Optimist World Championship

The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy Association.

Editions

Year	City	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Note
1962		Great Britain				[1]
1963		Sweden				[1]
1964		Denmark				[1]
1965		Finland				[1]
1966		United States				[1]
1967		France				[1]
1968		Austria				[1]
1969		Great Britain				[1]
1970		Spain				[1]
1971	Kiel	West Germany				[1]
1972	Karlskrona	Sweden				[1]
1974	St. Moritz/Silvaplana	Switzerland				[1][2]
1975	Aarhus	Denmark				[1][3]
1976	Ankara	Turkey				[1][4]
1977	Koper	Yugoslavia				[1][5][6]
1978	La Baule	France				[1][7]
1979	Pattaya	Thailand				[1][8]
1980	Cascais	Portugal				[1][9]
1981	Howth	Ireland	20–30 July			[1][10]
1982	Follonica	Italy				[11]
1983	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	13–24 July			[12]
1984	Kingston	Canada	11–27 July			[13]
1985	Helsinki	Finland	24 July – 4 August			[14]
1986	Roses	Spain	4–15 August			[15]
1987	Andijk	Netherlands	25 July – 7 August			[16]
1988	La Rochelle	France	16–29 July			[17]
1989	Yokohama	Japan				[18]
1990	Cascais	Portugal				[19]
1991	Porto Carras	Greece				[20]
1992	Mar del Plata	Argentina	27 December 1992 – 7 January 1993			[21]
1993	Ciutadella de Menorca	Spain	12–24 July			[22]
1994	Sardinia	Italy				[23]
1995	Mariehamn	Finland				[24]
1996	Langebaan	South Africa	15–26 August			[25]
1997	Carrickfergus	Northern Ireland	26 July – 8 August			[26]
1998	Setúbal	Portugal				[27]
1999	Martinique	France	14–25 July			[28]
2000	A Coruña	Spain	17–30 July			[29]
2001	Qingdao	China	12–23 July			[30]
2002	Corpus Christi	United States	3–14 July			[31]
2003	Las Palmas	Spain	23 July – 3 August			[32]
2004	Salinas	Ecuador	14–25 July			[33]
2005	St. Moritz	Switzerland	25 July – 5 August			[34]
2006	Montevideo	Uruguay	29 December 2006 – 9 January 2007			[35]
2007	Sardinia	Italy	22 July – 1 August			[36]
2008	Çeşme	Turkey	14–25 July			[37]
2009	Niterói	Brazil	4–15 August			[38]
2010	Langkawi	Malaysia	27 December – 7 January			[39]
2011	Napier	New Zealand	28–8 January			[40]
2012	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	15–26 July			[41]
2013	Riva del Garda	Italy	15–26 July			[42]
2014	Buenos Aires	Argentina	22 October – 2 November			[43]
2015	Dziwnów	Poland	25 August – 5 September			[44]
2016	Vilamoura	Portugal	21 June – 4 July			[45]
2017	Pattaya	Thailand	11–21 July			[46]
2018	Limassol	Cyprus	29 August – 5 September			[47]
2019	Antigua	Antigua and Barbuda	8–15 July			[48]
2021	Riva del Garda	Italy	2–9 July	259		[49]
2022	Bodrum	Turkey	29 June – 6 July	276		[50]
2023	Sant Pere Pescador	Spain	17–24 June	248		[51]

