Optimist World Championship

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

Contents

Events

EventHostParticipationRef.
Ed.DatesYearHost clubLocationCountryNo. Mars symbol.svg Venus symbol.svg Nat.Cont
1 1962Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom [1]
2 1963Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [1]
3 1964Flag placeholder.svg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark [1]
4 1965Flag placeholder.svg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [1]
5 1966Flag placeholder.svg Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States [1]
6 1967Flag placeholder.svg Flag of France.svg  France [1]
7 1968Flag placeholder.svg Flag of Austria.svg  Austria [1]
8 1969Flag placeholder.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain [1]
9 1970Flag placeholder.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [1]
10 1971Flag placeholder.svg  Kiel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany [1]
11 1972Flag placeholder.svg  Karlskrona Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden [1]
N/A1973NOT HELD
12 1974Flag placeholder.svg  St. Moritz/Silvaplana Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland [1] [2]
13 1975Flag placeholder.svg  Aarhus Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark [1] [3]
14 1976Flag placeholder.svg  Ankara Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey [1] [4]
15 1977Flag placeholder.svg  Koper Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia [1] [5] [6]
16 1978Flag placeholder.svg  La Baule Flag of France.svg  France [1] [7]
17 1979Flag placeholder.svg  Pattaya Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand [1] [8]
18 1980Flag placeholder.svg  Cascais Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal [1] [9]
19 20–30 July1981 Howth Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland [1] [10]
20 1982Flag placeholder.svg  Follonica Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [11]
21 13–24 July1983Flag placeholder.svg  Rio de Janeiro Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil [12]
22 11–27 July1984Flag placeholder.svg  Kingston Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada [13]
23 24 Jul – 4 Aug1985Flag placeholder.svg  Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [14]
24 4–15 Aug1986Flag placeholder.svg  Roses Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [15]
25 25 July – 7 Aug1987Flag placeholder.svg  Andijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [16]
26 16–29 July1988Flag placeholder.svg  La Rochelle Flag of France.svg  France [17]
27 1989Flag placeholder.svg  Yokohama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan [18]
28 1990Flag placeholder.svg CascaisFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal [19]
28 1991Flag placeholder.svg  Porto Carras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece [20]
30 27Dec – 7Jan1992/93Flag placeholder.svg  Mar del Plata Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [21]
31 12–24 July1993Flag placeholder.svg  Ciutadella de Menorca Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [22]
32 1994Flag placeholder.svg  Sardinia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy [23]
33 1995Flag placeholder.svg  Mariehamn Flag of Finland.svg  Finland [24]
34 15–26 Aug1996Flag placeholder.svg  Langebaan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa [25]
35 26 Jul –8 Aug1997Flag placeholder.svg  Carrickfergus Ulster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland [26]
36 1998Flag placeholder.svg  Setúbal Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal [27]
37 14–25 July1999 Fort de France Bay Les Trois Ilets - Martinique Flag of France.svg  France [28] [29]
38 17–30 July2000Flag placeholder.svg  A Coruña Flag of Spain.svg  Spain [30] [31]
39 12–23 Jul2001Flag placeholder.svg  Qingdao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20817137446 [32]
40 3–14 Jul2002Burgee of Corpus Christi YC.svg  Corpus Christi Yacht Club Corpus Christi Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 208466 [33] [34]
41 23 Jul – 3 Aug2003Flag placeholder.svg  Las Palmas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 221506 [35]
42 14–25 July2004Flag placeholder.svg  Salinas Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 215526 [36]
43 25 July – 5 August2005Flag placeholder.svg  St. Moritz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 24120140526 [37]
44 29 Dec –9 Jan2006/07Flag placeholder.svg National Yacht Club of Uruguay Montevideo Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 228506 [38] [39] [40]
45 22 Jul –1 Aug2007Flag placeholder.svg Yacht Club Cagliari Sardinia Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25120942556 [41] [42]
46 14–25 July2008Flag placeholder.svg  Çeşme Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 25020446536 [43] [44] [45] [46]
47 4–15 Aug2009Flag placeholder.svg  Niterói Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 21117536476 [47] [48]
48 27Dec –7 Jan2009/10Flag placeholder.svg  Langkawi Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia [49] [50] [51]
49 28–8 Jan2011/12Flag placeholder.svg Napier Sailing Club Napier Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21017238486 [52] [53] [54] [55]
50 15–26 July2012Flag placeholder.svg Club Nautico Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 23019040556 [56] [57] [58] [59]
51 15–26 July2013Flag placeholder.svg Fraglia Vela Riva Riva del Garda Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 25721443586 [60] [61] [62]
52 22 Oct – 2 Nov2014Burgee of CN San Isidro.svg  Club Náutico San Isidro Buenos Aires Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 20716344496 [63] [64] [65]
53 25 Aug –5 Sep2015Flag placeholder.svg  Dziwnów Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17914534485 [66] [67]
54 21 Jun –4 Jul2016Flag placeholder.svg  Vilamoura Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal [68]
55 11–21 July2017Burgee of the Royal Varuna Yacht Club.svg  Royal Varuna Yacht Club Pattaya Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand [69] [70] [71]
56 29Aug –5 Sep2018Flag placeholder.svg Famagusta Nautical Club Limassol Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus [72] [73] [74]
57 8–15 July2019Flag placeholder.svg Antigua Yacht Club Antigua Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda [75]
N/A1-11 Jul2020Flag placeholder.svg Fraglia Vela Riva Riva del Garda Flag of Italy.svg  Italy CANCELLED DUE TO COVID [76]
58 2–9 July2021Flag placeholder.svg Fraglia Vela Riva Riva del Garda Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 259 [77] [78]
59 29 June – 6 July2022Flag placeholder.svg Bodrum Sailing Club Bodrum Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 276 [79] [80]
60 17–24 June2023Flag placeholder.svg Club Vela Ballena Alegre Sant Pere Pescador Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 248 [81] [82]
61 5–14 Dec2024Flag placeholder.svg Club Náutico Mar del Plata Mar del Plata Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [83] [84]

