Optimist World Championship

The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy Association. One of, if not the largest regatta of the optimist class.

Events

Event Host Participation Ref.
Ed.DatesYear Host clubLocationCountry No.Nat.Cont
11962  Hamble United Kingdom 3
21963 Göteborg Sweden 5
31964  Aarhus Denmark 7
41965  Turku Finland 9
51966  Miami United States 6
61967  Neusiedlersee Austria 10
71968  Carantec France 16
81969  Stokes Bay United Kingdom 12
91970  Arenys de Mar Spain 14
101971  Malente West Germany 13
111972  Karlskrona Sweden 15
N/A1973   Rhodesia Cancelled
121974  St. Moritz/Silvaplana Switzerland 20
131975  Aarhus Denmark 23
141976  Yarımca Turkey 19
151977  Koper Yugoslavia 22
161978  La Baule France 25
171979  Pattaya Thailand 16
181980  Cascais Portugal 24
1920–30 July1981  Howth Ireland 24
201982  Follonica Italy 26
2113–24 July1983  Rio de Janeiro Brazil 22
2211–27 July1984  Kingston Canada 28
2324 Jul – 4 Aug1985  Helsinki Finland 32
244–15 Aug1986  Roses Spain 29
2525 July – 7 Aug1987  Andijk Netherlands 29
2616–29 July1988  La Rochelle France 32
281989  Yokohama Japan 30
29Cascais1990   Portugal 38
301991  Porto Carras Greece 39
311992  Mar del Plata Argentina 29
3212–24 July1993  Ciutadella de Menorca Spain 41
331994  Sardinia Italy 39
341995  Mariehamn Finland 41
351996  Langebaan South Africa 39
3628Jul -8Aug1997  Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland United Kingdom 41
371998  Setúbal Portugal 44
3714–25 July1999 Fort de France BayLes Trois Ilets - Martinique France 47
3817–30 July2000  A Coruña Spain 59
3912–23 Jul2001  Qingdao China 20817137446
403–14 Jul2002  Corpus Christi Yacht ClubCorpus Christi United States 208466
4123 Jul – 3 Aug2003  Real Club Nautico de Gran CanariaLas Palmas Spain 221506
4214–25 July2004  Salinas Yacht ClubSalinas Ecuador 215526
4325 July – 5 August2005  St. Moritz Switzerland 24120140526
4429 Dec –9 Jan2006/07  National Yacht Club of UruguayMontevideo Uruguay 228506
4522 Jul –1 Aug2007  Yacht Club CagliariSardinia Italy 25120942556
4614–25 July2008  Çeşme Turkey 25020446536
474–15 Aug2009  Niterói Brazil 21117536476
4827Dec –7 Jan2009/10  Langkawi Malaysia 23118843556
4928–8 Jan2011/12  Napier Sailing ClubNapier New Zealand 21017238486
5015–26 July2012  Club Nautico Santo DomingoSanto Domingo Dominican Republic 23019040556
5115–26 July2013  Fraglia Vela RivaRiva del Garda Italy 25721443586
5222 Oct – 2 Nov2014  Club Náutico San IsidroBuenos Aires Argentina 20716344496
5325 Aug –5 Sep2015  Dziwnów Poland 17914534485
5421 Jun –4 Jul2016  Vilamoura Portugal 255
5511–21 July2017  Royal Varuna Yacht ClubPattaya Thailand 281
5629Aug –5 Sep2018  Famagusta Nautical ClubLimassol Cyprus 26421351576
578–15 July2019  Antigua Yacht ClubAntigua Antigua and Barbuda 25520946656
N/A1-11 Jul2020  Fraglia Vela RivaRiva del Garda Italy CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
582–9 July2021  Fraglia Vela RivaRiva del Garda Italy 25920653575
5929 June – 6 July2022  Bodrum Sailing ClubBodrum Turkey 27621858616
6017–24 June2023  Club Vela Ballena AlegreSant Pere Pescador Spain 24818464546
615–14 Dec2024  Club Náutico Mar del PlataMar del Plata Argentina 22516263516
6228 June – 5 July2025  Jadralni klub pirat PortorožPortorož Slovenia 28721869666
6320–27 June2026  Royal Yacht Club de TangerTangier Morocco 28421470706

