WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALLISTS

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Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970 Lake Lacanau	France Yves Carré Hervé Carré	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	France Didier Poisson Denis Londeix
1971 Ostend	Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	France Bruno Demartial Bernard Demartial
1972 Montreal	Netherlands Sjoerd Vollebregt Erik Vollebregt	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen
1973 Kiel	Denmark Henrik Söderlund Age Börresen	United States Peter Commette Michael Loeb	Netherlands Joop van Werkhoven Robert van Werkhoven
1974 Naples	Spain Antonio Gorostegui Manuel Albalat	France Philippe Lecrit Dominique Duvallet	Spain Juan Santana Francisco Colom
1975 New York	France Marc Laurent Roger Surmin	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	France Jean-François Fountaine Claire Fountaine
1976	not held
1977 Shizuoka	United States David Ullman Tom Linskey	Japan Kazunori Komatsu Yasuyuki Hakomori	New Zealand Mark Paterson David Mackay
1978 Marstrand	United States David Ullman Tom Linskey	Canada Gerry Roufs Charles Robitaille	West Germany John Pudenz Ulrich Kittmann
1979 Medemblik	Japan Miyuki Kay Ryo Komiya	France Laurent Delage Hervé Wattine	France Stéphane Richer Philippe Claude
1980 Porto Alegre	United States David Ullman Tom Linskey	France Laurent Delage Hervé Wattine	France Stéphane Richer Philippe Claude
1981 Quiberon	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox	United States Steve Benjamin Chris Steinfeld	Italy Tommaso Chieffi Enrico Chieffi
1982 Cascais	East Germany Jörn Borowski Eckbert Swensson	France Daniel Peponnet Pascal Champaloux	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox
1983 Weymouth	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox	West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Jochen Hunger	Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander
1984 Auckland	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox	New Zealand Chris Dickson Joe Allen	New Zealand Peter Evans Sean Reeves

Men and Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Marina di Carrara	Italy Tommaso Chieffi Enrico Chieffi	France Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot	East Germany Jörn Borowski Mathias Gall
1986 Salou	France Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot	West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Jochen Hunger	West Germany Ludger Hüttermann Nils Körte
1987 Kiel	East Germany Bernd Hoeft Falko Bier	Italy Pietro D'Alì Giuseppe Cojana	East Germany Jürgen Brietzke Ekkehard Schulz
1988 Haifa	Great Britain Nigel Buckley Peter Newlands	Italy Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco	United States John Shadden Charlie Mckee
1989 Tsu City	Japan Tomoaki Tsutsumi Nobuhiro Tsutsumi	Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez	Japan Kenji Nakamura Masayuki Takahashi
1990 Medemblik	West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Rolf Schmidt	Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez	France Olivier Ponthieu Gilles Espinasse
1991 Brisbane	Germany Wolfgang Hunger Rolf Schmidt	Netherlands Lankhorst Taselaar Ben Kouwenhoven	Great Britain Paul Brotherton Andy Hemmings
1992 Rota	Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez	Italy Matteo Ivaldi Michele Ivaldi	Finland Perti Leskinen Mika Aarnikka
1993 Crozon-Morgat	Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez	France Jean-François Berthet Gwenaël Berthet	Israel Shai Bachar Erez Shemesh
1994 Helsinki	Netherlands Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven	Japan Kenji Nakamura Masato Takaki	Sweden Markus Westerlind Henrik Wallin
1995 Toronto	Greece Andreas Kosmatopoulos Costas Trigonis	Italy Matteo Ivaldi Michelle Ivaldi	Israel Ran Shental Nir Shental
1996 Porto Alegre	Netherlands Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven	Great Britain John Merricks Ian Walker	Japan Kenji Nakamura Masato Takaki
1997 Tel Aviv	Finland Petri Leskinen Kristian Heinilä	Portugal Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto	Sweden Marcus Westerlind Henrik Wallin
1998 Mallorca	France Gildas Philippe Tanguy Cariou	Slovenia Tomaž Čopi Mitja Margon	Sweden Johan Molund Mattias Rahm
1999 Melbourne	France Benoit Petit Jean-Francois Cuzon	Sweden Johan Molund Mattias Rahm	Poland Tomasz Stańczyk Tomasz Jakubiak
2000 Lake Balaton	Australia Tom King Mark Turnbull	France Gildas Philippe Tanguy Cariou	Ukraine Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko
2001 Koper	Ukraine Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko	Great Britain Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield	Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page
2002 Cagliari	New Zealand Simon Cooke Peter Nicholas	Greece Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigonis	Spain Gustavo Martínez Tunte Cantero

