Tempest World Championship

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

Ed.	Date		Location			Competitors				Ref.
Ed.	Day/Month	Year	Host club	City	Country	Boats	Comp.	Nat.	Cont.	Ref.
1	-	1967		Weymouth, Dorset	United Kingdom					^[1]
2	-	1968		Grosse Pointe (MI)	United States					^[2]
3	-	1969		Riva del Garda	Italy					^[3]
4	-	1970		Quiberon	France					^[4]
5	-	1971		Marstrand	Sweden					^[5]
	-	1972	No world championship (Olympic Year)
6	-	1973		Neapel	Italy					^[6]
7	-	1974		Medemblik	Netherlands					^[7]
8	-	1975		Association Island (NY)	United States					^[8]
		1976	No world championship (Olympic Year)
9	-	1977		Strömstad	Sweden					^[9]
10	-	1978		Castelletto	Italy					^[10]
11	-	1979		Hayling Island	United Kingdom					^[11]
12	-	1980		Medemblik	Netherlands					^[12]
NOT HELD	-	1981
13	-	1982		Seebruck	Germany					^[13]
14	-	1983		Weymouth, Dorset	United Kingdom					^[14]
15	-	1984		Portorož	Slovenia (former Yugoslavia)					^[15]
16	-	1985		Medemblik	Netherlands					^[16]
17	-	1986		St. Gilgen	Austria					^[17]
18	-	1987		Portorož	Slovenia					^[18]
19	-	1988		Spiez	Switzerland					^[19]
20	-	1989		Malcesine/Navene	Italy					^[20]
21	-	1990		Medemblik	Netherlands					^[21]
22	-	1991		St. Gilgen	Austria					^[22]
23	-	1992		Balatonfüred	Hungary					^[23]
24	-	1993		Warnemünde	Germany					^[24]
25	-	1994	Warnemunder Segel-Club	Brunnen	Switzerland					^[25]
26	-	1995		Medemblik	Netherlands					^[26]
27	11 - 18 May	1996	Kartner Yacht Club	Lake Ossiachersee	Austria					^[27]^[28]^[29]
28	-	1997		Hartlepool	United Kingdom					^[30]
29	-	1998		Malcesine/Navene	Italy					^[31]
30	28 Aug to 4 Sept	1999	Club Nautique de Saint Raphaël	Saint-Raphaël	France					^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]
31	-	2000		Travemünde	Germany					^[36]
32	-	2001		Malcesine/Navene	Italy					^[37]
33	22 - 27 July	2002		Brighton	United Kingdom					^[38]
34	6 - 14 Sept	2003	Cercle de La Voile de Grandson	Grandson	Switzerland					^[39]
35	23 - 28 Aug	2004	Société des Régates Rochelaises	La Rochelle	France					^[40]^[41]
36	10 - 17 Sept	2005	Segelclub Kammersee	Attersee	Austria					^[42]^[43]
37	27 Oct to 2 Nov	2006		Fort-de-France (Martinique)	France	27	54	4	1	^[44]
38	7 - 14 July	2007	Warnemunder Segel-Club	Warnemünde	Germany	40	80	6	1	^[45]
39	16 - 22 Aug	2008	Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy	Isle of Portland	United Kingdom	32	64	6	1	^[46]^[47]
40	15 - 22 Aug	2009	Yacht Club Spiez	Thunersee	Switzerland	62	124	6	1	^[48]^[49]
41	20 - 28 Aug	2010	Watersportvereniging Horn	Hoorn	Netherlands	34	68	6	1	^[50]
42	28 May to 5 June	2011	Segelclub Ebensee	Traunsee	Austria	43	86	7	1	^[51]
43	20 - 26 Aug	2012	S R ST PIERRE QUIBERON	Quiberon	France	34	68	8	1	^[52]^[53]
44	19 - 28 July	2013	Travemünder Woche	Lübeck	Germany	24	48	5	1	^[54]
45	30 Aug to 5 Sept	2014	CVCD	Domaso/Lake Como	Italy	31	62	7	1	^[55]
46	22 - 28 Aug	2015	Yacht Club of Brunnen	Brunnen/Lake Lucerne	Switzerland	38	76	5	1	^[56]^[57]
47	9 - 15 July	2016	Cowes Classic Week	Cowes	United Kingdom	23	46	5	1	^[58]
48	26 Aug to 3 Sept	2017	Club Nautique de Saint Raphaël	Saint-Raphaël	France	335	70	6	2	^[59]
49	30 June to 6 July	2018		Attersee	Austria	41	82	6	2	^[60]
50	10 - 16 Aug	2019	Tergernsee YCaT	Tegernsee	Germany	27	54	4	1	^[61]
	-	2020		Torbole	Italy	(CANCELLED COVID)
51	3 - 9 July	2021		Torbole	Italy	27	54	4	1	^[62]
52	17 - 21 Aug	2022	Kieler Yacht Club	Schilksee		33	66	6	2	^[63]
53	19 - 25 Aug	2023	Portsmouth Sailing Club / Hornet Services Sailing Club	Portsmouth	United Kingdom	26	52	6	2	^[64]^[65]
54	31Aug -6Sep	2024	Regattaverein Brunnen	Brunnen	Switzerland	36	72	6	2	^[66]^[67]
55	23 Aug	2025	Watersportvereniging Hoorn	Hoorn	Netherlands	26	52	6	2	^[68]^[69]

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries	Ref.
