Flying Junior World Championship

The Flying Junior World Championship also known as the FJ World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta of Flying Junior class dinghy, organized by the host club on behalf of the International FJ Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. The class gained World Sailing recognition in 1972 but held five international regatta before that date.

Events

See also: World championships in sailing

Ed.			Hosts			Sailors			Boats				Ref.
No	Day/Month	Year	Host club	City	Country	No.	Nat.	Cont.	No.			Mix
N/A		1963		San Remo	Italy
N/A		1965		Saltsjöbaden	Sweden
N/A	4-8 Sep	1967	Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club	Dorval, Quebec	Canada
N/A		1969		Muiden	Netherlands
N/A		1971		Lake Tahoe	United States
01		1973		Nieuport	Belgium
02		1975		Venezia	Italy
03		1977		Whitstable	United Kingdom
04	11-17 Aug	1979	Richmond Yacht Club, California	Point Richmond, Richmond, California	United States
05		1981		Muiden	Netherlands
06		1983		Castiglione della Pescaia	Italy
07		1985		Blankenberge	Belgium
08		1987		Sakaiminato	Japan
09		1989		Medemblick	Netherlands
10		1991		Senigallia	Italy								[1]
11		1993		Inage	Japan								[2]
12	15-23 Jul	1995		Stralsund	Germany								[3]
13	21-26 Jul	1997	San Francisco Yacht Club	Belvedere, California	United States								[4]
14	20-25 Jul	1999		Porto San Giorgio	Italy								[5]
15	17-23 Jul	2001		Atsumi	Japan	130	8	4	65
16	26Jul -1Aug	2003	Royal Netherlands Yacht Club	Muiden	Netherlands	106	8	3	53	31	5	17
17	23-30 Jul	2005		Lake Duemmer	Germany	88	8	3	44				[6]
18	21-29 Jul	2007		San Francisco	United States	40	6	3	20	11	0	9	[7]
19	12-17 Jul	2009	Sailing Association Alto Sebino	Lake Iseo, Lovere, Bergamo	Italy	110	7	2	55	22	1	32	[8]
20	23-31 Jul	2011	Koninklijke Yacht Club Nieuwpoort	Nieuwpoort	Belgium	72	7	3	36	14	0	22	[9]
21	27Jul -2Aug	2013	Segelclub Lembruch	Lake Dümmer, Lembruch, LS	Germany	112	8	3	56	29	3	24	[10]
22	26Jul -1Aug	2015		Hayama	Japan		5	3	52
23		2017		Portorož	Slovenia	116	8	2	58	22	4	32
24	24-27 Jul	2019	Lega Navale Italiana Porto San Giorgio	Porto San Giorgio, Fermo	Italy	104	6	3	52	28	2	22	[11] [12] [13] [14]
24		2021		Monnickendam	Netherlands	42	2	1	21	7	2	12
26		2022	GEAS NBC Vela Colico	Colico	Italy	110	4	1	55	20	6	29	[15]
27		2024	Lubecker Yacht Club	Held as part of Travemünde Woche Travemünde, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	84	8	3	42	21	3	18	[16]

