2016 in air sports explained
- March 9 – 16: 2016 Paragliding World Cup Brazil in
Castelo- Overall winner:
Félix Rodriguez (4450 points)
- Women's winner:
Keiko Hiraki (4066 points)
- June 4 – 11: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - Italy in
Gemona del Friuli- Overall winner: Andreas Malecki (1463 points)
- Women's winner: Silvia Buzzi Ferraris (1345 points)
- July 2 – 9: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - Portugal in Serra da Estrela
- Overall winner: Donizete Baldessar Lemos (2447 points)
- Women's winner: Keiko Hiraki (2172 points)
- September 3 – 10: 2016 Paragliding World Cup - France in
Saint-André-les-Alpes- Overall winner: Maxime Pinot (2184 points)
- Women's winner:
Kirsty Cameron (1496 points)
- October 1 – 8: 2016 Paragliding World Cup (final) in
Saint-Leu- Overall winner: Michael Küffer (2832 points)
- Women's winner:
Klaudia Bulgakow (2259 points)
Paragliding Accuracy World Cup
- May 5 – 8: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #1 in
Berane- Overall winner:
Goran Đurković
- Women's winner: Tamara Kostić
- May 10 – 15: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #2 in
Vlorë- Overall winner:
Mile Jovanoski
- Women's winner: Tamara Kostić
- August 5 – 7: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #3 in Lombok
- Overall winner: Permadi Chandra
- Women's winner:
Nunnapat Phuchong
- August 11 – 15: Paragliding Accuracy World Cup #4 in Taitung County
- Overall winner:
Zhifeng Zhu
- Women's winner: Nunnapat Phuchong
International and Continental events
- May 27 – June 3: 3rd FAI Asian Paragliding Accuracy Championship in
Taldykorgan- Overall winner: Tanapat Leangaiem
- Teams winner:
- July 10 – 17: 5th FAI European Paragliding Accuracy Championship in
Paluknys- Men's winner:
Matjaž Sluga
- Women's winner: Tamara Kostić
- July 16 – 23: XXXIII Guarnieri International Trophy - Pre-World 2016 in Pedavena
- Overall winner: Federico Nevastro
- Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka-Naville
- August 8 – 20: 14th FAI European Paragliding Championship in Kruševo
- Overall winner: Honorin Hamard
- Women's winner: Seiko Fukuoka-Naville
- Teams winners: (Honorin Hamard, Julien Wirtz, Maxime Pinot, Pierre Remy, Alexandre Jofresa, Seiko Fukuoka-Naville)
- August 26 – September 4: 2nd FAI World Paragliding Championships in Montmin / Doussard
- Men's winner: François Ragolski
- Women's winner:
Christina Kolb
- January 15 – 17: Para-ski World Cup #1 in St Johann im Pongau/Alpendorf
- Men's winner: Ule Uroš
- Women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl
- Junior mix winner: Sebastian Graser
- Master mix winner: Alic Gernot
- Overall teams winners:
- February 19 – 21: Para-ski World Cup #2 in Unterammergau
- Men's winner: Sebastian Graser
- Women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl
- Junior mix winner: Sebastian Graser
- Master mix winner: Marco Valente
- Overall teams winners:
- March 4 – 6: Para-ski World Cup #3 in
Vrchlabí/Krkonoše- Men's winner: Alessandro Di Prisco
- Women's winner: Magdalena Schwertl
- Junior mix winner: Sebastian Graser
- Master mix winner: Tomas Saurer
- Overall teams winners:
- no date set from #4 Para-ski World Cup in Srednja Vas v Bohinju
- July 17 – 29: 40th CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in
Kubinka- Individual Accuracy winners: Dmitrii Mastafanov (m) / Olga Lepezina (f)
- Individual Style winners: Libor Jirousek (m) / Olga Lepezina (f)
- Overall Results winners: Dmitrii Mastafanov (m) / Olga Lepezina (f)
- Junior Individual Style winners: Andrey Izimetov (m) / Léocadie Ollivier de Pury (f)
- Junior Individual Accuracy winners: Gao Tinabo (m) /
Darja Shastakovich (f)
- Junior Overall Results winners: Gao Tinabo (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f)
- Formation Skydiving winners: (m) / (f)
- Team Accuracy winners: (Tamas Banszki, Szaboles Gal, Gabor Hirschler, Tamás Varga, István Asztalos) (m) / (Nataliya Nikitsiuk, Yuliya Fiodarava, Aksana Famina, Natalia Zimina, Valeryia Osipava) (f)
- Teams Overall Results winners: (m) / (f)
- August 20 – 27: 6th FAI World Canopy Piloting Championships in Farnham
