Paragliding World Cup
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The Paragliding World Cup (or PWC for short) is a cross country flying competition for paraglider pilots, organized by the Paragliding World Cup Association (PWCA), based in Marlens, France. Each year, the Paragliding World Cup Tour visits 5-6 different locations worldwide. At each event several tasks are flown to establish the overall classification.
The goal of each competition task is to fly round a predetermined course with a start, some turn points (usually 4-6) and a finish line. Slightly simplified, the winner is the fastest pilot round the course, or the pilot who flew furthest if no one completes the course. Pilots carry a GPS receiver to record their flight track, which is afterwards used to verify that they correctly followed the course and determine timings.
Since 2009, there is one event at the end of every year called "PWC Superfinal". The best pilots selected from the events all over the year compete to select the overall winner of the year. Before 2009 the total winner was determined by adding the results of all worldcups of the year.
Overall Winners
[edit | edit source]- 1992: File:Flag of Germany.svg Uli Wiesmeier (GER)
- 1993: File:Flag of France.svg Richard Gallon (FRA)
- 1994: File:Flag of Italy.svg Jimmy Pacher (ITA)
- 1995: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans Bollinger (SUI)
- 1996: File:Flag of Austria.svg Christian Tamegger (AUT)
- 1997: File:Flag of Italy.svg Jimmy Pacher (ITA)
- 1998: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Lüthi (SUI)
- 1999: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kari Eisenhut (SUI)
- 2000: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andy Hediger (SUI)
- 2001: File:Flag of France.svg Patrick Bérod (FRA)
- 2002: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alex Hofer (SUI)
- 2003: File:Flag of Germany.svg Achim Joos (GER)
- 2004: File:Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Rössel (GER)
- 2005: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christian Maurer (SUI)
- 2006: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christian Maurer (SUI)
- 2007: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Christian Maurer (SUI)
- 2008: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Andy Aebi (SUI)
- 2009: File:Flag of France.svg Charles Cazaux (FRA)
- 2010: File:Flag of France.svg Yann Martail (FRA)
- 2011: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Peter Neuenschwander (SUI)
- 2012: File:Flag of Italy.svg Aaron Durogati (ITA)
- 2013: File:Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Javier Reina Lagos (ESP)
- 2014: File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Pinot (FRA)
- 2015: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stefan Wyss (SUI)
- 2016: File:Flag of Italy.svg Aaron Durogati (ITA)
- 2017: File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael Sigel (SUI)
- 2018: File:Flag of France.svg Pierre Remy (FRA)
- 2021: File:Flag of France.svg Luc Armant (FRA)
- 2022: File:Flag of France.svg Honorin Hamard (FRA)
- 2023: File:Flag of France.svg Honorin Hamard (FRA)
- 2024: File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Pinot (FRA)
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Host locations for 2026
[edit | edit source]| Host site | Dates | Winner | Second | Third |
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| Brasov (ROU) |
Jul 4th - Jul 11th |
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| Gemona (ITA) |
Jul 25th - Aug 1st |
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| Siatista (GRE) |
Sep 5th - Sep 12th |
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| TBD | TBD | |||
| TBD | TBD | |||
| 2026 Superfinal | ||||
| TBD | TBD | |||
Host locations for 2025
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Winners for 2024
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Winners for 2023
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Winners for 2022
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Winners for 2021
[edit | edit source]| Host site | Winner | Second | Third |
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| Gemona (ITA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Jonathan Marin (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) |
File:Flag of Germany.svg Ulrich Prinz (DEU) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nanda Walliser (CHE) |
File:Flag of France.svg Simon Mettetal (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Constance Mettetal (FRA) |
| Kopaonik (SER) |
File:Flag of France.svg Simon Mettetal (FRA) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Marcella UCHOA (BRA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Julien Wirtz (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Meryl Delferriere (FRA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Honorin Hamard (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Constance Mettetal (FRA) |
| 2021 Superfinal | |||
| Disentis (CHE) |
File:Flag of France.svg Luc Armant (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) |
File:Flag of Italy.svg Aaron Durogati (ITA) File:Flag of France.svg Méryl Delferrière (FRA) |
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrian Hachen (CHE) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nanda Walliser (CHE) |
Winners for 2020
[edit | edit source]| Host site | Winner | Second | Third |
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| Disentis (SUI) |
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stephan Morgenthaler (CHE) File:Flag of France.svg Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Luc Armant (FRA) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yael Margelisch (CHE) |
File:Flag of France.svg Charles Cazaux (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Laurie Genovese (FRA) |
| Note on 2020 season | |||
| Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rest of the events planned for 2020 were cancelled, including the Superfinal. | |||
Winners for 2019
[edit | edit source]| Host site | Winner | Second | Third |
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| Coeur de Savoie (FRA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Charles Cazaux (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Méryl Delferrière (FRA) |
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stephan Morgenthaler (SUI) File:Flag of France.svg Seiko Fukuoka (FRA) |
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Tilen Ceglar (SLO) File:Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Hiraki (JAP) |
| Linzhou (CHN) |
File:Flag of France.svg Baptiste Lambert (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Méryl Delferrière (FRA) |
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael Küffer (SUI) File:Flag of Russia.svg Daria Krasnova (RUS) |
File:Flag of the United States.svg Evan Bouchier (USA) File:Flag of France.svg Constance Mettetal (FRA) |
| Manteigas (POR) |
File:Flag of France.svg Honorin Hamard (FRA) File:Flag of France.svg Constance Mettetal (FRA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Pierre Remy (FRA) File:Flag of Italy.svg Silvia Buzzi Ferraris (ITA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Franck Perring (FRA) File:Flag of Japan.svg Atsuko Yamashita (JAP) |
| Pico do Gaviao (BRA) |
File:Flag of France.svg Baptiste Lambert (FRA) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Marcella Uchoa (BRA) |
File:Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiaki Hirokawa (JAP) File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yael Margelisch (SUI) |
File:Flag of France.svg Maxime Pinot (FRA) File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Casanova (GBR) |
| Loma Bola (ARG) |
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Jurij Vidic (SLO) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Adél Honti (HUN) |
File:Flag of France.svg Xavier Laporte (FRA) File:Flag of Brazil.svg Marcella Uchoa (BRA) |
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Pál Takáts (HUN) File:Flag of Argentina.svg Shauin Kao (ARG) |
| 2019 Superfinal | |||
| Castelo (BRA) |
Originally scheduled to start on March 24th, 2020, the 2019 superfinal was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
Winners for 2018
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Winners for 2017
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Winners for 2016
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Winners for 2015
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Winners for 2014
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[edit | edit source]Winners for 2012
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Winners for 2009
[edit | edit source]Winners for 2008
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Winners for 2007
[edit | edit source]Winners for 2006
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[edit | edit source]Winners for 2004
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Winners before 2004
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]- Paragliding Accuracy World Cup (PGAWC)
External links
[edit | edit source]- https://pwca.events/
- https://musee.cquest.org/pwca/ (archived web sites including results and task reports snapshotted in 1999, 2002 and 2006)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ World Cup Brazil Castelo 2012 Archived 2015-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (March 24, 2012)