World Paragliding Championships

World Paragliding Championships is the main competitive paragliding championships in the World, organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Athletes	No. of Nations
1st	1989	Kössen	Austria
2nd	1991	Digne-les-Bains	France
3rd	1993	Verbier	Switzerland
4th	1995	Kitakyushu	Japan
5th	1997	Castejón de Sos	Spain
6th	1999	Bramberg–Neukirchen	Austria
7th	2001	Granada	Spain
8th	2003	Larouco	Portugal
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 13

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]

	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

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]

• Medalists
• AirSports Calendar

• 2015 World Championships
• 2019 World Championships