- Overall winner:
Christopher Bobo
- Accuracy winners: Curtis Bartholomew & Eric Philippe
- Distance here was cancelled
- Speed winner: Christopher Bobo
- September 11 – 20: 2016 FAI World Parachuting Championships - Mondial in Chicago
- Freefall Style winners: Libor Jirousek (m) / Olga Lepezina (f)
- Speed Skydiving winner:
Henrik Raimer
- Accuracy Landing
- Individual Accuracy Landing winners: Uroš Ban (m) / Nataliya Nikitsiuk (f)
- Junior Individual Accuracy winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Tiantian ZHAO
- Team Accuracy Landing winners: (m) / (f)
- Formation Skydiving
- 4 Way Formation winners: (m) / (f)
- 8 Way Formation winners:
- Vertical Formation winners:
- Artistic Events
- Artistic Freefly winners: 1
- Artistic Freestyle winners: 2
- Canopy Formation
- 2 Way Sequential winners: 1
- 4 Way Sequential winners:
- 4-Way Rotation winners:
- October 11 – 16: 2nd FAI World Cup of Indoor Skydiving in Warsaw
- Open Freestyle winner:
Inka Tiitto
- Junior Freestyle winner: Kyra Poh
- Dynamic 2-WAY winners:
- 4 Way Formation winners: (m) / 1 (f); Junior winners:
- Vertical Formation winners:
- November 3 – 6: 1st FAI World Wingsuit Performance Flying Championships in Zephyrhills, Florida
- Winner: Chris Geiler
- June 9 – 18: 2nd FAI European Paramotor Slalom Championships in Bornos
- PF1 Class winner: Alexandre Mateos
- Trike Class winner: Alexandre Mateos
- Racing teams winners: (Alexandre Mateos, Nicolas Aubert, Jérémy Penone, François Blanc)
- Nations winners: (Bartosz Nowicki, Wojtek Bógdał, Marcin Bernat, Paweł Kozarzewski, Piotr Ficek, Szymon Winkler, Krzysztof Romicki)
- August 20 – 27: 15th FAI World Microlight Championships in Popham Airfield
- RAL 1 T winner:
- RAL 2 T winner:
- RGL 2 T winner:
- RWL 1 T winner:
- RWL 2 T winner:
- August 20 – 27: 9th FAI World Paramotor Championships in Popham Airfield
- July 16 – 30: 19th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Kruševo
- Winner: Christian Ciech
- Team winners: (Christian Ciech, Alessandro Ploner, Suan Selenati, Filippo Oppici, Tullio Gervasoni)
- July 17 – 30: 7th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 5 Championship in Kruševo
- Winner: Tim Grabowski
- Team winners: (Christopher Friedl, Wolfgang Kothgasser, Walter Geppert)
- January 23 – 30: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #1 in Vitacura
- April 17 – 23: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #2 in Cerdanya
- Winner: Louis Bouderlique
- May 1 – 8: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #3 in Usman
- May 14 – 21: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #4 in Varese
- Winner: Peter Hartmann
- June 4 – 11: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #5 in Rennes
- Winner: Louis Bouderlique
- June 18 – 25: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #6 in Niederöblarn
- Winner: Boštjan Pristavec
- July 9 – 17: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #7 in Bicester
- July 24 – 31: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #8 in Ionia
- Winner:
Jerzy Szemplinski
- August 6 – 13: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #9 in Ebersbach-Musbach
- November 5 – 12: 7th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship in Potchefstroom
International Championships
- July 30 – August 13: 34th FAI World Gliding Championships in Kaunas
- Standard class winner: Louis Bouderlique
- Club class winner: Jan Rothhardt
- 20 metre Multi-Seat class winners: (Duboc & Aboulin)
- September 4 – 9: 20th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Santa Cruz
- Advanced Category winners:
- Unlimited Category winners:
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- Challenger Class winner: Daniel Ryfa
- April 23 & 24: WARC #2 in Spielberg
- June 4 & 5: WARC #3 in Chiba
- July 16 & 17: WARC #4 in
Budapest
- August 13 & 14: WARC #5 in Ascot
- Master Class winner:
Matt Hall
- Challenger Class winner: Kevin Coleman
- September 3 & 4: WARC #6 in Lausitzring
- Master Class winner: Matt Hall
- Chellenger winner: Florian Bergér
- October 1 & 2: WARC #7 in Indianapolis
- October 15 & 16: WARC #9 in Las Vegas
- Cancelled due to high winds.