1	Christian Schäfer (GER)	10	2	3	15	16	^[70]
2	Andreas Mader (GER)	7	1	3	11	13	^[71]
3	Max Reichert Jnr. (GER)	6	2	7	15	24	^[72]
4	Klaus Rösch (GER)	6	2	6	14	16	^[73]
5	Rolf Bähr (GER)	5	5	4	14	18	^[74]
6	Christian Rusitschka (GER)	5	3	2	10	16	^[75]
7	Frank Weigelt (GER)	5	2	2	8	10	^[76]
8	Philippe Boite (FRA)	4	3	0	7	9	^[77]
9	Thomas Auracher (GER)	4	0	0	4	4	^[78]
10	Régis Viateur (FRA)	3	3	0	6	6	^[79]
11	Cornelia Christen (SUI)	3	1	3	7	10	^[80]
11	Ruedi Christen (SUI)	3	1	3	7	10	^[81]
13	Lars Bähr (GER)	3	1	0	4	4	^[82]
13	Leif Bähr (GER)	3	1	0	4	4	^[83]
15	Wolfgang Nothegger (GER)	3	0	1	4	4	^[84]
16	Markus Wieser (GER)	3	0	0	3	3	^[85]
17	John Albrechtson (SWE)	2	1	0	3	3	^[86]
17	Ingvar Hansson (SWE)	2	1	0	3	3	^[87]
17	Mike Knobloch (GER)	2	1	0	3	5	^[88]
20	Jurgen Knuth (GER)	2	0	0	2	3	^[89]
20	Sepp Hoss (GER)	2	0	0	2	5	^[90]
20	Dieter Klarmann (GER)	2	0	0	2	5	^[91]
20	Cliff Norbury (GBR)	2	0	0	2	4	^[92]
20	Colin Turner (GBR)	2	0	0	2	4	^[93]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1967	K 30 - Tangerine Cliff Norbury (GBR) Colin Turner (GBR) K 27 - Zanda Reg White (GBR) Andrew Garran (GBR)	N/A	KA 1 - Cleopatra J. HARDYAUS (AUS) M. WHITNALL (AUS)	^[94]^[95]
1968	USA 189 - Dawry William Kelly (USA) Robert Connell (USA)	US 28 - Flying Saucer A. Kostanecki (USA) B. Biddle (USA)	US 49 - Ralph C. Ulmer Jnr. (USA) P. Clempner (USA)	^[94]
1969	K 50 - Tambourine Cliff Norbury (GBR) Colin Turner (GBR)	P 51 - Sharacapete T.Holc (POL) R.Rutkowski (POL)	F 11 - Snoopy Too J-P. Marang (FRA) L.Ces (FRA)	^[94]
1970	US 191- Beast John Linville (USA) James Linville (USA)	H 2 - Double Dutch Ben Staartjes (NED) Cees Kurpershoek (NED)	US 26 - Daedalus D.B. Falconer (USA) Bruce Dyson (USA)	^[94]
1971	United States Glen Foster Peter Dean			^[96]^[97]
1972	not held because of the 1972 Summer Olympics
1973	Soviet Union Valentin Mankin Vladimir Akimenko	Italy Dotti Sibello	United States Dyson Lindsay	^[96]
1974	West Germany Uwe Mares Franz Wehofisch	West Germany Krick Heldt	West Germany Mebel Lohmann	^[96]
1975	Italy Giuseppe Milone Roberto Mottola	Sweden John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson	West Germany Uwe Mares Franz Wehofisch	^[95]
1976	not held because of the 1976 Summer Olympics
1977	Sweden John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson	West Germany Höss	West Germany Greve	^[95]
1978	Sweden John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson	West Germany Twelkmeyer Schumacher	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolfgang Nothegger	^[95]
1979	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolf Stadler	Austria Oskar Billik Jr Josef Essl	Great Britain Moncur Lowther	^[95]
1980	West Germany Rolf Bähr Michael Beckereit	Austria Haas Jörg	West Germany Greve Pildner	^[97]
1981	no championship			^[97]
1982	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolfgang Nothegger	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	West Germany Sepp Höss Dieter Klarmann	^[97]
1983	West Germany Sepp Höss Dieter Klarmann	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolfgang Nothegger	^[97]
1984	West Germany Sepp Höss Dieter Klarmann	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolfgang Nothegge	^[95]
1985	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolfgang Nothegger			^[97]
