European Gliding Championships

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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.[1]

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[edit] 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 Germany[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Kees Musters, Netherlands[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Riccardo Brigliadori, Italy[2]
  • 2nd Championships - 1984
    • Open Class Winner: Gerard Lherm, France[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Delylle, France[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Jean-Claude Lopiteaux, France[2]
  • 3rd Championships - 1986
    • Open Class Winner: Klaus Holighaus, West Germany[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Daniel M. Pare, France[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Bruno Gantenbrink, West Germany[2]
  • 4th Championships - 1988
    • Open Class Winner: Klaus Holighaus, West Germany[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Gerard Lherm, France[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Janusz Trzeciak, Poland[2]
  • 5th Championships - 1990
    • Open Class Winner: Eberhard Laur, West Germany[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Gabriel Chenevoy, France[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Janusz Trzeciak, Poland[2]
  • 6th Championships - 1992
    • Open Class Winner: Gerard Lherm, France[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Gilbert Gerbaud, France[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Franciszek Kepka, Poland[2]
  • 7th Championships - 1994 Rieti, Italy
    • Open Class Winner: Bruno Gartenbrink, Germany[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Stefano Ghiorzo, Italy[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Peter Fischer, Germany[2]
  • 8th Championships - 1996 Räyskälä, Loppi, Finland
    • Open Class Winner: Janusz Centka, Poland, Germany[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Michael Grund, Germany[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Erwin Ziegler, Germany[2]
  • 9th Championships - 1998 Leszno, Poland
    • Open Class Winner: Ulrich Schwenk, Germany[2]
    • 15-metre Class Winner: Hans Obermeyer, Germany[2]
    • Standard Class Winner: Paul Crabb, Ireland[2]

[edit] European Women's Gliding Championships

1st European Women s Gliding Championships in Hungary 1979[3]

  • champion: Monika Warstat (East Germany); runner-up: Eda Laan (UDSSR/Lithuania); placed: Jindra Paluskova (CSSR)

2nd European Women s Gliding Championships in France 1981[3]

  • standard class
  • 15m class

3rd European Women s Gliding Championships in Saint Hubert (Belgium) 1983[3] (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 1985[3]

  • 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 1987[3]

  • standard class
  • 15m class

6th European Women s Gliding Championships in Oriol (UDSSR) 1989[3]

  • standard class
  • 15m class

7th European Women s Gliding Championships in Husbands Bosworth (UK) 1991[3]

  • standard class
  • 15m class

8th European Women s Gliding Championships[3]

  • standard class
  • 15m class champion: Hana Zejdova (Czech Republic)

9th International European Women's Gliding Championships in Marpingen (Germany), 1995[3][4]

  • 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, 1997[3][5]

  • 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 Championship[3]

  • 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.[3] For the results of this and the following women's contests refer to Women's World Gliding Championships.

[edit] European Junior Gliding Championships

1st European Junior Gliding Championships

2nd European Junior Gliding Championships

3rd European Junior Gliding Championships in Leszno (Poland), 1995[4]

4th European Junior Gliding Championships in Musbach (Germany), 1997[4]

Later contest have been held as Junior World Gliding Championships.

[edit] 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.[6] 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.[7] The second European Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships are planned in conjunction with the 2008 German Glider Aerobatic Championships in Rothenburg-Görlitz (26/07/2008 - 03/08/2008).[8]

1st European Glider Aerobatic Championships

2nd European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Rieti (Italy) 1994[9]

3rd FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Pér (Hungary), 27/06/1996 - 06/07/1996[10]

  • Individual results:
  1. Mikhail Mamistov (Russia), glider: Swift-S1
  2. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
  3. Adam Michalowski (Poland), glider: Swift-S1
  • Team winners:
  1. Russia Flag of Russia:Mikhail Mamistov (Swift-S1), Sergei Rakhmanin (Swift-S1), Sergei Krikalev (Swift-S1)
  2. Poland Flag of Poland:Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Adam Michalowski (Swift-S1), Marek Hernik (MDM-1 Fox)
  3. Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic: Martin Stáhalík (MDM-1 Fox), Petr Poborsky (MDM-1 Fox), Josef Cech (MDM-1 Fox)

4th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Ostrow Wielkopolski (Poland), 19/07/1998 - 02/08/1998[11]

  • Individual results:
  1. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: MDM-1 Fox
  2. Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift-S1
  3. Adam Michalowski (Poland), glider: Swift-S1
  • Team winners:
  1. Poland Flag of Poland: Jerzy Makula (MDM-1 Fox), Adam Michalowski (Swift-S1), Małgorzata Margańska (Swift-S1)
  2. Russia Flag of Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift-S1), Valentin Barabanov (Swift-S1), Alexandr Panfierov (Swift-S1)
  3. Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic: Petr Poborsky (MDM-1 Fox), Premysl Vavra (MDM-1 Fox), Jiri Peprny (MDM-1 Fox)

5th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships Salon de Provence (France), 07/08/2000 - 20/08/2000[12]

  • Individual results:
  1. Ferenc Tóth (Hungary)
  2. Jerzy Makula (Poland)
  3. Georgij Kaminski (Russia)
  • Team winners:
  1. Poland Flag of Poland: Jerzy Makula, Adam Michalowski, Krzystof Brzakalik
  2. Hungary Flag of Hungary: Ferenc Tóth, István Matuz, János Szilágyi
  3. Russia Flag of Russia: Georgij Kaminski, Alexandr Panfierov, Valentin Barabanov

6th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Pasewalk (Germany) - 16/07/2002 - 26/07/2002[13][14]

  • no official results due to poor weather conditions

7th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Moravska Trebova (Czech Republic), 06/07/2004 - 18/07/2004[15]

  • Individual results:
  1. Jerzy Makula (Poland)
  2. Alexandr Panfierov (Russia)
  3. Ferenc Tóth (Hungary)

8th FAI European Glider Aerobatic Championships, Rybnik (Poland), 19/07/2006 - 29/07/2006[16][17][18]

  • Individual results:
  1. Ferenc Tóth (Hungary), glider: Swift S-1
  2. Jerzy Makula (Poland), glider: Solo-Fox
  3. Georgij Kaminski (Russia), glider: Swift S-1
  • Team winners:
  1. Hungary Flag of Hungary: Ferenc Tóth (Swift S-1), János Szilágyi (Swift S-1), Szabolcs Kühtreiber (Swift S-1)
  2. Russia Flag of Russia: Georgij Kaminski (Swift S-1), Igor Plakhsin (Swift S-1), Olga Romanenko (Swift S-1)
  3. Germany Flag of 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 - 17/07/2008[19]

[edit] References

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