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LIST OF CONTESTS

Each of the following entries give the year and location of the contest followed by the winner of each Class , nationality and the glider used.







  • 1952 Madrid , Spain

  • --- Open Class Winner: Philip Wills,

  • --- Two-seater Class Winner: Luis Juez and Ara, Spain; Glider: DFS Kranich



  • 1954 Camphill Farm, Great Hucklow , United Kingdom

  • --- Open Class Winner: Gerard Pierre,

  • --- Two-seater Class Winner: Z Rain and B Komac,



  • 1956 Saint Yan , France

  • --- Open Class Winner:

  • --- Two-seater Class Winner: Nick Goodhart and Frank Foster, UK; Glider: Slingsby Eagle



  • 1958 Leszno , Poland

  • --- Open Class Winner: Ernst Haase,

  • --- Standard Class Winner: Adam Witek, Poland; Glider: SZD Mucha









  • 1968 Leszno , Poland

  • --- Open Class Winner: Haro Wodl,

  • --- Standard Class Winner: Andrew J Smith, USA; Glider: Elfe S-3





  • 1972 Vrsac , Yugoslavia

  • --- Open Class Winner: Göran Ax, Sweden; Glider: Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2

  • --- Standard Class Winner: Jan Wroblewski, Poland; Glider: Orion































  • 1999 Leszno , Poland

  • --- World Class Winner: Henry Julien, France; Glider: PZL PW-5





  • 2001 Gawler , Australia

  • --- Club Class Winner: Peter Masson, UK; Glider: DG-101





  • 2002 Musbach , Germany

  • --- Club Class Winner: Thomas Suchanek,









  • 2006 Eskilstuna , Sweden

  • --- Open Class Winner:

  • --- 18-metre Class Winner:

  • --- 15-metre Class Winner:

  • --- Standard Class Winner:



  • 2006 Vinon , France

  • --- Club Class Winner:

  • --- World Class Winner:




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