World Paragliding Championships
World Paragliding Championships is the main competitive paragliding championships in the World, organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
Cross Country Paragliding
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations | |
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| 1st | 1989 | Kössen |  Austria |
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| 2nd | 1991 | Digne-les-Bains |  France |
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| 3rd | 1993 | Verbier |  Switzerland |
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| 4th | 1995 | Kitakyushu |  Japan |
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| 5th | 1997 | Castejón de Sos |  Spain |
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| 6th | 1999 | Bramberg–Neukirchen | Austria |
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| 7th | 2001 | Granada | Spain |
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| 8th | 2003 | Larouco |  Portugal |
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| 9th | 2005 | Governador Valadares |  Brazil |
March 11–27 | |||
| 10th | 2007 | Manilla |  Australia |
February 24–March 9 | |||
| 11th | 2009 | El Peñón |  Mexico |
January 23–February 6 | |||
| 12th | 2011 | Piedrahíta | Spain |
July 3–16 | |||
| 13th | 2013 | Sopot |  Bulgaria |
July 13–26 | |||
| 14th | 2015 | Roldanillo |  Colombia |
January 10–25 | 148 | 38 | |
| 15th | 2017 | Feltre |  Italy |
July 1–15 | 150 | 40 | |
| 16th | 2019 | Kruševo |  Macedonia |
August 5–18 | 150 | 48 | |
| 17th | 2021 | San Miguel de Tucumán |  Argentina |
November 2–12 | Loma Bola | 150 | 38 |
| 18th | 2023 | Chamoux-sur-Gelon | France |
May 22–June 2 | 149 | 48 | |
| 19th | 2025 | Castelo | Brazil |
Aug 30-Sep 12 | |||
All-time medal table (1991–2023)
Updated after the 2023 World Paragliding Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 16 | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 2 | Switzerland | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 |  Czech Republic | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Austria | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 |  Germany | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 |  Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 9 |  Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Japan | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 47 | 47 | 48 | 142 | |
Source: [1]
Paragliding Accuracy
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2000 | Middle Wallop | United Kingdom |
August 12–19 | |||
| 2nd | 2003 | Lijak | Slovenia |
August 4–10 | |||
| 3rd | 2005 | Niš |  Serbia and Montenegro |
August 8–14 | |||
| 4th | 2007 | Trakai |  Lithuania |
February 9–18 | |||
| 5th | 2009 | Ivanec |  Croatia |
June 20–27 | |||
| 6th | 2011 | Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem | Czech Republic |
July 22–30 | |||
| 7th | 2013 | Bjelasnica |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
August 17–25 | |||
| 8th | 2015 | Puncak |  Indonesia |
August 11–16 | |||
| 9th | 2017 | Vlorë |  Albania |
May 6–13 | |||
| 10th | 2019 | Vršac |  Serbia |
September 10–18 | |||
| 11th | 2021 | Prilep | Macedonia |
October 8–16 | 129 | 32 | |
| 12th | 2023 | Sopot | Bulgaria |
October 20-28 | |||
| 13th | 2025 | Alanya |  Turkey |
Oct 25 - Nov 4 | |||
All-time medal table (2000–2023)
Updated after the 2023 World Paragliding Accuracy Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 |  South Korea | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 |  China | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Great Britain | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Serbia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 36 | 36 | 37 | 109 | |
Source: [2]
