The Tornado World Championship are international sailing regattas in the Tornado class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Tornado class Association.^[1]

For the original open event, the most titles have been won by Australian sailor Darren Bundock, with seven titles between 1998 and 2009 and another two bronze medals. The second most titles have been won by Australian John Forbes, who has won six world titles and came 2nd twice, 3rd three times and a fourth, fifth and a sixth. The highest number of championships have been won by Australian sailors, with twelve titles, followed by British sailors, with six titles, and sailors from Germany, who have won five titles.

Between 1968 and 1998, eight people had won the Tornado World Championship twice. In 1998 John Forbes was the first person to win the Championship three times.

The Tornado was an Olympic class from 1976 to 2008.

History

The first Tornado World Championship were held in Kiel in 1968.

Editions

Year	City	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Note
1968	Kiel	West Germany				[2]
1969	Melbourne	Australia				[3]
1970	Eau Gallie	United States				[4]
1971	Weymouth	United Kingdom				[5]
1972	Travemünde	West Germany				[6]
1973	Toronto	Canada				[7]
1974	Honolulu	United States				[8]
1975	Copenhagen	Denmark				[9]
1976	Sydney	Australia				[10]
1977	Long Beach	United States				[11]
1978	Weymouth	United Kingdom				[12]
1979	Kiel	West Germany				[13]
1980	Auckland	New Zealand				[14]
1981	Carnac	France	26 August - 6 September			[15]
1982	Kingston	Canada				[16]
1983	Hayling Island	United Kingdom				[17]
1984	Melbourne	Australia	7–17 January			[18]
1985	Travemünde	West Germany				[19]
1986	Hamilton	Bermuda	13–20 April			[20]
1987	Kiel	West Germany	26 June - 5 July			[21]
1988	Tallinn	Soviet Union	19–26 July			[22]
1989	Houston	United States				[23]
1990	Medemblik	Netherlands	19–25 August			[24]
1991	Cagliari	Italy	12–22 September			[25]
1992	Perth	Australia	12–19 January			[26]
1993	Long Beach	United States	20–25 September			[27]
1994	Båstad	Sweden	8–13 August			[28]
1995	Kingston	Canada	11–18 August			[29]
1996	Brisbane	Australia	8–13 January			[30]
1997	Hamilton	Bermuda	7–14 November			[31][32]
1998	Búzios	Brazil	20–27 November			[33]
1999	Vallensbæk	Denmark	2–9 July			[34]
2000	Sydney	Australia	8–15 January			[35]
2001	Richards Bay	South Africa	10–17 February			[36]
2002	Martha's Vineyard	United States	21–28 September			[37]
2003	Cádiz	Spain	11–24 September	part of the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2004	Palma	Spain	10–18 April			[38]
2005	La Rochelle	France	12–19 June			[39]
2006	San Isidro	Argentina	1–10 December			[40]
2007	Cascais	Portugal	28 June - 13 July	part of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2008	Auckland	New Zealand	22 February - 1 March			[41]
2009	Bogliaco	Italy	27 August - 4 September			[42]
2010	Travemünde	Germany	23 July - 1 August			[43]
2011	Ipsach	Switzerland	20–28 August			[44]
2012	Lake Garda	Italy	18–22 September			[45]
2013	Santa Eulària des Riu	Spain	28 September - 6 October			[46]
2014	Nedlands	Australia	26 December 2014 - 3 January 2015			[47]
2015	Carnac	France	5–12 September			[48]
2016	Lindau	Germany	10 – 16 June			[49]
2017	Thessaloniki	Greece	28 August - 5 September			[50]
2018	La Grande-Motte	France	7 July - 14 July			[51]
2019	Takapuna	New Zealand	4 January – 10 January			[52]
2020	Thessaloniki	Greece	(cancelled/postponed due to COVID-19)			[53]
2021	Thessaloniki	Greece	26 September – 03 October			[54]
2022	La Grande-Motte	France	27 August - 4 September			[55]

All-time medal table

Open[edit] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Australia (AUS) 12 6 8 26 2  Germany (GER) 7 8 6 21 3  Great Britain (GBR) 6 4 3 13 4  Greece (GRE) 5 1 2 8 5  United States (USA) 4 6 5 15 6  Austria (AUT) 4 5 2 11 7  Spain (ESP) 3 2 2 7 8  Soviet Union (URS) 3 1 0 4 9  Italy (ITA) 2 2 3 7 10  France (FRA) 1 3 7 11 11  Argentina (ARG) 1 1 1 3 12  Netherlands (NED) 0 1 3 4 13  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 1 2 14  Belgium (BEL) 0 1 0 1  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1 Totals (15 entries) 48 43 43 134