1986	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolfgang Nothegger	UNKNOWN	^{[citation needed]}
1987	West Germany Rolf Bähr Wolfgang Nothegger	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	West Germany Sepp Höss Dieter Klrmann	^{[citation needed]}
1988	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	^[97]
1989	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	^[97]
1990	West Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	^[96]^[97]
1991	Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	^[96]^[97]
1992	Christian Schäfer (GER) Herbert Kujan (GER)	UNKNOWN	UNKNOWN	^[96]^[97]
1993	Germany Vincent Hösch Thomas Auracher	Germany Christian Schäfer Herbert Kujan	Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	^[97]
1994	GER 231 Klaus Rösch (GER) Max Reichert Jr (GER)	GBR 96 GILES (GBR) ROBSON (GBR)	GER 224 Christian Schäfer (GER) Andreas Mader (GER)	^[97]
1995	Christian Schäfer (GER) Andreas Mader (GER)	- Ringmeier (GER) Mike Knobloch (GER)	Klaus Rösch (GER) Max Reichert Jr (GER)	^[96]^[97]
1996	Christian Schäfer (GER) Andreas Mader (GER)	Andreas Polterauer (GER) UNKNOWN	Christian Braune (GER) UNKNOWN	^[28]
1997	Jürgen Knuth (GER) Mike Knobloch (GER)	Christian Schäfer (GER) Andreas Mader (GER)	Klaus Rösch (GER) Max Reichert Jr (GER)	^[96]
1998	Jürgen Knuth (GER) Mike Knobloch (GER)	Klaus Rösch (GER) Max Reichert Jr (GER)	Werner Meier (SUI) Christian Spranger (SUI)	^[96]
1999	SUI 1119 Werner Meier (SUI) Christian Spranger (SUI)	GER 241 Klaus Rösch (GER) Max Reichert Jr (GER)	GER 248 Germany Rolf Bähr Thomas Olbrich	^[34]
2000	GER 1135 Germany Christian Schäfer Andreas Mader	GER 248 Germany Rolf Bähr Thomas Olbrich	GER 1141 Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	^{[citation needed]}
2001	GER 1139 - Sam VI Germany Christian Schäfer Andreas Mader	SUI 1119 - Schnapsi Switzerland Werner Meier Alfred Geisser	GER 1141 - Ramadama Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	^{[citation needed]}
2002	GER 1139 Germany Christian Schäfer Andreas Mader	GER 248 Germany Rolf Bähr Thomas Olbrich	GER 1141 Germany Klaus Rösch Max Reichert Jr	^{[citation needed]}
2003	1147 - Sam VII Germany Christian Schäfer Andreas Mader	248 - Do-toho Germany Rolf Bähr Thomas Olbrich	SUI 1137 - Dragonera III Switzerland Pierre Mäder Andreas Dietrich	^{[citation needed]}
2004	GRODOUDOU France Philippe Boite Fabrice Toupet	DO TO-HO Germany Rolf Bähr Thomas Olbrich	SAM VIII Germany Christian Schäfer Andreas Mader	^[40]
2005	Germany Christian Schäfer Frank Weigelt	France Philippe Boite Fabrice Toupet	Germany Rolf Bähr Christian Spranger	^{[citation needed]}
2006	SUPER DOUDOU France Philippe Boite Regis Viateur	FOCA Switzerland Mario Suter Christophe Müri	FEVER UND EI Germany Gerhard Albrecht Hansjörg Schäfer	^[98]
2007	FRA 1182 - GROS DOUDOU Philippe Boite (FRA) Regis Viateur (FRA)	GER 1087 Frank Weigelt (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	GER 1128 - dotoho Rolf Bähr (GER) Thomas Olbrich (GER)	^{[citation needed]}
2008	GER 1087 Frank Weigelt (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	FRA 1182 Philippe Boite (FRA) Regis Viateur (FRA)	GER 1187 Christian Schäfer (GER) Andreas Mader (GER)	^[99]
