World Highland Games Championships|
| Location | Varies (last held in Windsor, Maine, USA) |
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| Established | 1980 |
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| Format | Multi-event competition |
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 Vladislav Tuláček (2025) |
The World Highland Games Championships is an annual Highland Games championships organised by David Webster, OBE of Scotland. It is regarded the pinnacle of modern day Highland Games.
A roll of past competitors includes world's greatest strength athletes with former World's Strongest Man winners, Olympians, Commonwealth Games medal winners, Guinness World Records holders, physique champions, and continental & national titleholders in various sports. [1]
The World Highland Games Championships consist of traditional events and are in this sense differentiated from many of the other international strength athletic competitions, including Highlander World Championships.
History
The World Highland Games Championships were first held in 1980 and were created as an attempt to identify who was truly the greatest Highland Games competitor. Many of the Highland Games competitions around the world have traditionally not been invitational, in the sense that novices can step up to compete, or at the more established events, the competitors were very much more selected from the nation in which the competition was held.
The world's introduced a formalization of the requirements for entry and a truly international flavor. Since the passing of David Webster in 2023, the responsibility of managing and directing the World Highland Games Championships was transferred to to Steve Conway and Dr. Bill Crawford. Tommy De Bruijn and Thomas Kincaid are also current prominent figures within the championships' management.
Over the years competitors have been drawn from the disciplines of field athletics, including the shot put, discus and hammer throw, as well as strength athletes and dedicated Highland Games specialists.
In the history of the championships, there have been 21 champions representing five countries, with four men each having won the title five times, Geoff Capes, Jim McGoldrick, Ryan Vierra and Matt Sandford, and one of those, Capes having also won the 1981 World Highland Games Championships held in Lagos, which would make him six times world champion, although this is not listed on the official website. [2]
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Vladislav Tuláček (2025)