Medalists

Year Gold Silver Bronze 1st Female Ref.
1962  Anders Quiding (SWE)
1963  B. Baysen (SWE)
1964  Poul Andersen (DEN)
1965  Ray Larsson (SWE)
1966  Doug Bull (USA)
1967  Peter Warrer (DEN)
1968  Peter Warrer (DEN) Henrik Söderlund Doug Bull  Claudia Stokes (USA)
1969  Doug Bull (USA)  Claudia Stokes (USA)
1970  James Larimore (USA)  Lennart Roos (SWE)  Ake Hansson (SWE)  Nina Koepke (NOR)
1971  Heikki Vahtera (FIN)
1972  Tomás Estela (ESP)  Martin Palsson (SWE)  Don Nordquist (SWE)
1973 Cancelled due to the political situation in 1973 in Rhodesia
1974  Martín Billoch (ARG)  Hans Wallén (SWE)  Hans Fester (DEN)
1975  Hans Fester (DEN)  Mattias Söderström (SWE)  Martin Schröder (SWE)
1976  Hans Wallén (SWE)  Jens Asbjørn Hansen (DEN)  Allen Lindsey (USA)
1977  Patrik Mark (SWE)  Mads Damsgaard (DEN)  Heinrich Evers (DEN)
1978  Rickard Hammarvid (SWE)  Peter von Koskull (FIN)  Patrik Mark (SWE)
1979  Johan Peterson (SWE)  Marko Heiskanen (FIN)  Mads Storgaard (DEN)  Silvia Depares (ESP)
1980  Johan Peterson (SWE)  Rasmus Damsgaard (DEN)  Marko Heiskanen (FIN)  Silvia Depares (ESP)
1981  Guido Tavelli (ARG)  Johan Peterson (SWE)  Edson Araujo (BRA)  Denise Lyttle (IRL)
1982  Njaal Sletten (NOR)  Christian Rasmussen (DEN)  Søren Ebdrup (DEN)  Florence Rigolot (FRA)
1983  Jordi Calafat (ESP)  José Carlos Frau (ESP)  Jean-Pierre Becquet (FRA)  Florence Rigolot (FRA)
1984  Serge Kats (NED)  Jussi Wikström (FIN)  Xavier García (ESP)  Veronique Ravet (FRA)
1985  Serge Kats (NED)  Risto Tapper (FIN)  Martín Castrillo (ARG)  Nuria Bover (ESP)
1986  Xavier García (ESP)  Luis Martínez (ESP)  Risto Tapper (FIN)  Isobel Hens (BEL)
1987  Sabrina Landi (ITA)  Luis Martínez (ESP)  Anders Jonsson (SWE)  Sabrina Landi (ITA)
1988  Ugo Vanello (ITA)  Luis Martínez (ESP)  Gabriel Tarrasa (ESP)  Maria Mylona (GRE)
1989  Peder Rønholt (DEN)  Rami Koskinen (FIN)  Herman Rosso (ARG)  Suzanne Ward (DEN)
1990  Martín di Pinto (ARG)  Agustín Krevisky (ARG)  Martin Strandberg (SWE)  Natalie Gunst (BEL)
1991  Agustín Krevisky (ARG)  Asdrubal García (ARG)  Andre Sørensen (DEN)  Gaia Lusini (ITA)
1992  Ramón Oliden (ARG)  Marc Patiño (ESP)  Mike Keser (GER)  Claudia Tosi (ITA)
1993  Mats Hellman (NED)  Estebán Rocha (ARG)  Claudia Tosi (ITA) 3rd /  Claudia Tosi (ITA)
1994  Martín Jenkins (ARG)  Federico Pérez (ARG)  Julio Alsogaray (ARG)  Johanna Saerna (SWE)
1995  Martín Jenkins (ARG)  Frederico Rizzo (BRA)  Dario Kliba (CRO)  Lisa Westerhof (NED)
1996  Lisa Westerhof (NED)  Aron Lolić (CRO)  Ivan Bertaglia (ITA) 1st /  Lisa Westerhof (NED)
1997  Luca Bursic (ITA)  Matías Bühler (ARG)  Nicholas Raygada (PER) 10th /  Siren Sundby (NOR)
1998  Mattia Pressich (ITA)  Fernando Gwozdz (ARG)  Šime Fantela (CRO)  Tina Celigoj (SLO)
1999  Mattia Pressich (ITA)  Tonči Stipanović (CRO)  Mario Coutinho (POR) 11th /  Roberta Borges (BRA)
2000  Šime Fantela (CRO)  Lucas Calabrese (ARG)  Jaro Furlani (ITA) 20th /  Stéphanie Brulon (FRA)
2001  Lucas Calabrese (ARG)  Zhu Ye (CHN)  Abdul Rahim (MAS) 10th /  Xu Lijia (CHN)
2002  Filip Matika (CRO)  Stjepan Ćesić (CRO)  Eduardo Zalvide (ESP) 6th /  Xu Lijia (CHN)
