The Dragon World Championship is an international biennial sailing regatta in the Dragon class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Dragon Association.^[1]

Several sailors have won twice; Jesper Bank, Johan Palmqvist, Ole Børresen, Poul Richard Høj Jensen, Vincent Hoesch, and Erik Hansen all have two titles. Danish crews have won most championships, on eight occasions.

The Dragon was an Olympic class from 1948 to 1972.

History[edit]

The first Dragon World Championship was held in 1965.

Editions[edit]

Edition			Host			Boats	Sailors			Ref.
Ed.	Date	Year	Host club	Location	Country	No.	Athlete	Nats	Contin
01		1965	Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet	Sandhamn	Sweden				[2]
02		1967	Royal Canadian Yacht Club	Toronto	Canada				[3]
03		1969		Palma de Mallorca	Spain		37		[4]
04		1971	Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania	Hobart	Australia				[5]
05		1973		Athens	Greece				[6]
06		1975		Rochester	United States				[7]
07		1977		Thun	Switzerland				[8]
08		1979		Geelong	Australia				[9]
09	6–11 September	1981		Douarnenez	France			[10]
10	21–30 July	1983		Vancouver	Canada			[11]
11	24 August – 1 September	1985		Douarnenez	France		[12]
12		1987	Royal Geelong Yacht Club	Geelong	Australia	48		[13]
13		1989	Royal Torbay Yacht Club	Torquay	United Kingdom					[14]
14		1991	Royal Canadian Yacht Club	Toronto	Canada					[15]
15		1993		Travemunde	Germany					[16]
16		1995		Fremantle	Australia					[17]
17		1997		Marstrand	Sweden					[18]
18	11–18 December	1999		Fort-de-France	Martinique	78				[19]
19	14–22 July	2001		Hornbaek	Denmark	77	231			[20]
20	18–27 January	2003	Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania	Hobart	Australia	25	75			[21]
21	19–28 August	2005		Lübeck	Germany					[22]
22	30 Aug – 8 Sep	2007	Royal St. George Yacht Club	Dún Laoghaire	Ireland	68				[23]
23	5–11 September	2009	RYC Hollandia	Medemblik	Netherlands	67				[24]
24	9–15 January	2011	Royal Brighton Yacht Club	Melbourne	Australia	70	212	14	3	[25]
25	8–13 September	2013	Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy	Weymouth	United Kingdom	77	237	17	3	[26][27]
26	4–12 June	2015	La Société des Régates Rochelaises	La Rochelle	France	80	244	21	3	[28]
27	9–17 June	2017	Clube Naval de Cascais	Cascais	Portugal	70	219	23	4	[29][30][31]
28	4–9 January	2019	Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club	Fremantle	Australia	34	105	13	3	[32]
N/A	13–18 June	2021	Segelclub Kühlungsborn e.V.	Kühlungsborn	Germany	POSTPONED TO DUE TO COVID				[33]
29	12–17 June	2022	Segelclub Kühlungsborn e.V.	Kühlungsborn	Germany	51	157	20	5	[34][35][36][37][38]
30	25 May – 3 June	2023	Bodrum Açıkdeniz Yelken Kulübü	Bodrum	Turkey	24				[39]

Multiple World Champions[edit]

The table below includes data up to and including 2023.

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries (1)	Ref.
1	Andy Beadsworth (GBR)	3	1	0	4	5	[40]
2	Poul Richard Høj Jensen (DEN)	2	3	0	5	9	[41]
3	Ole Børresen (DEN)	2	1	1	4	4	[42]
4	Simon Fry (GBR)	2	1	0	3	4	[43]
5	Jamie Lea (GBR)	2	0	2	4	7	[44]
6	Klaus Diederichs (GBR)	2	0	1	3	6	[45]
6	Vincent Hoesch (GER)	2	0	1	3	12	[46]
8	Erik Hermann Hansen (DEN)	2	0	0	2	2	[47]
8	Jesper Bank (DEN)	2	0	0	2	3	[48]
8	Ali Tezdiker (TUR)	2	0	0	2	2	[49]
8	Bengt Palmqvist (SWE)	2	0	0	2	2	[50]

(1) Full results are not available for every year, so this could be an underestimation.

