Contender World Championship

The Contender World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Contender (dinghy) they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

Event			Host			Participation					Ref.
Ed.	Dates	Year	Host club	Location	Country	Tot.	M	F	Nat.	Cont.	Ref.
1	-	1970	Hayling Island Sailing Club	Hayling Island	United Kingdom
N/A	-	1971	NOT HELD
2	-	1972		Medemblik	Netherlands
3	-	1973		Imperia	Italy
N/A	-	1974	NOT HELD
4	-	1974/75		Manly, Brisbane	Australia
5	-	1976		Palo Alto, California	United States	32	31	1	5	3	^[1]
6	-	1977	Kieler Yacht Club	Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	49			15	5	^[2]
N/A	-	1978	NOT HELD
7	-	1979		Takapuna	New Zealand
8	-	1980		Hayling Island	United Kingdom	98			9	4
9	-	1981	Outer Harbour Centreboard Club	Toronto	Canada
10	-	1982	Royal Yacht Club Hollandia	Medemblik	Netherlands	81			12	3
11	-	1983
12	1-9 Sep	1984	Fraglia Vela Riva	Riva del Garda	Italy	114			13	3	^[3]
13	-	1985		Struer	Denmark
14	-	1986		Santa Cruz, California	United States	23			4	3
15	-	1987		Hamburgsund	Sweden
16	-	1988		Brisbane	Australia	66			4	2
17	-	1989		Travemunde	Germany
18	-	1990		Hayling Island	United Kingdom
19	-	1991		Marsala, Sicily	Italy
20	-	1992		Melbourne	Australia
21	-	1993	Royal Yacht Club Hollandia	Medemblik	Netherlands	64			9	2
22	-	1994	Union-Yacht-Club Attersee	Attersee (lake)	Austria
23	10-17 Sep	1995	Roton Point Sailing Association	Rowayton, Connecticut	United States
24	1-6 Sep	1996		Weymouth	United Kingdom	116			7	3
25	31Dec -9Jan	1997/98		Sydney	Australia	63			7	3
26	6-11 Sep	1998		Cagliari, Sardinia	Italy	68			8	2
27	18-26 Sep	1999	Kieler Yacht Club	Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	73			8	3
28	13-18 Aug	2000		Medemblik	Netherlands	107			10	3	^[4]
29	4-10 Aug	2001	Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston	Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario	Canada	31			7	3	^[5]
30	10-19 Jan	2002	Black Rock Yacht Club, Australia	Black Rock, Victoria	Australia	63			8	3	^[6]
31	18-22 Aug	2003	Mayflower Sailing Club, Mountbatten Centre	Plymouth	United Kingdom	83			8	3	^[7]
32	31Jul -7Aug	2004	Fraglia Vela Riva	Riva del Garda	Italy	143			9	3	^[8]
33	23-29 Jul	2005	Travemünder Woche / Lubecker Yacht Club	Travemünde, Lübeck	Germany	110			10	3	^[9]
34	7-14 Jan	2006	Fremantle Sailing Club	Fremantle, Western Australia	Australia	61			9	3	^[10]
35	13-21 Jul	2007	Royal Yacht Club Hollandia	Medemblik	Netherlands	144			11	3	^[11]
36	13-23 Aug	2008	Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston	Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario	Canada	34			8	3	^[12]^[13]
37	25-31 Jul	2009	Sønderborg Yacht-Club	Sønderborg	Denmark	112			13	3	^[14]
38	7-12 Jan	2010	Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron	Manly, Brisbane, Queensland	Australia	60			7	3	^[15]
39	18-22 Jul	2011	Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy	Isle of Portland	United Kingdom	143			10	2	^[16]
40	22-28 Apr	2012	St. Petersburg Yacht Club, Florida	St. Petersburg, Florida	United States	43			8	3	^[17]
41	14-20 Jul	2013	Centro Vela Alto Lario	Lake Como	Italy	172	165	7	11	3	^[18]
42	19-25 Jan	2014	Belmont 16ft Sailing Club	Belmont, Lake Macquarie, NSW	Australia	67	65	2	7	2	^[19]
43	25-31 Jul	2015		Medemblik	Netherlands	132	126	6	11	3	^[20]
44	23-29 Apr	2016	Santa Cruz Yacht Club	Santa Cruz	United States	33	32	1	8	3	^[21]^[22]
45	2-10 Jul	2017	Sønderborg Yacht-Club	Sønderborg	Denmark	106	99	7	8	2	^[23]^[24]
46	19-25 Jan	2018	McCrae Yacht Club	McCrae, Victoria	Australia	90	87	3	7	3	^[25]^[26]
47	20-26 Jul	2019		Quiberon	France	127	122	5	11	3	^[27]
N/A	-	2020			Netherlands	(Cancelled COVID)
N/A	-	2021		Lake Silvaplana	Switzerland	COVID made a Europeans
48	16-20 Jan	2023(22)	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club	Peppermint Grove, Perth, WA	Australia	32	32	0	5	2	^[28]
49	1-8 Jul	2023	Kerteminde Sejlklub	Kerteminde	Denmark	111	106	5	11	3	^[29]
50	17-23 Feb	2025(24)	Pensacola Yacht Club	Pensacola, Florida	United States	35	33	2	7	2	^[30]
51	28Jul -3Aug	2025	Fraglia Vela Malcesine	Malcesine, Lake Garda	Italy	167			12	3	^[31]