Medalists

YearGoldSilverBronze
1962 Great BritainFlag of Sweden.svg A. Quiding (SWE)
1963 SwedenFlag of Sweden.svg B. Baysen (SWE)
1964 DenmarkFlag of Denmark.svg  Poul Andersen  (DEN)
1965 FinlandFlag of Sweden.svg  Ray Larsson  (SWE)
1966 MiamiFlag of the United States.svg  Doug Bull  (USA)
1967 AustriaFlag of Denmark.svg  Peter Warrer  (DEN)
1968 FranceFlag of Denmark.svg  Peter Warrer  (DEN)
1969 Great BritainFlag of the United States.svg  Doug Bull  (USA)
1970 SpainFlag of the United States.svg  James Larimore  (USA)
1971 Kiel Flag of Finland.svg  Heikki Vahtera  (FIN)
1972 Karlskrona Flag of Spain.svg  Tomás Estela  (ESP)
1973 Rhodesiacancelled
1974 St. Moritz/Silvaplana Flag of Argentina.svg  Martín Billoch  (ARG)
1975 Aarhus Flag of Denmark.svg  Hans Fester  (DEN)Flag of Sweden.svg Söderström (SWE)Flag of Sweden.svg  Martin Schröder  (SWE)
1976 Ankara Flag of Sweden.svg  Hans Wallén  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg Asbjørn (DEN)Flag of the United States.svg Lindsey (USA)
1977 Koper Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Mark  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Damsgaard (DEN)Flag of Denmark.svg Evers (DEN)
1978 La Baule Flag of Sweden.svg  Rickard Hammarvid  (SWE)Flag of Finland.svg von Koskull (FIN)Flag of Sweden.svg  Patrik Mark  (SWE)
1979 Pattaya Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Peterson  (SWE)Flag of Finland.svg Heiskanen (FIN)Flag of Denmark.svg Storgaard (DEN)
1980 Cascais Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Peterson  (SWE)Flag of Denmark.svg Rasmus Damsgaard (DEN)Flag of Finland.svg Heiskanen (FIN)
1981 Howth Flag of Argentina.svg  Guido Tavelli  (ARG)Flag of Sweden.svg  Johan Peterson  (SWE)Flag of Brazil.svg  Edson Araujo  (BRA)
1982 Follonica Flag of Norway.svg  Njaal Sletten  (NOR)Flag of Denmark.svg  Christian Rasmussen  (DEN)Flag of Denmark.svg  Søren Ebdrup  (DEN)
1983 Rio de Janeiro Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Calafat  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  José Carlos Frau  (ESP)Flag of France.svg  Jean-Pierre Becquet  (FRA) [85]
1984 Kingston Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Serge Kats  (NED)Flag of Finland.svg  Jussi Wikström  (FIN)Flag of Spain.svg  Xavier García  (ESP)
1985 Helsinki Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Serge Kats  (NED)Flag of Finland.svg  Risto Tapper  (FIN)Flag of Argentina.svg  Martín Castrillo  (ARG)
1986 Roses Flag of Spain.svg  Xavier García  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Luis Martínez  (ESP)Flag of Finland.svg  Risto Tapper  (FIN)
1987 Andijk Flag of Italy.svg  Sabrina Landi  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Luis Martínez  (ESP)Flag of Sweden.svg  Anders Jonsson  (SWE)
1988 La Rochelle Flag of Italy.svg  Ugo Vanello  (ITA)Flag of Spain.svg  Luis Martínez  (ESP)Flag of Spain.svg  Gabriel Tarrasa  (ESP)
1989 Yokohama Flag of Denmark.svg  Peder Rønholt  (DEN)Flag of Finland.svg  Rami Koskinen  (FIN)Flag of Argentina.svg  Herman Rosso  (ARG)
1990 PortugalFlag of Argentina.svg  Martín di Pinto  (ARG)Flag of Argentina.svg  Agustín Krevisky  (ARG)Flag of Sweden.svg  Martin Strandberg  (SWE)
1991 Porto Carras Flag of Argentina.svg  Agustín Krevisky  (ARG)Flag of Argentina.svg  Asdrubal García  (ARG)Flag of Denmark.svg  Andre Sørensen  (DEN)
1992 Mar del Plata Flag of Argentina.svg  Ramón Oliden  (ARG)Flag of Spain.svg  Marc Patiño  (ESP)Flag of Germany.svg  Mike Keser  (GER)
1993 Ciutadella de Menorca Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Mats Hellman  (NED)Flag of Argentina.svg  Estebán Rocha  (ARG)Flag of Italy.svg  Claudia Tosi  (ITA)
1994 Sardinia Flag of Argentina.svg  Martín Jenkins  (ARG)Flag of Argentina.svg  Federico Pérez  (ARG)Flag of Argentina.svg  Julio Alsogaray  (ARG)