Medalists[edit]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1965 Sandhamn	White Lady (DEN) Ole Berntsen Ole Poulsen Jan Berntsen	Denmark Aage Birch	Sweden Jörgen Sundelin	[2]
1967 Toronto	Williwaw (USA) George Friedrichs Gerald Schreck Barton Jahncke	United States Robert Mosbacher	France René Sence	[3]
1969 Palma de Mallorca	Aphrodite (USA) Robert Mosbacher George Francisco III David Saville	Australia John Cueno Ross Bradbury John Shaw	East Germany Roland Schwarz Jörg Pfeiffer Lothar Köpsell	[4][51]
1971 Hobart	Debutante (SWE) Jörgen Sundelin Peter Sundelin Ulf Sundelin	Australia Norman Booth	Denmark Axel Holm	[5]
1973 Athens	Crux (SWE) Roger Eliasson Johan Palmquist Jerry Burman	West Germany Oldenburg May Meyer	Denmark Børge Børresen	[6][52]
1975 Rochester	Galejan 2 (SWE) Bengt Palmquist Johan Palmquist Björn Palmquist	Canada Bob Burgess	United States Craig	[7]
1977 Thun	U-2 (AUT) Harry Ferreberger Franz Eisl Herbert Spitzbart	West Germany Ulrich Hofmann Hösch	Switzerland Wittwer Wittwer Wittwer	[8]
1979 Geelong	Kirribilli (AUS) Robert Porter Ian Porter Robbie Antill	West Germany Markus Glas	Australia Barry Calvert Tim Watts Ted Laing	[9]
1981 Trawemünde	Sandokan (FRG) Marcus Glas Mucki Binder Heiner Henwig	Denmark Børge Børresen Ole Børresen Goodall	Sweden Clander Hansson Nordin	[10]
1983 Vancouver	Mistral (CAN) Bob Burgess Nigel Brown Shane Korman	Australia Ross Stiffe	Australia Jamie Wilmot	[11]
1985 Douarnenez	Cato (FRG) Wolf Rappel Michael Lipp Michael Obermeier	Potrec (FRA) Paul Aoufir Franck Koenig Babou Pasturaud		[12]
1987 Geelong	Nordjyllong (DEN) Valdemar Bandolowski Søren Hvalsø Erik Hansen	West Germany Andreas Lohmann Jorg Mossnang Paul Vestner	Australia Stephen Boyes	[13]
1989 Torbay	Danish Blue (DEN) Poul Richard Høj Jensen Erik Hansen Jan Persson			[14]
1991 Toronto	Krystle (AUS) Stephen Boyes Stephen Jackson Stephen Peel			[15]
1993 Travemünde	Senior BB (DEN) Jesper Bank Ole Børresen Børge Børresen	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Claus Høj Jensen Sebastian Ziegelmayer	Germany Andreas van Eicken Rolf Schöppler Johan van Eicken	[53]
1995 Fremantle	Karabos VIII (AUS) Nick Rogers Leigh Behrens Andrew Burnett	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Klaus Jensen Richard Goldsmith	Australia Willy Packer Peter Hay Geoff Wedgwood Grantham Kitto	[54]
1997 Maarstrand	Sanne (DEN) Jesper Bank Claus Olsen Ole Børresen	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Germany Markus Glas	[55]
1999 Fort-de-France	Maria (DEN) Claus Høj Jensen Bo Reker Andersen Jes Hovgaard	Netherlands Fred Imhoff Richard van Ry Sven Machielsen	Denmark Peter Holm Maria Holm Søren Kæstel	[56]
2001 Hornbæk	GER 956  Malte Philipp (GER) Torsten Imbeck Enver Adakan	GER 947  Werner Fritz (GER) Dieter Schoen Andreas Huber	DEN 317  Frank Eriksen (DEN) Jørgen Bonde Ole Børresen	[57]
2003 Hobart	GER 982 - Chrisco  Dieter Schön (GER) Vincent Hösch Andreas Huber	AUS 180 - KARABOS VIII  Nick Rogers (AUS) Leigh Behrens Peter Lilley	AUS 166 - Kirribilli II  David Graney (AUS) Martin Graney Murray Jones	[21]
