Tornado World Championship

The Tornado World Championships are international sailing regattas in the Tornado class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the .^[1]

For the original open event, the most titles have been won by Australian sailor Darren Bundock, with seven titles between 1998 and 2009 and another two bronze medals. The second most titles have been won by Australian John Forbes, who has won six world titles and came 2nd twice, 3rd three times and a fourth, fifth and a sixth. The highest number of championships have been won by Australian sailors, with twelve titles, followed by British sailors, with six titles, and sailors from Germany, who have won five titles.

Between 1968 and 1998, eight people had won the Tornado World Championship twice. In 1998 John Forbes was the first person to win the Championship three times.

The Tornado was an Olympic class from 1976 to 2008.

History[]

The first Tornado World Championships were held in Kiel in 1968.

Editions[]

Year	City	Country	Dates	Athletes	Note
	Kiel	West Germany			^[2]
	Melbourne	Australia			^[3]
	Eau Gallie	United States			^[4]
	Weymouth	United Kingdom			^[5]
	Travemünde	West Germany			^[6]
	Toronto	Canada			^[7]
	Honolulu	United States			^[8]
	Copenhagen	Denmark			^[9]
	Sydney	Australia			^[10]
	Long Beach	United States			^[11]
	Weymouth	United Kingdom			^[12]
	Kiel	West Germany			^[13]
	Auckland	New Zealand			^[14]
	Carnac	France	26 August - 6 September		^[15]
					^[16]
	Hayling Island	United Kingdom			^[17]
	Melbourne	Australia	7–17 January		^[18]
	Travemünde	West Germany			^[19]
	Hamilton	Bermuda	13–20 April		^[20]
	Kiel	West Germany	26 June - 5 July		^[21]
	Tallinn	Soviet Union	19–26 July		^[22]
	Houston	United States			^[23]
	Medemblik	Netherlands	19–25 August		^[24]
	Cagliari	Italy	12–22 September		^[25]
	Perth	Australia	12–19 January		^[26]
	Long Beach	United States	20–25 September		^[27]
	Båstad	Sweden	8–13 August		^[28]
	Kingston	Canada	11–18 August		^[29]
	Brisbane	Australia	8–13 January		^[30]
	Hamilton	Bermuda	7–14 November		^[31]^[32]
	Búzios	Brazil	20–27 November		^[33]
	Vallensbæk	Denmark	2–9 July		^[34]
	Sydney	Australia	8–15 January		^[35]
	Richards Bay	South Africa	10–17 February		^[36]
	Martha's Vineyard	United States	21–28 September		^[37]
2003	Cádiz	Spain	11–24 September	part of the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships
	Palma	Spain	10–18 April		^[38]
	La Rochelle	France	12–19 June		^[39]
2006	San Isidro	Argentina	1–10 December		^[40]
2007	Cascais	Portugal	28 June - 13 July	part of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships
	Auckland	New Zealand	22 February - 1 March		^[41]
		Italy	27 August - 4 September		^[42]
	Travemünde	Germany	23 July - 1 August		^[43]
	Ipsach	Switzerland	20–28 August		^[44]
	Lake Garda	Italy	18–22 September		^[45]
	Santa Eulària des Riu	Spain	28 September - 6 October		^[46]
	Nedlands	Australia	26 December 2014 - 3 January 2015		^[47]
	Carnac	France	5–12 September		^[48]

All-time medal table[]

Open[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	12	6	8	26
2	Germany (GER)	7	8	6	21
3	Great Britain (GBR)	6	4	3	13
4	Greece (GRE)	5	1	2	8
5	United States (USA)	4	6	5	15
6	Austria (AUT)	4	5	2	11
7	Spain (ESP)	3	2	2	7
8	Soviet Union (URS)	3	1	0	4
9	Italy (ITA)	2	2	3	7
10	France (FRA)	1	3	7	11
11	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	1	3
12	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	3	4
13	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
14	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
14	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
Totals (15 nations)		48	43	43	134

Mixed[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	6	2	1	9
2	Switzerland (SUI)	0	2	1	3
3	Spain (ESP)	0	1	1	2
4	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
5	Greece (GRE)	0	0	2	2
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		6	6	6	18

Medalists[]