- February 24 – 29: 3rd FAI European Hot Air Airship Championship in Rottach-Egern
- Winner: Jacques-Antoine Besnard (6875 points)
- June 24 – July 4: 3rd FAI Junior World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Marijampole
- July 5 – 10: 2nd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Birštonas
- Winner: Nicola Scaife (8713 points)
- July 21 – 24: 2016 Luxembourg Balloon Trophy in
Mersch- Winners: 1. Sven Göhler, 2. Matthew Scaife, 3.
David Spildooren
- September 15 – 24: 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gladbeck
- Winners: 1 (Kurt Frieden & Pascal Witpraechtiger)
- 2nd place: 2 (Nicolas Tièche & Laurent Sciboz)
- 3rd place: 1 (Anulfo Gonzalez & Angel Aguirre)
- October 30 – November 7: 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Saga
- Winner: Rhett Heartsill
- May 28: 2016 Sky GP in Durban
- July 20 – 30: 7th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Matkopuszta
- Winner: Sebastian Jansson
- Team winners: (Dávid Józsa, Miklós Hoós, Péter Szabó)
- July 20 – 30: 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Matkopuszta
- August 4 – 14: 12th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Radom
- Winner: Loïc Lovicourt
- Teams winners: (Loïc Lovicourt, Romain Vienne, Benoît Faict)
- August 20 – 27: 20th FAI European Aerobatic Championships in Moravská Třebová
- Winner: Mikhail Mamistov
- Teams winner: (Olivier Masurel, Mikael Brageot, Alexandre Orlowski)
- April 11– 16: 2016 FAI F1D World Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in
Slănic- Senior Individual winner: Yuan Kang Lee
- Senior Teams winners: (Istvan Botos, Dezso Orsovai, Zoltan Sukosd)
- Junior Individual winner: Călin Bulai
- Junior Teams winners:
(Vladyslav Klymenko, Iurii Vytko, Denis Zhariy)
- May 7 – 13: 2016 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Perth
- F2A winner: Paul Eisner
- F2B winner: Orestes Hernández
- F2C winners: (Robert Fitzgerald & Mark Ellins)
- F2D winner: Illia Rediuk
- July 20 – 24: 2016 FAI F1E European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Turda
- Winner: Franciszek Kanczok
- Teams winner:
- July 22 – 31: 2016 FAI F3 European Championships for Model Helicopters in Włocławek
- F3C winner: Ennlo Graber
- F3N winner: Eric Weber
- F3C Teams winners:
- F3N Teams winners:
- July 29 – August 6: 2016 FAI F3A European Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Untermünkheim
- Winner: Gernot Bruckmann
- Teams winner:
- July 30 – August 6: 2016 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in Vipava
- Senior winner: Arijan Hucaljuk
- Junior winner: Dillon Graves
- Senior Teams winner: (Manuel Reinecke, Dominik Prestele, Ryan Höllein)
- Junior Teams winner: (Max Finke, Jan Christoph Weihe, Felix Parsch)
- August 1 – 7: 2016 FAI F1 Junior World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Prilep
- F1A winner: Mickail Lomov
- F1B winner: Dmytro Merzilakov
- F1P winner: Daniel Bogomaz
- F1A Teams winner:
- F1B Teams winner:
- F1P Teams winner:
- August 13 – 20: 2016 FAI F1 European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Aradac/Zrenjanin
- F1A winner: Roland Koglot
- F1B winner: Aleksey Burdov
- F1C winner: Artur Kaitschuk
- F1A Team winners:
- F1B Team winners:
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- August 13 – 20: 2016 FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in Lugo
- Winner: Johannes Starzinger
- F5D winner: Tomáš Andrlík
- Team winners: (Johannes Starzinger, Karl Waser, Franz Riegler)
- Team F5D winners:
- August 20 – 28: 2016 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in Ploiești
- August 22 – 30: 2016 FAI S World Championships for Space Models in Lviv
- Winner: Robert Kreutz
- Team winners:
- October 1 – 8: 2016 FAI F3A Asian-Oceanic Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Taichung
- Winner: Onda Tetsuo
- Junior winner: Minemura Shoutaiou
- Team winners:
- October 2 – 8: 2016 FAI F3 World Championship for Model Gliders in Hanstholm
- Senior winner: Arijan Hucaljuk
- Junior winner: Dillon Graves
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