2005 Neustadt	DEN 365 - African Queen  Jørgen Schönherr (DEN) Anders Kaempe Axel Waltersdorph	GER 950 - Occasion  Harm Müller-Spreer (GER) Markus Wieser Thomas Auracher	SUI 296 - HLL-Ariston  Vincent Hoesch (GER) Harro Kniffka Max Scheibmair	[58]
2007 Dun Laoghaire	GER 996 - Sinewave  Tommy Müller (GER)  Vincent Hoesch (GER)  Max Sheibmayr (GER)	SUI 299 - Gaudium  Ulli Libor (GER)  Stephan Hellriegel (GER)  Frank Butzmann (GER)	GBR 708 - Rumours  Len Jones (GBR)  Claus Høj Jensen (DEN)  Jamie Lea (GBR)	[23]
2009 Medemblik	GBR 745  Poul Richard Høj Jensen (DEN)  Theis Palm (DEN)  Lars Jensen (DEN)	UKR 7  Lars Hendriksen (DEN)  Michael Hestbæk (DEN)  Sergei Pugachev (UKR)	DEN 396  Jørgen Schönherr (DEN)  Axel Waltersdorph (DEN)  Christian Videbæk (DEN)	[24]
2011 Melbourne details	GBR 751 - Alfie  Lawrie Smith (GBR)  Timothy Tavinor (GBR)  Ossie Stewart (GBR)	UKR 7 - Bunker Queen  Markus Wieser (GER)  Sergey Pugachev (UKR)  Matti Paschen (UKR)	DEN 266 - My-Way  Frank Berg (DEN)  Søren Holm (DEN)  Søren Kæstel (DEN)	[25]
2013 Weymouth	GBR 758 - Fever  Klaus Diederichs (GBR)  Andy Beadsworth (GBR)  Jamie Lea (GBR)	RUS 76 - Strange Little Girl  Andrey Kirilyuk (RUS)  Aleksey Bushuev (RUS)  Alina Dotsenko (RUS)	UKR 7 - Bunker Queen  Markus Wieser (GER)  Sergey Pugachev (UKR)  Matti Paschen (UKR)	[26]
2015 La Rochelle	UAE 8 - Bunker Boys  Yevhen Braslavets (UKR)  Aleksander Mirchuk (UKR)  Serhiy Timokhov (UKR)	RUS 76 - Strange Little Girl  Dimitri Samokhin (RUS)  Andrey Kirilyuk (RUS)  Aleksey Bushuev (RUS)	UAE 7 Bunker Queen  Markus Wieser (GER)  Sergey Pugachev (UKR)  George Leonchuk (UKR)	[28]
2017 Cascais	TUR 1212 - Provezza Dragon  Andy Beadsworth (GBR)  Ali Tezdiker (TUR)  Simon Fry (GBR)	RUS 27 - Annapurna  Anatoly Lognov (RUS)  Vadim Statsenko (RUS)  Alexander Shalagin (RUS)	GBR 815 - Alfie  Lawrie Smith (GBR)  Hugo Rocha (POR)  Gonçalo Ribeiro (POR)  João Matos Rosa (POR)	[30]
2019 Fremantle	TUR 1212 - Provezza Dragon  Andy Beadsworth (GBR)  Ali Tezdiker (TUR)  Simon Fry (GBR)	GBR 820 - Louise Racing  Grant Gordon (GBR)  Ruairidh Scott (GBR)  Sophia Weguelin (GBR) James Williamson	GBR 819 - Fever  Klaus Diederichs (GBR)  Jamie Lea (GBR)  Diego Negri (ITA)	[32]
2022 Kühlungsborn	GBR 819 - Fever  Klaus Diederichs (GBR)  Jamie Lea (GBR)  Diego Negri (ITA)	TUR 1212 - Provezza Dragon  Andy Beadsworth (GBR)  Simon Fry (GBR)  Arda Baykal (TUR)	SUI 318 - 1quick1  Wolf Waschkuhn (GBR)  Joao Vidinha (POR)  Charles Nankin (RSA)	[38]
2023 Bodrum	SUI 318 - 1quick1  Wolf Waschkuhn (GBR)  Joao Vidinha (POR)  Charles Nankin (RSA)	GBR 820 - Louise Racing  Grant Gordon (GBR)  Luke Patience (GBR)  James Williamson (GBR)  Faye Chatterton (GBR)	GBR 192 - Bluebottle  Graham Bailey (GBR)  Julia Bailey (GBR)  Ruairidh Scott (GBR)  Will Bedford (GBR)	[39]

References[edit]

See also[edit]

• ISAF Sailing World Championships
• International Sailing Federation