [http://www.egc2005.fi Official Website]
** 15-metre Class Winner: Steven Raimond, Netherlands; Glider: Alexander Schleicher ASW 27
** Open Class Winner: Peter Harvey, UK; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4T

* 14th Championships - 2007 Pociūnai, Lithuania 28/07/2007 - 12/08/2007 [http://www.pociunai.lt/ Official website]
** 20 meter Two-Seater Class Winners: Gintautas Butnoris Vytautas Rasimavicius, Lithuania; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus
** Club Class Winner: Sebastian Kawa, Poland; Glider: SZD-48-3M Brawo
** Standard Class Winner: Frederic Hoyeau, France; Glider: Rolladen-Schneider LS8
** World Class Winner: Krzysztof Herczynski, Poland; Glider: PZL PW-5

* 14th Championships - 2007 Issoudun, France 02/08/2007 - 19/08/2007 [http://www.egc2007-issoudun.fr Official website]
** 15 meter Class Winner: Janusz Centka, Poland; Glider: Diana 2
** 18 meter Class Winner: Ronald Termaat, Netherlands; Glider: Ventus 2CXT
** Open Class Winner: Peter Harvey, UK; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-4T

European Women's Gliding Championships

1st European Women s Gliding Championships in Hungary 1979http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* champion: Monika Warstat (East Germany); runner-up: Eda Laan (UDSSR/Lithuania); placed: Jindra Paluskova (CSSR)

2nd European Women s Gliding Championships in France 1981http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class

3rd European Women s Gliding Championships in Saint Hubert (Belgium) 1983http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15] (originally supposed to be held in Oriol (UDSSR))
* standard class
* 15m class champion: Giesela Weinreich (West Germany)

4th European Women s Gliding Championships in Subotica Yugoslavia 1985http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class champion: Gisela Weinreich (West Germany); runner-up: Geogeo Litt (Belgium); third place: Maria Kyzivatova

5th European Women s Gliding Championships in Bulgaria 1987http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class

6th European Women s Gliding Championships in Oriol (UDSSR) 1989http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class

7th European Women s Gliding Championships in Husbands Bosworth (UK) 1991http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class

8th European Women s Gliding Championshipshttp://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class champion: Hana Zejdova (Czech Republic)

9th International European Women's Gliding Championships in Marpingen (Germany), 1995http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15] http://www.fai.org/gliding/meetings/1996/igc.agenda.3-96.html - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class
* club class champion: Anna Michalak (Poland); runner-up: Rieke Hastert (Germany); third: Halina Rynkiewicz (Poland)

10th International European Women's Gliding Championships in Prievidza Slovakia, 1997http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15] http://www.fai.org/gliding/meetings/1997/igc.minutes.3-97.html#10.4 - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class
* club class

11th European Women's Gliding Championships in Leszno (Poland), 1999 held in conjunction with the 2nd World Class World Championshiphttp://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15]
* standard class
* 15m class
* club class

The FAI granted World Championship status to international women's contests in 2001. The 1st World Gliding Championships were held in Pociūnai (Lithuania). However, this decision was made rather late so that it was essentially a European contest.http://www.aweu.org/ext_files/Gill_van_der_Broeck_History_of_the_Women.pdf - accessed 2008-02-15] For the results of this and the following women's contests refer to Women's World Gliding Championships.

European Junior Gliding Championships

1st European Junior Gliding Championships

2nd European Junior Gliding Championships

3rd European Junior Gliding Championships in Leszno (Poland), 1995http://www.fai.org/gliding/meetings/1996/igc.agenda.3-96.html - accessed 2008-02-15]

4th European Junior Gliding Championships in Musbach (Germany), 1997http://www.fai.org/gliding/meetings/1996/igc.agenda.3-96.html - accessed 2008-02-15]

Later contest have been held as Junior World Gliding Championships.

European Glider Aerobatic Championships

European Glider Aerobatic Championships are held every two years, so that they alternate with World Glider Aerobatic Championships which are held every two years since 1985.http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=12 - accessed 2008-02-15] These contests are flown in the unlimited category, only. In 2006, the first European Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships was held in Bad Frankenhausen in conjunction with the German Glider Championships in the unlimited and advanced category.http://www.daec.de/se/wettbewerbe/international.htm - accessed 2008-02-15] The second European Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships were held in conjunction with the 2008 German Glider Aerobatic Championships in Rothenburg-Görlitz (26/07/2008 - 03/08/2008).http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/details.asp?id=4954 - accessed 2008-02-15]

