Tornado World Championships

The Tornado World Championships are international sailing regattas in the Tornado class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Tornado Class Association.^[1]

For the original open event, most titles has Australian sailor Darren Bundock won, with seven titles between 1998 and 2009 and another two bronze medals. Second most titles has Australian John Forbes, with six. The most championships has been won by Australian sailors, twelve editions, followed by British sailors, six titles, and sailors of Germany (five).

The Tornado was an Olympic class from 1976 to 2008.

History

The first Tornado World Championships were held in Kiel in 1968.

Medalists

Open  Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Australia 12 5 8 25 2  United Kingdom 6 4 3 13 3  Germany 5 6 3 14 4  United States 4 6 5 15 5  Austria 4 5 2 11 6  Spain 3 2 2 7 7  Greece 3 1 1 5 8  Soviet Union 3 1 0 4 9  Italy 2 2 3 7 10  West Germany 2 1 2 5 11  France 1 3 7 11 12  Argentina 1 1 1 3 13  Netherlands 0 1 3 4 14  Denmark 0 1 1 2 15  Belgium 0 1 0 1  Canada 0 1 0 1 46 41[lower-alpha 1] 41 128 ↑ Article lacks silver and bronze medalists from five World Championships.

Mixed  Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Germany 4 2 1 7 2   Switzerland 0 1 1 2 3  Austria 0 1 0 1 4  Spain 0 0 1 1  Greece 0 0 1 1 4 4 4 16

Editions

Open

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968 Kiel	Great Britain Ian Tremlett Bill Tremlett
1969 Melbourne	Australia Maurice Davies Ian Ramsay
1970 Eau Galle, Florida	United States Paul Lindenberg J Sammons
1971 Weymouth	Great Britain Ian Fraser To, Coventry
1972 Travemünde	Austria Jessenigg Polaschegg	United States John Weiser	Great Britain Frazer
1973 Toronto	United States Bruce Stewart Bruce Harvey	United States John Weiser Kappy Sheely	United States Roy Seamen
1974 Honolulu	Austria Jessenigg Polaschegg	United States R Paul Allen Cox	United States David McFaull Michael Rothwell
1975 Copenhagen	West Germany Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall	Great Britain Reginald White John Osborn	United States Bruce Badeau Douglas Cummings
1976 Sydney	Great Britain Reginald White John Osborn	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock	United States Jim Datchler
1977 Long Beach	West Germany Jörg Spengler Rolf Dullenkopf	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock	United States Keith Notari Dave Gamblin
1978 Weymouth	Soviet Union Wiktor Potapow Aleksander Sybin	Great Britain Reginald White Stephen Olle	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock
1979 Kiel	Great Britain Reginald White Stephen Olle	Denmark Peter Due Per Kjaergaard	West Germany Neuhann Pfenk
1980 Auckland	Soviet Union Wiktor Potapow Aleksander Sybin	Austria Prack Peer	West Germany Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall
1981 Carnac	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Soviet Union Kliwer Fogoljow	France Yves Loday Buet
1982 Kingston	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser
1983 Hayling Island	Australia Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson	Netherlands Willi van Bladel H. Lambriex	France Yves Loday Aussedat
1984 Melbourne	Australia Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Netherlands Willi van Bladel H. Lambriex
1985 Travemünde	Great Britain Robert White Jeremy Newman	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Trine Elvstrøm
1986 Hamilton	Great Britain Robert White Jeremy Newman	West Germany Stephan Lange Michael Starken	Great Britain Greg White Daniel Campbell-Jones
1987 Kiel	Austria Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara	Australia Christ Cairns John Forbes	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Luca Santella
1988 Tallinn	Soviet Union Juri Konowalow Sergej Krawzow	France Jean-Yves Le Déroff Nicolas Hénard	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Luca Santella
1989 Houston	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Angelo Glisoni	Australia Allan Goddell Greg Cann
1990 Medemblik	France Christophe Clevenot Maurice Eisenblatter	Australia Brad Schafferius Lachlan Gilbert	Austria Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara
1991 Cagliari	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Angelo Glisoni	Italy Walter Pirinoli Marco Pirinoli	Germany Oliver Schwall René Schwall
1992 Perth	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	Germany Oliver Schwall René Schwall	France Frederic le Peutrec Richard de Mec
1993 Long Beach	Germany Oliver Schwall René Schwall	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	France Christophe Clevenot Yvon Quernec
1994 Båstad	Spain Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester	Germany Helge Sach Jens-Christian Sach	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes
1995 Kingston	Italy Walter Pirinoli Marco Pirinoli	France Jean-Christofer Mourniac Philippe Mourniac	Spain Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester
1996 Brisbane	Germany Roland Gäbler Frank Parlow	Spain Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes
1997 Hamilton	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Spain Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester	Australia Mitch Booth Andrew Beashel
1998 Buzios	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Spain Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester
1999 Vallensbæk	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Austria Andreas Hagara Wolfgang Moser	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall
2000 Sydney	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	France Jean-Christofer Mourniac Philippe Mourniac
2001 Richards Bay	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Great Britain Hugh Styles Adam May
2002 Edgartown	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	France Olivier Backes Laurent Voiron	Netherlands Mitch Booth Herbert Dercksen
2003 Cádiz	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Great Britain Leigh McMillan Mark Bulkeley	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola
2004 Palma de Mallorca	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola	United States John Lovell Charlie Ogletree	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes
2005 La Rochelle	Spain Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz Blanco	Great Britain Leigh McMillan Will Howden	France Xavier Revil Christophe Espagnon
2006 San Idisro	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola	Austria Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher
2007 Cascais	Spain Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz Blanco	Belgium Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid	Netherlands Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis
2008 North Shore City	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Canada Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle	France Yann Guichard Alexandre Guyader
2009 Bogliaco	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Austria Zajac Thomas Czajka Thomas	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis
2010 Travemünde	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis	Germany Helge Sach Christian Sach
2011 Biel	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Australia Brett Burvill Ryan Duffield
2012 Torbole	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Italy Matteo Ferraglia Lorenzo Bianchini
2013 Ibiza	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Australia Brett Burvill Faris Chase
2014 Nedlands	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis	Australia Brett Burvill Ryan Duffield	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010 Travemünde	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Germany Kiki Loweg Florian Loweg	Germany Andreas Behem Katharina Behem
2011 Biel	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Austria Nicole Salzmann Dietmar Salzmann	Switzerland Martin Rusterholz Julia Rusterholz
2012 Torbole	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Germany Dieter Maurer Maren Odefey	Spain Jürgen Jentsch Sarah Steimer Klees
2013 Ibiza	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Switzerland Jean-Marc Cuanillion Gudrun Kolb	Greece Maria Tsausidou Michael Papadopolus
2014 Nedlands	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Spain Jürgen Jentsch Sarah Steimer Klees	Greece Maria Tsausidou Marc Baier

Multiple medalists

Open # Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Darren Bundock  Australia 7 0 2 9 2 John Forbes  Australia 6 2 3 11 3 Roland Gäbler  Germany 4 4 2 9 4 René Schwall  Germany 3 2 2 7 5 Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis  Greece 4 1 1 5 6 Glenn Ashby  Australia 3 0 0 3

Mixed # Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler  Germany 5 0 0 5

See also

• ISAF Sailing World Championships
• International Sailing Federation

References