World Parachuting Championships
Biennial competitive parachuting championship
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World Parachuting Championships is the main competitive parachuting championships in the World, and is organised by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.[1]
2022
- Parachuting (Skydiving): 9-26 October 2022 in Eloy, Arizona, USA, and is organised by Skydive Arizona.[2]
- 20th FAI World Canopy formation Championships
- 9th FAI World Canopy piloting Championships
- 3rd FAI World Canopy Piloting Freestyle Championships
- 4th FAI World Wingsuit flying Championships
- 25th FAI World Formation skydiving Championships
- 14th FAI World Artistic Events Championships
- 4th FAI World Speed skydiving Championships
Canopy piloting
Events
- Distance
- Speed
- Accuracy
- Freestyle
Championships
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2006 | Vienna |  Austria | 23–27 August | |||
| 2nd | 2008 | Pretoria |  South Africa | 18–23 November | |||
| 3rd | 2010 | Kolomna |  Russia | 7–15 August | |||
| 4th | 2012 | Dubai |  United Arab Emirates | 28 November – 9 December | |||
| 5th | 2014 | Zephyrhills |  United States | 1–7 November | |||
| 6th | 2016 | Farnham |  Canada | 20–25 August | Unmatched | ||
| 7th | 2018 | Wrocław, Szymanów |  Poland | 3–10 July | |||
| 8th | 2022 | Skydive Arizona, Eloy, Arizona | United States | 9–26 October | |||
| 9th | 2024 | Pretoria | South Africa | 25–29 September | |||
Landing and style
Events
- Accuracy landing
- Freefall style
Championships
List is incomplete
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23rd | 1996 | Békéscsaba[3] | Hungary | 14 September- 22 September | |||
| 28th | 2004 | Rijeka |  Croatia | ||||
| 29th | 2006 | Stupino | Russia | ||||
| 30th | 2008 | Lučenec |  Slovakia | ||||
| 31st | 2010 | Nikšić |  Montenegro | 28 August – 4 September | |||
| 32nd | 2012 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 28 November – 9 December | |||
| 33rd | 2014 | Banja Luka |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15 – 23 August | |||
| 36th | 2021 | Kemerovo | Russia | 9 – 21 August | |||
| 37th | 2022 | Strakonice |  Czech Republic | 18 – 23 July | |||
| 38th | 2024 | Prostějov | Czech Republic | 1 – 6 September | |||
Skydiving
Events
- Formation skydiving (4-Way, 4-Way Women, 8-Way, VFS 4-Way)
- Artistic (Freestyle skydiving, Freeflying)
- Speed skydiving
Championships
List is incomplete
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes |
No. of Nations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th | 2006 | Gera |  Germany | ||||
| 18th | 2008 | La Salmagne - Maubeuge |  France | ||||
| 19th | 2010 | Menzelinsk | Russia | 31 July – 6 August | |||
| 20th | 2012 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 28 November – 9 December | |||
| 21st | 2014 | Prostějov | Czech Republic | 25–31 August | |||
| 22nd | 2016 | Chicago | USA | September | |||
| 23rd | 2018 | Gold Coast |  Australia | 7 – 13 October | Runaway Bay | ||
| — | 2024 | Beaufort | USA | 6 – 11 October | Crystal Coast Skydiving | ||