2009	FRA 1182 France Phillipe Boite Regis Viateur	SUI 999 Switzerland Stephan Fels Timo Näf	GER 1087 Germany Frank Weigelt Christian Rusitschka	^{[citation needed]}
2010	GER 1087 - Holzwurm Frank Weigelt (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	FRA 1182 - Superdoudou Philippe Boite (FRA) Regis Viateur (FRA)	GER 1088 - Baehrenmarke Bertold Beahr (GER) Andreas Greif (GER)	^[100]
2011	GER 1187 Christian Schäfer (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	GER 1128 Rolf Bähr (GER) Christian Spranger (GER)	SUI 1136 Marior Suter (SUI) Andreas Hochuli (SUI)	^[101]
2012	GER 1087 - HW Christian Schäfer (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	FRA 1182 - SUPER DOUDOU Gerard AUMONT (FRA) Regis VIATEUR (FRA)	SUI 1122 - PULCE D'ACQUA Cornelia Christen (SUI) Ruedi Christen (SUI)	^[52]
2013	GER 1142 Frank Weigelt (GER) Arne Lanatowitz	SUI 1122 Cornelia Christen (SUI) Ruedi Christen (SUI)	GER 1149 Germany Stefan Erlacher Christian Wöhrer	^[102]
2014	SUI 1122 Cornelia Christen (SUI) Ruedi Christen (SUI)	GER 1087 Andreas Plettner (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	GER 1183 Klaus Wende (GER) Max Reichert Jnr. (GER)	^[103]
2015	SUI 1122 Cornelia Christen (SUI) Ruedi Christen (SUI)	GER 1128 Christian Spranger (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	GER 1187 Herbert Kujan (GER) Christian Kujan (GER)	^{[citation needed]}
2016	GER 1087 Holzwurm Frank Weigelt (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	GER 1128 do-to-ho Christian Spranger (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	SUI 1122 Cornelia Christen (SUI) Ruedi Christen (SUI)	^{[citation needed]}
2017	SUI 1122 pulce d'acqua Cornelia Christen (SUI) Ruedi Christen (SUI)	GER 1128 do to ho Christian Spranger (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	GER 1087 Holzwurm Frank Weigelt (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	^[104]
2018	GER 1194 Christian Spranger (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	GER 1087 Frank Weigelt (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	SUI 1122 Cornelia Christen (SUI) Ruedi Christen (SUI)	^[105]
2019	GER 1196 Markus Wieser (GER) Thomas Auracher (GER)	GER 1187 Werner FRITZ Herbert KUJAN	GER 1192 Stafan SCHOLLMAYER Markus MUHLBAUER	^[106]
2020	CANCELLED DUE COVID-19			^{[citation needed]}
2021	GER 1196- Wosamma Markus Wieser (GER) Thomas Auracher (GER)	GER 1194- Do to Ho 2 Christian Spranger (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	GER 1197 Kicker Schafer (GER) Gusti Trimpl (GER)	^[107]
2022	GER 1196 Markus Wieser (GER) Thomas Auracher (GER)	GER 1128 Lars Bähr (GER) Leif Bähr (GER)	GER 1194 Christian Spranger (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	^{[citation needed]}
2023	GER 1128- do-to-ho Lars Bahr (GER) Leif Bahr (GER)	GER 1197 Kicker Schäfer (GER) Gusti Trimpl (GER)	GER 1196- Wosamma Stefan Durach (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	^[65]
2024	GER 1128 Lars Bähr (GER) Leif Bähr (GER)	GER 1194 Christian Spranger (GER) Christopher Kopp (GER)	SUI 1159 Eric Monnin (SUI) Ute Monnin-Wagner (SUI)	^[108]
2025	GER 1128 Lars Bähr (GER) Leif Bähr (GER)	GER 1190 Tobias Spranger (GER) Gusti Trimpl (GER)	GER 1087 Frank Weigelt (GER) Christian Rusitschka (GER)	^[109]

Tempest World Championship

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