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries*	Ref.
1	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	7	6	5	18	23	^[32]
2	Mark Bulka (AUS)	5	2	2	8	10	^[33]
3	Peter Newlands (NZL)	3	1	1	5	6	^[34]
4	Barry Watson (AUS)	3	1	0	4	4	^[35]
5	David Pitman (GBR)	3	0	0	3	4	^[36]
6	Graham Scott (GBR)	2	3	0	5	17	^[37]
7	Stuart Jones (GBR)	2	2	1	5	16	^[38]
8	Marcus Hamilton (AUS)	2	2	0	4	7	^[39]
9	Soren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)	2	1	4	7	21	^[40]
10	Tony Smith (NZL)	2	0	0	2	4	^[41]
10	Arthur Brett (AUS)	2	0	0	2	4	^[42]
10	Steven Daniel (GBR)	2	0	0	2	4	^[43]
10	Peter Hollis (AUS)	2	0	0	2	2	^[44]

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970	Dick Jobbins (GBR)	Ubert Raudashl (AUT)	Mike Alsop (AUS)	^[45]
1971	NOT HELD
1972	Peter Hollis (AUS)			^[46]
1973	Peter Hollis (AUS)
1974	NOT HELD
1975	David Pitman (GBR)
1976	David Pitman (GBR)	Paul Wells (USA)	Peter Newlands (GBR)	^[1]
1977	David Pitman (GBR)	Geoff Whitfield (GBR)	Richard Gladwell (GBR)	^[2]
1978	NOT HELD
1979	Peter Newlands (GBR)
1980	Peter Newlands (GBR) and Geoff Whitfield (GBR)		Brian Bennett (NZL)	^[47]
1981	Peter Newlands (GBR)
1982	Tony Smith (NZL)	Peter Newlands (GBR)	Keith Paul (GBR)	^[48]
1983	Tony Smith (NZL)			^[49]
1984	Barry Watson (AUS)	Keith Paul (GBR)	Joachim P. Rosler (GER)	^[3]
1985	Barry Watson (AUS)
1986	Mark Starratt (USA)	Barry Watson (AUS)	Pieter Visser (NED)	^[50]
1987	John Webb (GBR)
1988	Steve Daniel (GBR)	Brian Rodger (AUS)	Steven Grimes (AUS)
1989	Steve Daniel (GBR)
1990	John Hardman (GBR)	John Browett (GBR)	Steve Daniel (GBR)
1991	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Christopher Burrough (GBR)	Graham Scott (GBR)
1992	Barry Watson (AUS)
1993	Stuart Jones (GBR)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Steven Grimes (AUS)	^[51]
1994	Graham Scott (GBR)
1995	Graham Scott (GBR)	Stuart Jones (GBR)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	^[52]
1996	Ian Renilson (GBR)	Neil Wilson (GBR)	Jason Beebe (AUS)	^[53]
1997	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Ian Renilson (GBR)	Nigel Walbank (GBR)	^[54]
1998	Stuart Jones (GBR)	Graham Scott (GBR)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	^[55]^[56]
1999	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Stuart Jones (GBR)	Ian Renilson (GBR)	^[57]
2000	Gabriel Wicke (GER)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Ian Renilson (GBR)	^[58]^[59]
2001	Arthur Brett (AUS)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Nigel Walbank (GBR)	^[60]
2002	Arthur Brett (AUS)	Tim Holden (GBR)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	^[60]
2003	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Tim Holden (GBR)	Stuart Jones (GBR)	^[61]
2004	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Marcus Hamilton (AUS)	Giovanni Bonzio (ITA)	^[62]
2005	Jan von der Bank (GER)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Giovanni Bonzio (ITA)	^[63]
2006	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Marcus Hamilton (AUS)	Tim Hill (AUS)	^[64]
2007	Marcus Hamilton (AUS)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Jan Von Der Bank (GER)	^[11]
2008	Marcus Hamilton (AUS)	Marco Versari (ITA)	Søren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)	^[12]
2009	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Jono Neate (AUS)	Jacob Lunding (DEN)	^[65]
2010	Jono Neate (AUS)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	Christoph Homeier (GER)	^[66]
2011	Bjarke Johnsen (DEN)	Graham Scott (GBR)	Søren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)	^[67]
2012	Antonio Lambertini (ITA)	Giovanni Bonzio (ITA)	Søren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)	^[68]
2013	Søren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)	Simon Mussel (GBR)	Mark Bulka (AUS)	^[69]
2014	Mark Bulka (AUS)	Jono Neate (AUS)	Matthew Mulder (AUS)	^[70]
2015	Simon Mussell (GBR)	Mark Bulka (AUS)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	^[71]^[72]
2016	Mark Bulka (AUS)	Jason Beebe (AUS)	Simon Mussell (GBR)	^[21]
2017	Jason Beebe (AUS)	Mark Bulka (AUS)	Jesper Nielsen (DEN)	^[23]
2018	Mark Bulka (AUS)	Jason Beebe (AUS)	Andrea Bonezzi (ITA)	^[25]
2019	Max Billerberck (GER)	Graham Scott (GBR)	Soren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)
2020	COVID
2021	COVID
2022	Mark Bulka (AUS)	Simon Barwood (AUS)	Lindsay Irwin (AUS)
2023	Soren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)	Christoph Homeier (GER)	Mark Bulka (AUS)
2024	Graeme Willcox (GBR) (RSA)	Soren Dulong Andreasen (DEN)	Rene Heynen (NED)	^[30]
2025	Mark Bulka (AUS)	Antonio LAMBERTINI (ITA)	Graeme Willcox (GBR) (RSA)	^[31]

Contender World Championship

Events

Multiple World Champions

Medalists

References

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