1995 Mariehamn Flag of Argentina.svg  Martín Jenkins  (ARG)Flag of Brazil.svg  Frederico Rizzo  (BRA)Flag of Croatia.svg  Dario Kliba  (CRO)
1996 Langebaan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Lisa Westerhof  (NED)Flag of Croatia.svg  Aron Lolić  (CRO)Flag of Italy.svg  Ivan Bertaglia  (ITA)
1997 Carrickfergus Flag of Italy.svg  Luca Bursic  (ITA)Flag of Argentina.svg  Matías Bühler  (ARG)Flag of Peru.svg  Nicholas Raygada  (PER)
1998 Setúbal Flag of Italy.svg  Mattia Pressich  (ITA)Flag of Argentina.svg  Fernando Gwozdz  (ARG)Flag of Croatia.svg  Šime Fantela  (CRO)
1999 Martinique Flag of Italy.svg  Mattia Pressich  (ITA)Flag of Croatia.svg  Tonči Stipanović  (CRO)Flag of Portugal.svg  Mario Coutinho  (POR)
2000 A Coruña Flag of Croatia.svg  Šime Fantela  (CRO)Flag of Argentina.svg  Lucas Calabrese  (ARG)Flag of Italy.svg  Jaro Furlani  (ITA) [46]
2001 Qingdao Flag of Argentina.svg  Lucas Calabrese  (ARG)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhu Ye  (CHN)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Abdul Rahim  (MAS) [46]
2002 Corpus Christi Flag of Croatia.svg  Filip Matika  (CRO)Flag of Croatia.svg  Stjepan Ćesić  (CRO)Flag of Spain.svg  Eduardo Zalvide  (ESP) [46]
2003 Las Palmas Flag of Croatia.svg  Filip Matika  (CRO)Flag of Bermuda.svg  Jesse Kirkland  (BER)Flag of Argentina.svg  Sebastián Peri Brusa  (ARG) [46]
2004 Salinas Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Ni  (CHN)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Paul Snow-Hansen  (NZL)Flag of Spain.svg  Eugenio Díaz  (ESP) [46]
2005 St. Moritz Flag of Germany.svg  Tina Lutz  (GER)Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Matthew Schoener Scott  (TRI)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Jianan  (CHN) [46]
2006 Montevideo Flag of Germany.svg  Julian Autenrieth  (GER)Flag of Singapore.svg  Griselda Khng  (SIN)Flag of Ecuador.svg  Édgar Diminich  (ECU) [46]
2007 Sardinia Flag of New Zealand.svg  Chris Steele  (NZL)Flag of Chile.svg  Benjamín Grez  (CHI)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Alex Maloney  (NZL) [46]
2008 Çeşme Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Raúl Ríos  (PUR)Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Ian Barrows  (ISV)Flag of Denmark.svg  Kristien Kirketerp  (DEN) [46]
2009 Niterói Flag of Peru.svg  Sinclair Jones  (PER)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Faizal Norizan  (MAS)Flag of Argentina.svg  Ignacio Rogala  (ARG) [48]
2010 Langkawi Flag of Thailand.svg  Noppakao Poonpat  (THA)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz  (MAS)Flag of Japan.svg  Keiju Okada  (JPN)
2011 Napier Flag of Singapore.svg  Kimberly Lim  (SIN)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Bart Lambriex  (NED)Flag of Peru.svg  Javier Arribas  (PER)
2012Flag of Singapore.svg  Elisa Yukie Yokoyama  (SIN)Flag of Singapore.svg  Samuel Neo  (SIN)Flag of Singapore.svg  Jessica Goh  (SIN) [58]
2013 Riva del Garda Flag of Singapore.svg  Loh Jia Yi  (SIN)Flag of Germany.svg  Nils Sternbeck  (GER)Flag of Singapore.svg  Edward Tan  (SIN) [61]
2014 San Isidro Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Nicolas Rolaz  (SUI)Flag of Thailand.svg  Voravong Rachrattanaruk  (THA)Flag of Greece.svg  Dimitris Papadimitriou  (GRE) [64]
2015 Dziwnów Flag of Slovenia.svg  Rok Verderber  (SLO)Flag of Singapore.svg  Jodie Lai  (SIN)Flag of Norway.svg  Mathias Berthet  (NOR) [67]
2016 Vilamoura Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Max Wallenberg  (SUI)Flag of Norway.svg  Mathias Berthet  (NOR)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Fauzi Kaman Shah  (MAS)
