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There are a large number of competitions claiming to be the World Public Speaking Championships.
[edit] Toastmasters International World Public Speaking Championships
| Year |
Name |
City |
| 2006 |
Edward Hearn |
Chicago, Illinois |
2nd Douglas Wilson |
South Carolina |
3rd Rich Hopkins |
Spokane, Washington |
| 2005 |
Lance Miller |
Glendale, California |
| 2004 |
Randy Harvey |
Sherwood, Oregon |
| 2003 |
Jim Key |
Rowlett, Texas |
| 2002 |
Dwayne Smith |
Decatur, Georgia |
| 2001 |
Darren LaCroix |
Auburn, Massachusetts |
| 2000 |
Ed Tate |
Aurora, Colorado |
| 1999 |
Craig Valentine |
Ellicott City, Maryland |
| 1998 |
Brett Rutledge |
Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1997 |
Willie Jones |
Honolulu, Hawaii |
| 1996 |
David Nottage |
Auckland, New Zealand |
| 1995 |
Mark Brown |
Mount Vernon, New York |
| 1994 |
Morgan McArthur |
Idaho Falls, Idaho |
| 1993 |
Otis Williams Jr. |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1992 |
Dana Lamon |
Lancaster, California |
| 1991 |
David Ross |
Norman, Oklahoma |
| 1990 |
David Brooks |
Austin, Texas |
| 1989 |
Don Johnson |
Torrance, California |
| 1988 |
Jerry Starke |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| 1987 |
Harold Patterson |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| 1986 |
M. Arabella Benson |
Islington, Ontario, Canada |
| 1985 |
Marie C. Pyne |
Ireland |
| 1984 |
Joe Boyd |
Bellingham, Washington |
| 1983 |
Roy Fenstermaker |
Downey, California |
| 1982 |
Kenneth Bernard |
Australia |
| 1981 |
Jim Joelson |
Reno, Nevada |
| 1980 |
Jeff Young |
Los Angeles, California |
| 1979 |
Dick Caldwell |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| 1978 |
Michael Aun II |
Lexington, South Carolina |
| 1977 |
Evelyn Jane Davis (Burgay) |
Springfield, Virginia |
| 1976 |
William Johnson |
Aberdeen, Maryland |
| 1975 |
Andy McKay |
Rochester, New York |
| 1974 |
Bennie Powell |
Los Angeles, California |
| 1973 |
Charles W. "Doc" Stewart |
San Antonio, Texas |
| 1972 |
Rudy Valle |
Canoga Park, California |
| 1971 |
Bert Angus |
Transcona, Manitoba, Canada |
| 1970 |
Stephen D. Boyd |
| 1969 |
Dennis Nangers |
Delano, California |
| 1968 |
Grant R. Sheehan |
Washington, D.C. |
| 1967 |
Dale Smith |
Goshen, Indiana |
| 1966 |
Michael Yaconelli |
San Diego, California |
| 1965 |
John L. Nydegger |
Lewiston, Idaho |
| 1964 |
Anthony C.L. Bishop |
Northridge, California |
| 1963 |
Larry D. Beitel |
Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 1962 |
Robert Garton |
Columbus, Indiana |
| 1961 |
John J. Carver |
Seattle, Washington |
| 1960 |
Glenn E. Carroll |
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| 1959 |
Dean F. Berkeley |
Bloomington, Indiana |
| 1958 |
Edmund Shire |
| 1957 |
Charles Jones |
Fort Smith, Arkansas |
| 1956 |
David Holmes Jr. |
Toledo, Ohio |
| 1955 |
Charles W. Bryant |
Tacoma, Washington |
| 1954 |
Herbert Thompson |
Wood River, Illinois |
| 1953 |
Theodore B. Furlow |
Long Beach, California |
| 1952 |
George W. Armstrong |
Omaha, Nebraska |
| 1951 |
Albert Green Jr |
Seattle, Washington |
| 1950 |
Charles Hilton |
Mason City, Iowa |
| 1949 |
Dalton McAllister |
Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| 1948 |
Robert Dellwo |
Spokane, Washington |
| 1947 |
Douglas Sherwin |
Clearlake, Iowa |
| 1946 |
Thor Myhre |
Spokane, Washington |
| 1945 |
NO CONVENTION |
| 1944 |
NO CONVENTION |
| 1943 |
Lloyd Prante |
| 1942 |
Cavett Robert |
Phoenix, Arizona |
| 1941 |
John McInnis |
| 1940 |
David MacFarlane |
Santa Monica, California |
| 1939 |
William Roberts |
Huntington Park, California |
| 1938 |
Henry Wiens |
Reedley, California |
[edit] World Universities Public Speaking Championships
The championships are held as a separate competition during the World Universities Debating Championships.
[edit] World Public Speaking and Debating Championships
For competition at the high school level.
| Year |
Name (Country) |
Location of Championships |
|
| 2002 |
Daniel Wilner (USA) |
South Africa |
| 2001 |
Elliot Tapper (Canada) |
Reading, England |
| 2000 |
Kris Ade (Canada) |
Nicosia, Cyrpus |
| 1999 |
Michael Kives (Canada) |
Botswana |
| 1998 |
Michael Kives (Canada) |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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