Open[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968 Kiel	Great Britain
1969 Melbourne	Australia Maurice Davies Ian Ramsay	Australia Jim Dachtler
1970 Eau Galle, Florida	United States Paul Lindenberg Jack Sammons
1971 Weymouth	Great Britain Ian Fraser Tim Coventry
1972 Travemünde	Austria Robert Jessenig Hans Polaschegg	United States John Weiser	Great Britain Ian Fraser
1973 Toronto	United States Bruce Stewart Bruce Harvey	United States John Weiser Cappy Sheeley	United States Roy Seaman
1974 Honolulu	Austria Robert Jessenig Hans Polaschegg	United States R Paul Allen Woody Cox	United States David McFaull Michael Rothwell
1975 Copenhagen	West Germany Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall	Great Britain Reginald White John Osborn	United States Bruce Badeau Douglas Cummings
1976 Sydney	Great Britain Reginald White John Osborn	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock	Australia Jim Dachtler
1977 Long Beach	West Germany Jörg Spengler	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock	United States Keith Notari Dave Gamblin
1978 Weymouth	Soviet Union Viktor Potapov [ru]	Great Britain Reginald White Stephen Olle	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock
1979 Kiel	Great Britain Reginald White Stephen Olle	Denmark Peter Due Per Kjaergaard	West Germany Tobias Neuhann Herbert Plenk
1980 Auckland	Soviet Union Viktor Potapov [ru]	Austria Hans Prack Gottlieb Peer	West Germany Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall
1981 Carnac	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Soviet Union Jakov Kliver Sergey Fogilev	France Yves Loday Christian Buet
1982 Kingston	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser
1983 Hayling Island	Australia Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson	Netherlands Willy van Bladel Huub Lambriex	France Yves Loday Franck Aussedat
1984 Melbourne	Australia Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Netherlands Willy van Bladel Huub Lambriex
1985 Travemünde	Great Britain Robert White Jeremy Newman	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Trine Elvstrøm
1986 Hamilton	Great Britain Robert White Jeremy Newman	West Germany	Great Britain
1987 Kiel	Austria Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara	Australia John Forbes	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Luca Santella
1988 Tallinn	Soviet Union Yuri Konovalov (sailor) [ru] Sergey Kravtsov	France Jean-Yves Le Déroff Nicolas Hénard	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Luca Santella
1989 Houston	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Angelo Glisoni	Australia
1990 Medemblik	France	Australia	Austria Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara
1991 Cagliari	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Angelo Glisoni	Italy Walter Pirinoli Marco Pirinoli	Germany René Schwall
1992 Perth	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	Germany René Schwall	France Frederic le Peutrec
1993 Long Beach	Germany René Schwall	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	France
1994 Båstad	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester	Germany	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes
1995 Kingston	Italy Walter Pirinoli Marco Pirinoli	France	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester
1996 Brisbane	Germany Roland Gäbler Frank Parlow	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes
1997 Hamilton	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester	Australia Mitch Booth
1998 Buzios	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester
1999 Vallensbæk	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Austria Andreas Hagara Wolfgang Moser	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall
2000 Sydney	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	France
2001 Richards Bay	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Great Britain Hugh Styles Adam May
2002 Edgartown	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	France Olivier Backes Laurent Voiron	Netherlands Mitch Booth Herbert Dercksen
2003 Cádiz	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Great Britain Leigh McMillan Mark Bulkeley	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola
2004 Palma de Mallorca	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola	United States John Lovell Charlie Ogletree	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes
2005 La Rochelle	Spain Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz	Great Britain Leigh McMillan Will Howden	France Xavier Revil Christophe Espagnon
2006 San Isidro	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher
2007 Cascais	Spain Fernando Echavarri Antón Paz	Belgium Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid	Netherlands Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis
2008 North Shore City	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Canada Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle	France Yann Guichard Alexandre Guyader
2009 Bogliaco	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Austria Thomas Zajac	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis
2010 Travemünde	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany
2011 Biel	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Australia
2012 Torbole	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Italy
2013 Ibiza	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Australia
2014 Nedlands	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Australia	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler
2015 Carnac	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Greece
2016 Lindau	Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE) Konstantinos Trigkonis (GRE)	Australia	Estela Jentsch (GER) Daniel Brown (GER)
2017 Thessaloniki (GRE) 23 Boats	Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE) Konstantinos Trigkonis (GRE)
2018 La Grande Motte (FRA) 24 Boats	Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE) Konstantinos Trigkonis (GRE)	Brett Burvill (AUS) Max Puttman (AUS)	Estela Jentsch (GER) Daniel Brown (GER)
2019 Takapuna (NZL) 23 Boats ^[49]	Brett Burvill (AUS) Max Puttman (AUS)	Jorg Steiner (SUI) Michael Gloor (SUI)	Estela Jentsch (GER) Daniel Brown (GER)

Mixed[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010 Travemünde	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Germany	Germany
2011 Biel	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Austria	Switzerland
2012 Torbole	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Germany	Spain
2013 Ibiza	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Switzerland	Greece
2014 Nedlands	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Spain	Greece
2015 Carnac	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Switzerland	Czech Republic
2016 Lindau	Australia	Greece	Czech Republic

Multiple medalists[]

Open[]

#	Athlete	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Darren Bundock	Australia	7	0	2	9
2	John Forbes	Australia	6	2	3	11
3	Roland Gäbler	Germany	4	5	2	11
4	René Schwall	Germany	3	2	2	7
5	Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis	Greece	5	1	1	7
6	Mitch Booth	Australia	2	1	2	5
7	Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	United States	2	2	0	4
8	Glenn Ashby	Australia	3	0	0	3
9	Nahid Gäbler	Germany	1	4	1	6

Mixed[]

#	Athlete	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Germany	6	0	0	6

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Tornado World Championship

Contents

History[]

Editions[]

All-time medal table[]

Open[]

Mixed[]

Medalists[]

Open[]

Mixed[]

Multiple medalists[]

Open[]

Mixed[]

See also[]

References[]