World Parachuting Championships

World Parachuting Championships is the main competitive parachuting championships in the World, and is organised by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Canopy piloting

Events
  • Distance
  • Speed
  • Accuracy
  • Freestyle

Championships
Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Athletes		 No. of
Nations
1st2006Vienna Austria23–27 August
2nd2008Pretoria South Africa18–23 November
3rd2010Kolomna Russia7–15 August
4th2012Dubai United Arab Emirates28 November – 9 December
5th2014Zephyrhills United States1–7 November
6th2016Farnham Canada20–25 AugustUnmatched
7th2018Wrocław, Szymanów Poland3 – 10 July

Landing and style

Events
  • Accuracy landing
  • Freefall style

Championships

List is incomplete

Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Athletes		 No. of
Nations
24th1998Vrsar[1] Croatia
28th2004Rijeka Croatia
29th2006Stupino Russia
30th2008Lučenec Slovakia
31st2010Niksic Montenegro28 August – 4 September
32nd2012Dubai United Arab Emirates28 November – 9 December
33rd2014Banjaluka Bosnia and Herzegovina15–23 August

Skydiving

Events
  • Formation skydiving (4-Way, 4-Way Women, 8-Way, VFS 4-Way)
  • Artistic (Freestyle skydiving, Freeflying)
  • Speed skydiving

Championships

List is incomplete

Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Athletes		 No. of
Nations
17th2006Gera Germany
18th2008La Salmagne - Maubeuge France
19th2010Menzelinsk Russia31 July – 6 August
20th2012Dubai United Arab Emirates28 November – 9 December
21st2014Prostejov Czech Republic25–31 August
22nd2016Chicago USASeptember
23rd2018Gold Coast Australia7 – 13 OctoberRunaway Bay

References
  1. Archive of British World Championships Teams Template:Jezikk
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