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

Year	City	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Notes
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]
1981	Douarnenez	France	6–11 September			[10]
1983	Vancouver	Canada	21–30 July			[11]
1985	Douarnenez	France	24 August – 1 September			[12]
1987	Geelong	Australia	9–19 January			[13]
1989		United Kingdom				[14]
1991		Canada				[15]
1993		Germany				[16]
1995		Australia				[17]
1997		Sweden				[18]
1999	Martinique	Martinique	11–18 December			[19]
2001	Hornbaek	Denmark	14–22 July			[20]
2003	Hobart	Australia	18–27 January			[21]
2005	Lübeck	Germany	19–28 August			[22]
2007	Dún Laoghaire	Ireland	30 August – 8 September			[23]
2009	Medemblik	Netherlands	5–11 September			[24]
2011	Melbourne	Australia	9–15 January			[25]
2013	Weymouth	United Kingdom	8–13 September			[26]
2015	La Rochelle	France	4–12 June			[27]
2017	Cascais	Portugal	9–17 June			[28]
2019	Fremantle	Australia	4–9 January	105	10	[29]

All-time medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	7	5	5	17
2	Australia (AUS)	3	4	4	11
3	Germany (GER)	3	2	2	7
4	Sweden (SWE)	3	0	2	5
5	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	4
6	West Germany (FRG)	2	4	1	7
7	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
8	Canada (CAN)	1	1	0	2
9	Austria (AUT)	1	0	0	1
10	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	1	3
11	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
12	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
13	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		25	21	22	68

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 Fremante[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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See also

• ISAF Sailing World Championships
• International Sailing Federation