Mixed[edit] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Germany (GER) 6 2 1 9 2   Switzerland (SUI) 0 2 1 3 3  Spain (ESP) 0 1 1 2 4  Austria (AUT) 0 1 0 1 5  Greece (GRE) 0 0 2 2 6  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 1 1 Totals (6 entries) 6 6 6 18

Medalists

Open

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968 Kiel	Great Britain Ian Tremlett Bill Tremlett
1969 Melbourne	Australia Maurice Davies Ian Ramsay	Australia Jim Dachtler
1970 Eau Galle, Florida	United States Paul Lindenberg Jack Sammons
1971 Weymouth	Great Britain Ian Fraser Tim Coventry
1972 Travemünde	Austria Robert Jessenig Hans Polaschegg	United States John Weiser	Great Britain Ian Fraser
1973 Toronto	United States Bruce Stewart Bruce Harvey	United States John Weiser Cappy Sheeley	United States Roy Seaman
1974 Honolulu	Austria Robert Jessenig Hans Polaschegg	United States R Paul Allen Woody Cox	United States David McFaull Michael Rothwell
1975 Copenhagen	West Germany Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall	Great Britain Reginald White John Osborn	United States Bruce Badeau Douglas Cummings
1976 Sydney	Great Britain Reginald White John Osborn	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock	Australia Jim Dachtler
1977 Long Beach	West Germany Jörg Spengler Rolf Dullenkopf	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock	United States Keith Notari Dave Gamblin
1978 Weymouth	Soviet Union Viktor Potapov Aleksander Sybin [ru]	Great Britain Reginald White Stephen Olle	Australia Brian Lewis Warren Rock
1979 Kiel	Great Britain Reginald White Stephen Olle	Denmark Peter Due Per Kjaergaard	West Germany Tobias Neuhann Herbert Plenk
1980 Auckland	Soviet Union Viktor Potapov Aleksander Sybin [ru]	Austria Hans Prack Gottlieb Peer	West Germany Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall
1981 Carnac	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Soviet Union Jakov Kliver Sergey Fogilev	France Yves Loday Christian Buet
1982 Kingston	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser
1983 Hayling Island	Australia Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson	Netherlands Willy van Bladel Huub Lambriex	France Yves Loday Franck Aussedat
1984 Melbourne	Australia Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Netherlands Willy van Bladel Huub Lambriex
1985 Travemünde	Great Britain Robert White Jeremy Newman	United States Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Trine Elvstrøm
1986 Hamilton	Great Britain Robert White Jeremy Newman	West Germany Stephan Lange Michael Starken	Great Britain Greg White Daniel Campbell-Jones
1987 Kiel	Austria Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara	Australia Christ Cairns John Forbes	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Luca Santella
1988 Tallinn	Soviet Union Yuri Konovalov (sailor) [ru] Sergey Kravtsov	France Jean-Yves Le Déroff Nicolas Hénard	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Luca Santella
1989 Houston	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Angelo Glisoni	Australia Allan Goddell Greg Cann
1990 Medemblik	France Christophe Clevenot Maurice Eisenblatter	Australia Brad Schafferius Lachlan Gilbert	Austria Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara
1991 Cagliari	Italy Giorgio Zuccoli Angelo Glisoni	Italy Walter Pirinoli Marco Pirinoli	Germany Oliver Schwall René Schwall
1992 Perth	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	Germany Oliver Schwall René Schwall	France Frédéric le Peutrec Richard de Mec
1993 Long Beach	Germany Oliver Schwall René Schwall	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes	France Christophe Clevenot Yvon Quernec
1994 Båstad	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester	Germany Helge Sach Jens-Christian Sach	Australia Mitch Booth John Forbes
1995 Kingston	Italy Walter Pirinoli Marco Pirinoli	France Jean-Christofer Mourniac Philippe Mourniac	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester
1996 Brisbane	Germany Roland Gäbler Frank Parlow	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes
1997 Hamilton	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester	Australia Mitch Booth Andrew Beashel
1998 Buzios	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Spain Fernando León José Luis Ballester
1999 Vallensbæk	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Austria Andreas Hagara Wolfgang Moser	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall
2000 Sydney	Germany Roland Gäbler René Schwall	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	France Jean-Christofer Mourniac Philippe Mourniac
2001 Richards Bay	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Great Britain Hugh Styles Adam May
2002 Edgartown	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	France Olivier Backes Laurent Voiron	Netherlands Mitch Booth Herbert Dercksen
2003 Cádiz	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes	Great Britain Leigh McMillan Mark Bulkeley	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola
2004 Palma de Mallorca	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola	United States John Lovell Charlie Ogletree	Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes
2005 La Rochelle	Spain Fernando Echávarri Antón Paz	Great Britain Leigh McMillan Will Howden	France Xavier Revil Christophe Espagnon
2006 San Isidro	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola	Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher
2007 Cascais	Spain Fernando Echávarri Antón Paz	Belgium Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid	Netherlands Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis
2008 North Shore City	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Canada Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle	France Yann Guichard Alexandre Guyader
2009 Bogliaco	Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Austria Thomas Zajac Thomas Czajka	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis
2010 Travemünde	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Helge Sach Christian Sach
2011 Biel	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Australia Brett Burvill Ryan Duffield
2012 Torbole	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Italy Matteo Ferraglia Lorenzo Bianchini
2013 Ibiza	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Australia Brett Burvill Faris Chase
2014 Nedlands	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Australia Brett Burvill Ryan Duffield	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler
2015 Carnac	Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Greece Mavros Nikolaos Tagaropoulos Alexandros
2016 Lindau	Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE)  Konstantinos Trigonis (GRE)	Australia Gavin Colby Billy Leonard	Estela Jentsch (GER)  Daniel Brown (GER)
2017 Thessaloniki (GRE) 23 Boats	Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE)  Konstantinos Trigonis (GRE)
2018 La Grande Motte (FRA) 24 Boats	Iordanis Paschalidis (GRE)  Konstantinos Trigonis (GRE)	Brett Burvill (AUS)  Max Puttman (AUS)	Estela Jentsch (GER)  Daniel Brown (GER)
2019 Takapuna (NZL) 23 Boats [56]	Brett Burvill (AUS)  Max Puttman (AUS)	Jorg Steiner (SUI)  Michael Gloor (SUI)	Estela Jentsch (GER)  Daniel Brown (GER)
2021 Thessaloniki (GRE) 17 Boats [57]	Konstantinos Trigonis (GRE)  Konstantinos Kazantzis (GRE)	Michaela Pavlisova (CZE)  Marek Pavlis (CZE)	Nikolaos Mavros (GRE)  Periklis Aidinidis (GRE)
2022 La Grande Motte (FRA) 24 Boats [58]	Konstantinos Trigonis (GRE)  Konstantinos Kazantzis (GRE)	Yoann Trécul (FRA)  Thomas Ferrand (FRA)	Brett Burvill (AUS)  Kirsikka Raisainen (FIN)