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003 Cádiz	Italy Gabrio Zandonà Andrea Trani	Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Spain Gustavo Martínez Dimas Wood
2004 Zadar	Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Sweden Johan Molund Martin Andersson	Great Britain Nick Rogers Jonathan Glanfield
2005 San Francisco	Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Great Britain Nick Rogers Jonathan Glanfield	France Gildas Philippe Nicolas le Berre
2006 Rizhao	Great Britain Nic Asher Elliot Willis	Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal
2007 Cascais	Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Netherlands Sven Coster Kalle Coster	Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal
2008 Mordialloc	Great Britain Nic Asher Elliot Willis	Portugal Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes	Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal
2009 Copenhagen	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Great Britain Luke Patience Stuart Bithell	Japan Ryunosuke Harada Yugo Yoshida
2010 The Hague	Australia Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page	France Nicolas Charbonnier Baptiste Meyer	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić
2011 Perth	Australia Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page	Great Britain Luke Patience Stuart Bithell	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić
2012 Barcelona	Australia Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page	France Pierre Leboucher Vincent Garos	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić
2013 La Rochelle	Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan	France Pierre Leboucher Nicolas le Berre	Greece Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis
2014 Santander	Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Greece Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis
2015 Haifa	Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Russia Pavel Sozykin Denis Gribanov
2016 San Isidro	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	New Zealand Paul Snow-Hansen Daniel Willcox	Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan
2017 Thessaloniki	Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström	Austria David Bargher Lukas Mähr
2018 Aarhus	France Kevin Peponnet Jérémie Mion	Japan Tetsuya Isozaki Akira Takayanagi	Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez
2019 Enoshima	Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan	Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström
2020 Mallorca	Not held
2021 Vilamoura	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström	Portugal Diogo Costa Pedro Costa	Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Marina di Carrara	Canada Karen Johnson Katrin Johnson	Netherlands Tonny Vooren Henneke Stavenuiter	Italy Paola Porta Anna Barabino
1986	not held to avoid conflict with the IYRU Women's World Championship
1987 Kiel	West Germany Susanne Meyer Katrin Adlkofer	United States Pease Herndon Cindy Goff	East Germany Susanne Theel Silke Preuß
1988 Haifa	Sweden Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson	United States Lisa Niece Patricia Raymond	United States J. J. Isler Amy Wardell
1989 Tsu City	West Germany Susanne Meyer Katrin Adlkofer	New Zealand Leslie Egnot Jan Shearer	Great Britain S. Rees Jones S. Hay
1990 Medemblik	West Germany Tanja Stemmler Sabine Lenkmann	East Germany Peggy Hardwiger Christina Pinnow	Spain Núria Bover Irene Martín
1991 Brisbane	United States J. J. Isler Pamela Healy	Soviet Union Larisa Moskalenko Olena Pakholchyk	Germany Susanne Peters Wibke Bülle
1992 Rota	Spain Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra	Japan Yumiko Shige Alicia Kinoshita	Italy Maria Quarra Anna Barabino
1993 Crozon-Morgat	Germany Ines Bohn Sabine Rohatzsch	Spain Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra	Italy Frederica Salva Emanuela Sossi
1994 Helsinki	Germany Ines Bohn Sabine Rohatzsch	Germany Susanne Bauckholt Katrin Adlkofer	Germany Peggy Hardwiger Christina Pinnow
1995 Toronto	Spain Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía Dufresne	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk	Japan Yumiko Shige Alicia Konoshita
1996 Porto Alegre	Spain Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía Dufresne	Germany Susanne Bauckholt Katrin Adlkofer	Germany Nicola Birkner Wibke Bülle
1997 Tel Aviv	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk	Germany Nicola Birkner Wibke Bülle	Ukraine Vlada Krachun Natalia Gaponovitsch
1998 Mallorca	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk	Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward	Germany Nicola Birkner Wibke Bülle
1999 Melbourne	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk	Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward	Italy Federica Salvà Emanuela Sossi
2000 Lake Balaton	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	Australia Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell	Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Sandra Azón
2001 Koper	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	Australia Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell	Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Sandra Azón
2002 Cagliari	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Margriet Matthijsse	France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux
2003 Cádiz	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux	Russia Wlada Iljenko Natalia Gaponovitsch
2004 Zadar	Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson	Slovenia Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec	Israel Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila
2005 San Francisco	Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout	Great Britain Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark	France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux
2006 Rizhao	Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout	Japan Ai Kondo Naoko Kamata	Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson
2007 Cascais	Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout	France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux	Great Britain Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark
2008 Mordialloc	United States Erin Maxwell Isabelle Kinsolving	Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	Australia Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson
2009 Copenhagen	Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout	Spain Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos	France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux
2010 The Hague	Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout	New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol
2011 Perth	Spain Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos	Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark	New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie
2012 Barcelona	Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark	France Camille Lecointre Mathilde Géron	Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout
2013 La Rochelle	New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar	China Wang Xiaoli Huang Xufeng
2014 Santander	Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar	New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark
2015 Haifa	Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar	Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark	France Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance
2016 San Isidro	France Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance	New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar
2017 Thessaloniki	Poland Agnieszka Skrzypulec Irmina Mrózec-Gliszczyńska	Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre	Slovenia Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol
2018 Aarhus	Japan Ai Yoshida Miho Yoshioka	Spain Silvia Mas Patricia Cantero	Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre
2019 Enoshima	Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre	Japan Ai Yoshida Miho Yoshioka	France Camille Lecointre Aloïse Retornaz
2020 Palma	Not held
2021 Vilamoura	Spain Silvia Mas Patricia Cantero	Netherlands Afrodite Zegers Lobke Berkhout	Italy Elena Berta Bianca Caruso

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2021 Vilamoura	Israel Gil Cohen Noam Homri	Israel Tal Sade Noah Lasry	Great Britain Amy Seabright James Taylor
2022 Sdot Yam	Germany Luise Wanser Philipp Autenrieth	Spain Jordi Xammar Nora Brugman	France Camille Lecointre Jérémie Mion
2023 The Hague	Japan Keiju Okada Miho Yoshioka	Spain Jordi Xammar Nora Brugman	Japan Tetsuya Isozaki Yurie Seki
2024 Palma	Spain Jordi Xammar Nora Brugman	Great Britain Vita Heathcote Chris Grube	Japan Keiju Okada Miho Yoshioka
2025 Gdynia	Spain Jordi Xammar Marta Cardona	Germany Simon Diesch Anna Markfort	Great Britain Martin Wrigley Bettine Harris