Medalists

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1962 Great Britain	A. Quiding (SWE)
1963 Sweden	B. Baysen (SWE)
1964 Denmark	Poul Andersen (DEN)
1965 Finland	Ray Larsson (SWE)
1966 Miami	Doug Bull (USA)
1967 Austria	Peter Warrer (DEN)
1968 France	Peter Warrer (DEN)
1969 Great Britain	Doug Bull (USA)
1970 Spain	James Larimore (USA)
1971 Kiel	Heikki Vahtera (FIN)
1972 Karlskrona	Tomás Estela (ESP)
1973 Rhodesia	cancelled
1974 St. Moritz/Silvaplana	Martín Billoch (ARG)
1975 Aarhus	Hans Fester (DEN)	Söderström (SWE)	Martin Schröder (SWE)
1976 Ankara	Hans Wallén (SWE)	Asbjørn (DEN)	Lindsey (USA)
1977 Koper	Patrik Mark (SWE)	Mads Damsgaard (DEN)	Evers (DEN)
1978 La Baule	Rickard Hammarvid (SWE)	von Koskull (FIN)	Patrik Mark (SWE)
1979 Pattaya	Johan Peterson (SWE)	Heiskanen (FIN)	Storgaard (DEN)
1980 Cascais	Johan Peterson (SWE)	Rasmus Damsgaard (DEN)	Heiskanen (FIN)
1981 Howth	Guido Tavelli (ARG)	Johan Peterson (SWE)	Edson Araujo (BRA)
1982 Follonica	Njaal Sletten (NOR)	Christian Rasmussen (DEN)	Søren Ebdrup (DEN)
1983 Rio de Janeiro	Jordi Calafat (ESP)	José Carlos Frau (ESP)	Jean-Pierre Becquet (FRA)	[52]
1984 Kingston	Serge Kats (NED)	Jussi Wikström (FIN)	Xavier García (ESP)
1985 Helsinki	Serge Kats (NED)	Risto Tapper (FIN)	Martín Castrillo (ARG)
1986 Roses	Xavier García (ESP)	Luis Martínez (ESP)	Risto Tapper (FIN)
1987 Andijk	Sabrina Landi (ITA)	Luis Martínez (ESP)	Anders Jonsson (SWE)
1988 La Rochelle	Ugo Vanello (ITA)	Luis Martínez (ESP)	Gabriel Tarrasa (ESP)
1989 Yokohama	Peder Rønholt (DEN)	Rami Koskinen (FIN)	Herman Rosso (ARG)
1990 Portugal	Martín di Pinto (ARG)	Agustín Krevisky (ARG)	Martin Strandberg (SWE)
1991 Porto Carras	Agustín Krevisky (ARG)	Asdrubal García (ARG)	Andre Sørensen (DEN)
1992 Mar del Plata	Ramón Oliden (ARG)	Marc Patiño (ESP)	Mike Keser (GER)
1993 Ciutadella de Menorca	Mats Hellman (NED)	Estebán Rocha (ARG)	Claudia Tosi (ITA)
1994 Sardinia	Martín Jenkins (ARG)	Federico Pérez (ARG)	Julio Alsogaray (ARG)
1995 Mariehamn	Martín Jenkins (ARG)	Frederico Rizzo (BRA)	Dario Kliba (CRO)
1996 Langebaan	Lisa Westerhof (NED)	Aron Lolić (CRO)	Ivan Bertaglia (ITA)
1997 Carrickfergus	Luca Bursic (ITA)	Matías Bühler (ARG)	Nicholas Raygada (PER)
1998 Setúbal	Mattia Pressich (ITA)	Fernando Gwozdz (ARG)	Šime Fantela (CRO)
1999 Martinique	Mattia Pressich (ITA)	Tonči Stipanović (CRO)	Mario Coutinho (POR)
2000 A Coruña	Šime Fantela (CRO)	Lucas Calabrese (ARG)	Jaro Furlani (ITA)	[53]
2001 Qingdao	Lucas Calabrese (ARG)	Zhu Ye (CHN)	Abdul Rahim (MAS)	[54]
2002 Corpus Christi	Filip Matika (CRO)	Stjepan Ćesić (CRO)	Eduardo Zalvide (ESP)	[55]
2003 Las Palmas	Filip Matika (CRO)	Jesse Kirkland (BER)	Sebastián Peri Brusa (ARG)	[56]
2004 Salinas	Wei Ni (CHN)	Paul Snow-Hansen (NZL)	Eugenio Díaz (ESP)	[57]
2005 St. Moritz	Tina Lutz (GER)	Matthew Schoener Scott (TRI)	Wu Jianan (CHN)	[58]
2006 Montevideo	Julian Autenrieth (GER)	Griselda Khng (SIN)	Édgar Diminich (ECU)	[59]
2007 Sardinia[60]	Chris Steele (NZL)	Benjamín Grez (CHI)	Alex Maloney (NZL)
2008 Çeşme	Raúl Ríos (PUR)	Ian Barrows (ISV)	Kristien Kirketerp (DEN)	[61]
2009 Niterói[62]	Sinclair Jones (PER)	Faizal Norizan (MAS)	Ignacio Rogala (ARG)
2010 Langkawi[63]	Noppakao Poonpat (THA)	Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz (MAS)	Keiju Okada (JPN)
2011 Napier[64]	Kimberly Lim (SIN)	Bart Lambriex (NED)	Javier Arribas (PER)
2012 Boca Chica[65]	Elisa Yukie Yokoyama (SIN)	Samuel Neo (SIN)	Jessica Goh (SIN)
2013 Riva del Garda	Loh Jia Yi (SIN)	Nils Sternbeck (GER)	Edward Tan (SIN)	[66]
2014 San Isidro	Nicolas Rolaz  (SUI)	Voravong Rachrattanaruk (THA)	Dimitris Papadimitriou (GRE)	[67]
2015 Dziwnów	Rok Verderber  (SLO)	Jodie Lai (SIN)	Mathias Berthet (NOR)	[68]
2016 Vilamoura	Max Wallenberg  (SUI)	Mathias Berthet (NOR)	Fauzi Kaman Shah (MAS)
2017 Pattaya	Marco Gradoni (ITA)	Fauzi Kaman Shah (MAS)	Mic Sig Kos Mohr (CRC)	[69]
2018 Limassol	Marco Gradoni (ITA)	Stephan Baker (USA)	Panwa Boonnak (THA)	[70]
2019 Antigua	Marco Gradoni (ITA)	Richard Schultheis (MLT)	Jaime Ayarza (ESP)	[71]
2020 Riva del Garda	Canceled[72] due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Riva del Garda	Alex Di Francesco Kuhl (BRA)	Gil Hackel (USA)	Alex Demurtas (ITA)	[73],
2022 Bodrum	Weka Bhanubandh (THA)	James Pine (USA)	Francesco Carrieri (ITA)	[74]
2023 Sant Pere Pescador	Henric Wigforss (SWE)	Travis Greenberg (USA)	Wylder Smith (USA)	[75],

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