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1963   Italy	Duuk Dudok van Heel (NED)  Cocky v.d. Berg (NED)
1965   Sweden	Duuk Dudok van Heel (NED)  Joan v. Ogtrop (NED)
1967   Canada	Duuk Dudok van Heel (NED)  Marleen van Duyl (NED)
1969   Netherlands	Duuk Dudok van Heel (NED)  Gerrie Keersbergen (NED)
1971   United States	Steve Lewis (USA)  Randy Lewis (USA)
1973   Belgium	Bertocchi (ITA)  Apostoli (ITA)
1975   Italy	De Martis (ITA)  Stanniero (ITA)
1977   United Kingdom	G. Noe (ITA)  S. Noe (ITA)
1979   United States	Steve Klotz (USA)  Steve Brillant (USA)
1981   Netherlands	Steve Klotz (USA)  Steve Brillant (USA)
1983   Italy	Steve Klotz (USA)  Steve Brillant (USA)
1985   Belgium	Thierry Den Hartigh (BEL)  Peter Laureysens (BEL)
1987   Japan	Takayuki Shimadzu (JPN)  Kouichi Hasegawa (JPN)
1989   Netherlands	Jan Bultman (NED)  Willy Bosveld (NED)
1991   Italy	Hans Cox (NED)  Alexander Cox (NED)
1993   Japan	Katsuya Takagi (JPN)  Keiichi Asari (JPN)
1995   Germany	Hans Cox (NED)  Robert Jan Cox (NED)
1997   United States	Hans Cox (NED)  Robert Jan Cox (NED)
1999   Italy	Peter Wanders (GER)  Susanne Wanders (GER)
2001   Japan	J-1270  Kenta Shingo (JPN)  Satochi Komura (JPN)	J-1406  Yuya Ishikawa (JPN)  Kensuke Amagai (JPN)	GER-361  Peter Wanders (GER)  Sjors Boelaars (GER)
2003   Netherlands	JPN 1566  Hiromi Saitou (JPN)  Hikaru Dewa (JPN)	NED 1473  Bernard Stienstra (NED)  Dieuwke Duk (NED)	JPN 1466  Yasushi Kondou (JPN)  Akihiko Akustu (JPN)
2005   Germany	GER-361  Peter Wanders (GER)  Gisa Wortberg (GER)	JPN-1493  Kentaro Inamura (JPN)  Taishi Funo (JPN)	GER-288  Sebastian Lier (GER)  Jessica Lier (GER)
2007   United States	GER-361  Peter Wanders (GER)  Gisa Wortberg (GER)	GER-407  Thorsten Willemsen (GER)  Barbara Gurbenbecher (GER)	NED-775  Bert Wolff (NED)  Ronald Kalkhoven (NED)
2009   Italy	JPN-1  Haruka Shimodaira (JPN)  Takumi Ichigawa (JPN)	ITA-3742  Tommaso Ciampolini (ITA)  Massimo Ciampolini (ITA)	GER-407  Thorsten Willemsen (GER)  Stepanie Tauchert (GER)
2011   Belgium	NED 961  Rolf de Jong (NED)  Esther Pothuis (NED)	JAP 1419  Takuya Shimamoto (JPN)  Naoto Tanaka (JPN)	JAP 1685  Ryougen Suzuki (JPN)  Yoshiya Kato (JPN)
2013   Germany	NED 1341  Guido So (NED)  Kristina Gründken (NED)	GER 361  Peter Wanders (GER)  Robin Drießen (GER)	GER 381  Norbert Riffeler (GER)  Korsmeier-Rif (GER)
2015   Japan	Enishi Naka (JPN)  Terutaka Tada (JPN)
2017   Slovenia	NED 961  Rolf De Jong (NED)  Esther De Jong (NED)	NED 1316  Guido Sol (NED)  Hugo De Jong (NED)	GER 362  Heiko Riffeler (GER)  Claudia Riffeler-Lorcks (GER)
2019   Italy	NED 1316  Guido Sol (NED)  Hugo De Jong (NED)	NED 961  Esther De Jong (NED)  Rolf De Jong (NED)	NED 1332  Hylke Sasse (NED)  Madelein Van Der Hout (NED)	[14]
2021   Netherlands	NED 1332 - Fliegende Jongen  Hylke Sasse (NED)  Madelein Van Der Hout (NED)	NED 1316 - Solucion  Guido Sol (NED)  Koen De Nooijer (NED)	NED-1455 - Spetters  Elske Vermeij (NED)  Oigen Blankert (NED)
2022   Italy	NED 1332  Hylke Sasse (NED)  Madelein Van Der Hout (NED)	NED 1316  Guido Sol (NED)  Koen De Nooijer (NED)	NED 961  Esther De Jong (NED)  Miriam De Jong (NED)	[15]
2024   Germany	NED 1332  Hylke Sasse (NED)  Doete Vogelaar (NED)	GER 407  Matthias Riffeler (GER)  Justus Rüthing (GER)	NED 961  Esther De Jong (NED)  Miriam De Jong (NED)	[16]

References

1. WS Regatta Page - 1991 at World Sailing
2. WS Regatta Page - 1993 at World Sailing
3. WS Regatta Page - 1995 at World Sailing
4. WS Regatta Page - 1997 at World Sailing
5. WS Regatta Page - 1999 at World Sailing
6. WS Regatta Page - 2005 at World Sailing
7. WS Regatta Page - 2007 at World Sailing
8. WS Regatta Page - 2009 at World Sailing
9. WS Regatta Page - 2011 at World Sailing
10. WS Regatta Page - 2013 at World Sailing
11. Flying Junior World Championship at World Sailing
12. "2019 Worlds Official Event Website".
13. https://www.fjclassitalia.it/fj-world-2019/.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
14. https://www.racingrulesofsailing.org/documents/647/event?event_id=647.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
15. "FJ WORLDS 2022 manage2sail".
16. "135. Travemünder Woche 2024 manage2sail".

Sources

• International Class organization (in English)