1st European Glider Aerobatic Championships

2nd European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Rieti (Italy) 1994http://www.akaflieg.tugraz.at/History/zeittafel.html - accessed 2008-01-14]

3rd FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Pér (Hungary), 27/06/1996 - 06/07/1996http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=146 - accessed 2008-01-11]
* Individual results:
# Mikhail Mamistov (Russia), glider: Swift-S1
# Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
# Adam Michałowski (Poland), glider: Swift-S1
* Team winners:
# Russia flagicon|Russia:Mikhail Mamistov (Swift-S1), Sergei Rakhmanin (Swift-S1), Sergei Krikalev (Swift-S1)
# Poland flagicon|Poland:Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Adam Michałowski (Swift-S1), Marek Hernik (MDM-1 Fox)
# Czech Republic flagicon|Czech Republic: Martin Stáhalík (MDM-1 Fox), Petr Poborský (MDM-1 Fox), Josef Čech (MDM-1 Fox)

4th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland), 19/07/1998 - 02/08/1998http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=510 - accessed 2008-01-11]
* Individual results:
# Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
# Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift-S1
# Adam Michałowski (Poland), glider: Swift-S1
* Team winners:
# Poland flagicon|Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Adam Michałowski (Swift-S1), Małgorzata Margańska (Swift-S1)
# Russia flagicon|Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift-S1), Valentin Barabanov (Swift-S1), Alexandr Panfierov (Swift-S1)
# Czech Republic flagicon|Czech Republic: Petr Poborský (MDM-1 Fox), Přemysl Vávra (MDM-1 Fox), Jiří Peprný (MDM-1 Fox)

5th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships Salon de Provence (France), 07/08/2000 - 20/08/2000http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=930 - accessed 2008-01-11]
* Individual results:
# Ferenc Tóth (Hungary)
# Jerzy Makula (Poland)
# Georgij Kaminski (Russia)
* Team winners:
# Poland flagicon|Poland: Jerzy Makula, Adam Michałowski, Krzysztof Brząkalik
# Hungary flagicon|Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, István Matuz, János Szilágyi
# Russia flagicon|Russia: Georgij Kaminski, Alexandr Panfierov, Valentin Barabanov

6th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Pasewalk (Germany) - 16/07/2002 - 26/07/2002http://www.aerobatics.org.uk/results/WAC%20and%20AWAC/EGAC-2002.htm - accessed 2008-01-14] http://www.fai.org/news_archives/fai/2002_07.asp - accessed 2008-01-14]
* no official results due to poor weather conditions

7th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Moravska Trebova (Czech Republic), 06/07/2004 - 18/07/2004http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=2248 - accessed 2008-01-11]
* Individual results:
# Jerzy Makula (Poland)
# Alexandr Panfierov (Russia)
# Ferenc Tóth (Hungary)

8th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Rybnik (Poland), 19/07/2006 - 29/07/2006http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=3092 - accessed 2008-01-11] http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=3092&gender=o - accessed 2008-01-11] http://egac2006.maniak.pl - accessed 2008-01-14]
* Individual results:
# Ferenc Tóth (Hungary), glider: Swift S-1
# Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Solo-Fox
# Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
* Team winners:
# Hungary flagicon|Hungary: Ferenc Tóth (Swift S-1), János Szilágyi (Swift S-1), Szabolcs Kühtreiber (Swift S-1)
# Russia flagicon|Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Igor Plakhsin (Swift S-1), Olga Romanenko (Swift S-1)
# Germany flagicon|Germany: Eugen Schaal (MDM-1 Fox), Markus Feyerabend (Swift S-1), Olaf Schmidt (Swift S-1)

9th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Radom (Poland), 07/07/2008 - 17/07/2008http://aerobatics.mwebservices.net/civa/2008/egac/online/default1.htm - accessed 2008-08-21] http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=4919 - accessed 2008-08-21] http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=4919&gender=o - accessed 2008-08-21]
* Individual results:
# Ferenc Tóth (Hungary), glider: Swift S-1
# Erik Piriou (France), glider: Swift S-1
# Markus Feyerabend (Germany), glider: Swift S-1
* Team winners:
# Czechia flagicon|Czechia: Přemysl Vávra (Swift S-1), Jan Rozlivka (Swift S-1, Miroslav Červenka (Swift S-1)
# Russia flagicon|Russia: Alexandr Panfierov (Swift S-1), Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Igor Plakhsin (Swift S-1)
# Germany flagicon|Germany: Markus Feyerabend (Swift S-1), Olaf Schmidt (Swift S-1), Hans-Georg Resch (Swift S-1)

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