2017 Pattaya Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Gradoni  (ITA)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Fauzi Kaman Shah  (MAS)Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Mic Sig Kos Mohr  (CRC) [71]
2018 Limassol Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Gradoni  (ITA)Flag of the United States.svg  Stephan Baker  (USA)Flag of Thailand.svg  Panwa Boonnak  (THA) [73]
2019 Antigua Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Gradoni  (ITA)Flag of Malta.svg  Richard Schultheis  (MLT)Flag of Spain.svg  Jaime Ayarza  (ESP) [74]
2020 Riva del Garda Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [76]
2021 Riva del Garda Flag of Brazil.svg  Alex Di Francesco Kuhl  (BRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Gil Hackel  (USA)Flag of Italy.svg  Alex Demurtas  (ITA) [78]
2022 Bodrum Flag of Thailand.svg  Weka Bhanubandh  (THA)Flag of the United States.svg  James Pine  (USA)Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Carrieri  (ITA) [80]
2023 Sant Pere Pescador Flag of Sweden.svg  Henric Wigforss  (SWE)Flag of the United States.svg  Travis Greenberg  (USA)Flag of the United States.svg  Wylder Smith  (USA) [82]
2024 Mar del Plata Flag of Greece.svg  Iason Panagopoulos  (GRE)Flag of Brazil.svg  Arthur Back  (BRA)Flag of Spain.svg  Mateo Carbonell  (ESP) [84]

Medalists Team Racing

YearGoldSilverBronze
1983Flag of France.svg  France
1984Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
1985Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1986Flag of France.svg  France
1987Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1988Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1989Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
1990Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1991Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
1992Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1993Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1994Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1995Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1996Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
1997Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
1998Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
1999Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
2000Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [86]
2001Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2002Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2003Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [87]
2004Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
2005Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2006Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2007Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
2008Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
2009Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2010Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
2011Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2012Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands [88]
2013Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2014Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
2015Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2016Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2017Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2018Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
2019Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2020Cancelled COVID
2021Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2022Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2023Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2024Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico

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