2003  Filip Matika (CRO)  Jesse Kirkland (BER)  Sebastián Peri Brusa (ARG) 5th /  Hannah Mills (GBR)
2004  Wei Ni (CHN)  Paul Snow-Hansen (NZL)  Eugenio Díaz (ESP) 12th /  Tina Lutz (GER)
2005  Tina Lutz (GER)  Matthew Schoener Scott (TRI)  Wu Jianan (CHN) 1st /  Tina Lutz (GER)
2006  Julian Autenrieth (GER)  Griselda Khng (SIN)  Édgar Diminich (ECU) 2nd /  Griselda Khng (SIN)
2007  Chris Steele (NZL)  Benjamín Grez (CHI)  Alex Maloney (NZL) 3rd /  Alex Maloney (NZL)
2008  Raúl Ríos (PUR)  Ian Barrows (ISV)  Kristien Kirketerp (DEN) 5th /  Tomoyo Wakabayashi (JPN)
2009  Sinclair Jones (PER)  Faizal Norizan (MAS)  Ignacio Rogala (ARG) 4th /  Noppakao Poonpat (THA)
2010  Noppakao Poonpat (THA)  Ahmad Syukri Abdul Aziz (MAS)  Keiju Okada (JPN) 1st /  Noppakao Poonpat (THA)
2011  Kimberly Lim (SGP)  Bart Lambriex (NED)  Javier Arribas (PER) 1st /  Kimberly Lim (SGP)
2012  Elisa Yukie Yokoyama (SGP)  Samuel Neo (SGP)  Jessica Goh (SGP) 1st /  Elisa Yukie Yokoyama (SGP)
2013  Loh Jia Yi (SGP)  Nils Sternbeck (GER)  Edward Tan (SGP) 4th /  Bertha Han (SGP)
2014  Nicolas Rolaz (SUI)  Voravong Rachrattanaruk (THA)  Dimitris Papadimitriou (GRE) 4th /  Aina Colom (ESP)
2015  Rok Verderber  (SLO)  Jodie Lai (SIN)  Mathias Berthet (NOR) 2nd /  Jodie Lai (SIN)
2016  Max Wallenberg  (SUI)  Mathias Berthet (NOR)  Fauzi Kaman Shah (MAS)  Victoria Schultheis (MLT)
2017  Marco Gradoni (ITA)  Fauzi Kaman Shah (MAS)  Mic Sig Kos Mohr (CRC) 23rd /  María Perelló (ESP)
2018  Marco Gradoni (ITA)  Stephan Baker (USA)  Panwa Boonnak (THA) 14th /  María Perelló (ESP)
2019  Marco Gradoni (ITA)  Richard Schultheis (MLT)  Jaime Ayarza (ESP) 25th /  María Perelló (ESP)
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021  Alex Di Francesco Kuhl (BRA)  Gil Hackel (USA)  Alex Demurtas (ITA) 7th /  Lomane Valade (FRA)
2022  Weka Bhanubandh (THA)  James Pine (USA)  Francesco Carrieri (ITA) 24th /  Medine Havva Tatlıcan (TUR)
2023  Henric Wigforss (SWE)  Travis Greenberg (USA)  Wylder Smith (USA) 26th /  Blanca Ferrando (ESP)
2024  Iason Panagopoulos (GRE)  Arthur Back (BRA)  Mateo Carbonell (ESP) 11th /  Marta Mansito (ESP)
2025  Nikolaos Pappas (GRE)  Mihael Zobec (SLO)  Carl Birgersson (DEN) 5th /  Olha Lubianska (UKR)
2026  Manuel Bragança (BRA)  Elliot Novara (SUI)  Andrei Zhakov (MLT) 6th /  Inés Méndez Larminaux (PUR)

Medalists Team Racing

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1983 France
1984 Denmark
1985 Sweden
1986 France
1987 Spain
1988 Spain
1989 Denmark
1990 Argentina
1991 Brazil
1992 Italy
1993 Argentina
1994 Argentina
1995 Spain
1996 Argentina
1997 Peru
1998 Peru
1999 Peru
2000 Argentina Brazil Croatia
2001 Argentina
2002 Argentina
2003 Argentina
2004 Poland
2005 Argentina
2006 Singapore
2007 Greece
2008 Puerto Rico
2009 China
2010 Thailand
2011 Singapore
2012 Singapore United States Netherlands
2013 Singapore
2014 Thailand
2015 Singapore
2016 United States Germany Singapore
2017 United States
2018 Thailand
2019 Italy
2020Cancelled COVID
2021 Italy
2022 United States
2023 Italy
2024 Spain Singapore Puerto Rico
2025 Spain Singapore United States
2026 Spain Turkey Argentina

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