Dragon World Championship

The Dragon World Championship is an international biennial sailing regatta in the Dragon class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Dragon Association.[1]

Several sailors have won twice; Jesper Bank, Johan Palmqvist, Ole Børresen, Poul Richard Høj Jensen, Vincent Hoesch, Erik Hansen all have two titles. The most championships has been won by the Danish crew, with 8 editions.

The Dragon was an Olympic class from 1948 to 1972.

History

The first Dragon World Championships were held in 1965.

Editions
YearCityCountryDatesAthletesNationsNotes
1965 Sweden[2]
1967 United States[3]
1969 Spain[4]
1971 Australia[5]
1973 Greece[6]
1975 United States[7]
1977  Switzerland[8]
1979 Australia[9]
1981Douarnenez France6–11 September[10]
1983Vancouver Canada21–30 July[11]
1985Douarnenez France24 August – 1 September[12]
1987Geelong Australia9–19 January[13]
1989 United Kingdom[14]
1991 Canada[15]
1993 Germany[16]
1995 Australia[17]
1997 Sweden[18]
1999Martinique Martinique11–18 December[19]
2001Hornbaek Denmark14–22 July[20]
2003Hobart Australia18–27 January[21]
2005Lübeck Germany19–28 August[22]
2007Dún Laoghaire Ireland30 August – 8 September[23]
2009Medemblik Netherlands5–11 September[24]
2011Melbourne Australia9–15 January[25]
2013Weymouth United Kingdom8–13 September[26]
2015La Rochelle France4–12 June[27]
2017Cascais Portugal9–17 June[28]
2019Fremantle Australia4–9 January10510[29]

All-time medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Denmark (DEN)75517
2 Australia (AUS)34411
3 Germany (GER)3227
4 Sweden (SWE)3025
5 Great Britain (GBR)3014
6 West Germany (FRG)2417
7 United States (USA)2114
8 Canada (CAN)1102
9 Austria (AUT)1001
10 Ukraine (UKR)0213
11  Switzerland (SUI)0123
12 Netherlands (NED)0101
13 East Germany (GDR)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (15 nations)25212268

Medalists
Year
 Gold Silver Bronze
1965 Sandhamn  White Lady (DEN)
Ole Berntsen
Ole Poulsen
Jan Berntsen		  Denmark
Aage Birch
 
 		  Sweden
Jörgen Sundelin
 
 
1967 Toronto  Williwaw (USA)
George Friedrichs
Gerald Schreck
Barton Jahncke		  United States
Robert Mosbacher
 
 		  France
Sence
 
 
1969 Palma de Mallorca  Aphrodite (USA)
Robert Mosbacher
George Francisco III
David Saville		  Australia
Cueno
Bradbary
Shaw		  East Germany
Schwarz
Pfeiffer
Köpsel
1971 Hobart  Debutante (SWE)
Jörgen Sundelin
Peter Sundelin
Ulf Sundelin		  Australia
Booth
 
 		  Denmark
Holm
 
 
1973 Athens  Crux (SWE)
Roger Eliasson
Johan Palmquist
Jerry Burman		  West Germany
Oldenburg
May
Meyer		  Denmark
Börresen
 
 
1975 Rochester  Galejan 2 (SWE)
Bengt Palmquist
Johan Palmquist
Björn Palmquist		  Canada
Burgess
 
 		  United States
Craig
 
 
1977 Thun  U-2 (AUT)
Harry Ferreberger
Franz Eisl
Herbert Spitzbart		  West Germany
Ulrich
Hofmann
Hösch		  Switzerland
Wittwer
Wittwer
Wittwer
1979 Geelong  Kirribilli (AUS)
Robert Porter
Ian Porter
Robbie Antill		  West Germany
Glas
 
 		  Australia
Barry Calvert
Tim Watts
Ted Laing
1981 Trawemünde  Sandokan (FRG)
Marcus Glas
Mucki Binder
Heiner Henwig		  Denmark
Børge Børresen
Ole Børresen
Goodall		  Sweden
Clander
Hansson
Nordin
1983 Vancouver  Mistral (CAN)
Bob Burgess
Nigel Brown
Shane Korman		  Australia
Stiffe
 
 		  Australia
Wilmot
 
 
1985 Douarnenez  Cato (FRG)
Wolf Rappel
Michael Lipp
Michael Obermeier
1987 Geelong  Nordjyllong (DEN)
Valdemar Bandolowski
Soren Hvalso
Erik Hansen		  West Germany
Andreas Lohmann
Jorg Mossnang
Paul Vestner		  Australia
Stephen Boyes
 