Mixed

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010 Travemünde	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Germany Kiki Loweg Florian Loweg	Germany Andreas Behem Katharina Behem
2011 Biel	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Austria Nicole Salzmann Dietmar Salzmann	Switzerland Martin Rusterholz Julia Rusterholz
2012 Torbole	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Germany Dieter Maurer Maren Odefey	Spain Jürgen Jentsch Sarah Steimer Klees
2013 Ibiza	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Switzerland Jean-Marc Cuanillion Gudrun Kolb	Greece Maria Tsausidou Michael Papadopolus
2014 Nedlands	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Spain Jürgen Jentsch Sarah Steimer Klees	Greece Maria Tsausidou Marc Baier
2015 Carnac	Germany Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler	Switzerland Jean-Marc Cuanillion Gudrun Kolb	Czech Republic Zdeněk Pavlis Michaela Pavlisova
2016 Lindau	Australia Brett Burvill Estela Jentsch	Greece Maria Tsausidou Michael Papadopolus	Czech Republic Zdeněk Pavlis Michaela Pavlisova
2017 Thessaloniki	Czech Republic Zdeněk Pavlis Michaela Pavlisova	Germany Jürgen Jentsch Sarah Jentsch	Czech Republic Markus Betz Monika Schuster
2018 La Grande Motte	Germany Estela Jentsch Daniel Brown	Austria Dietmar Salzmann Silvia Salzmann	Germany Jürgen Jentsch Sarah Jentsch
2019 Takapuna	Germany Estela Jentsch Daniel Brown	Czech Republic Zdeněk Pavlis Michaela Pavlisova	Australia Jared Eyles Suzanne Eyles
2021 Thessaloniki	Czech Republic Michaela Pavlisova Marek Pavlis	Czech Republic Zdeněk Pavlis Klara Pavlisova	Greece Efstratios Kosmoglou Maria Voyatzopoulou
2022 La Grande Motte	Australia Brett Burvill Kirsikka Raisanen	Austria Angelika Kohlendorfer Calvin Claus	Czech Republic Michaela Pavlisova Marek Pavlis

Multiple medalists

Open[edit] # Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Darren Bundock  Australia 7 0 2 9 2 John Forbes  Australia 6 2 3 11 3 Roland Gäbler  Germany 4 5 2 11 4 René Schwall  Germany 3 2 2 7 5 Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantin Trigonis  Greece 5 1 1 7 6 Mitch Booth  Australia 2 1 2 5 7 Randy Smyth Jay Glaser  United States 2 2 0 4 8 Glenn Ashby  Australia 3 0 0 3 9 Nahid Gäbler  Germany 1 4 1 6

Mixed[edit] # Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Roland Gäbler Nahid Gäbler  Germany 6 0 0 6