| Canopy piloting at the 2005 World Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Toeppersee Nordufer Duisburg | ||||||
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| Date | 15-17 July 2005 | ||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 6 nations | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The canopy piloting event at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg was played from 15 to 17 July. 10 parachuters, from 6 nations, participated in the tournament. The competition took place at Toeppersee Nordufer Duisburg. [1]
Athletes competed in three events: accuracy, distance and speed. In each event they had to compete two times.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Accuracy | Distance | Speed | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
 | Jay Moledzki |  | 162 | 2 | 219.3 | 1 | 4.96 | 1 | 4 |
 | Shannon Pilcher |  | 170 | 1 | 175.1 | 2 | 5.48 | 2 | 5 |
 | Clint Clawson | | 159 | 4 | 155.0 | 4 | 6.30 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Jonathan Tagle | | 69 | 8 | 161.1 | 3 | 5.51 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Francisco Neri |  | 162 | 2 | 151.8 | 6 | 13.43 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Bruno Brokken |  | 94 | 5 | 151.8 | 6 | 6.33 | 6 | 17 |
| 7 | John Colclasure | | 70 | 7 | 125.6 | 8 | 5.62 | 4 | 19 |
| 8 | John Zuliani | | 13 | 9 | 153.9 | 5 | 12.72 | 7 | 21 |
| 9 | Tobias Scherrinsky | | 94 | 5 | 65.0 | 9 | 13.69 | 9 | 23 |
| 10 | Andrew Lipinski |  | 0 | 10 | 20.0 | 10 | 20.00 | 10 | 30 |
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