Contender World Championship

Main article: Contender (dinghy)

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.

Events

See also: World championships in sailing
Event Host Participation Ref.
Ed. Dates Year Host club Location Country Tot. M F Nat. Cont.
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]

Multiple World Champions

See also: World championships in sailing § Multiple World champions

Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2025

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]
  • Some years full results are not available so this may be an under estimations

Medalists

Year
 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]


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