 
1989 Torbay  Danish Blue (DEN)
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Erik Hansen
Jan Persson
1991  Krystle (AUS)
Stephen Boyes
Stephen Jackson
Stephen Peel
1993 Trawemünde  Senior BB (DEN)
Jesper Bank
Ole Børresen
Børge Børresen		  Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Claus Høj Jensen
Sebastian Ziegelmayer		  Germany
Andreas van Eicken
Rolf Schöppler
Johan van Eicken
1995 Perth  Karabos VIII (AUS)
Nick Rogers
Leigh Behrens
Andrew Burnett		  Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Klaus Jensen
Richard Goldsmith		  Australia
Willy Packer
Peter Hay
Geoff Wedgwood
Grantham Kitto
1997  Sanne (DEN)
Jesper Bank
Claus Olsen
Ole Børresen		  Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
 
 		  Germany
Markus Glas
 
 
1999 Fort-de-France  Maria (DEN)
Claus Høj Jensen
Bo Reker Andersen
Jes Hovgaard		  Netherlands
Fred Imhoff
Richard van Ry
Sven Machielsen		  Denmark
Peter Holm
Maria Holm
Søren Kæstel
2001 Hornbæk  Germany
Malte Philipp
Torsten Imbeck
Enver Adakan		  Germany
Werner Fritz
Dieter Schoen
Andreas Huber		  Denmark
Frank Eriksen
 
 
2003 Hobart  Chrisco (GER)
Dieter Schön
Vincent Hoesch
Andreas Huber		  Australia
Nick Rogers
Leigh Behrens
Peter Lilley		  Kirribilli II (AUS)
David Graney
Martin Graney
Murray Jones
2005 Neustadt  African Queen (DEN)
Jørgen Schönherr
Anders Kaempe
Axel Waltersdorph		  Occasion (GER)
Harm Müller-Spreer
Markus Wieser
Thomas Auracher		  HLL-Ariston (GER)
Vincent Hoesch
Harro Kniffka
Max Scheibmair
2007 Dun Laoghaire  Sinewave (GER)
Tommy Müller
Vincent Hoesch
Max Sheibmayr		  Gaudium (SUI)
Ulli Libor
Stephan Hellriegel
Frank Butzmann		  Rumours (GBR)
Len Jones
Claus Høj Jensen
Jamie Lea
2009 Medemblik  Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Theis Palm
Lars Jensen		  Ukraine
Lars Hendriksen
Michael Hestbæk
Sergei Pugachev		  Denmark
Jørgen Schönherr
Axel Waltersdorph
Christian Videbæk
2011 Melbourne
  Alfie (GBR)
Lawrie Smith
Timothy Tavinor
Ossie Stewart		  Bunker Queen (UKR)
Markus Wieser
Sergey Pugachev
Matti Paschen		  My-Way (DEN)
Frank Berg
Søren Holm
Søren Kæstel
2013 Weymouth  Fever (GBR)
Klaus Diederichs
Andy Beadsworth
Jamie Lea		  Strange Little Girl (RUS)
Andrey Kirilyuk
Aleksey Bushuev
Alina Dotsenko		  Bunker Queen (UKR)
Markus Wieser
Sergey Pugachev
Matti Paschen
2015 La Rochelle  Bunker Boys (UAE)
Yevhen Braslavets
Aleksander Mirchuk
Serhiy Timokhov		  Strange Little Girl (GBR)
Dimitri Samokhin
Andrey Kirilyuk
Aleksey Bushuev		  Bunker Queen (UAE)
Markus Wieser
Sergey Pugachev
George Leonchuk
2017 Cascais[30]  Provezza Dragon (TUR)
Andy Beadsworth
Ali Tezdiker
Simon Fry		  Annapurna (RUS)
Anatoly Lognov
Vadim Statsenko
Alexander Shalagin		  Alfie (GBR)
Lawrie Smith
Hugo Rocha
Gonçalo Ribeiro
João Matos Rosa
2019 Fremantle[31]  Provezza Dragon (TUR)
Andy Beadsworth
Ali Tezdiker
Simon Fry		  Louise Racing (GBR)
Grant Gordon
Ruairidh Scott
Sophia Weguelin
James Williamson		  Fever (GBR)
Klaus Diederichs
Jamie Lea
Diego Negri

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