List of Lightning (dinghy) championships
# List of Lightning (dinghy) championships

This is a list of Lightning sailboat championships.

## Open World Championships

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009 Lake Champlain (Colchester, VT) | United States Matt Fisher Dan Moriarty Tobi Moriarty | United States David Stark Jody Stark Ian Jones | Chile Tito González Diego González Cristian Hermann |
| 2013 Castiglione del Lago Italy 46 Boats | USA 15470 David Stark Jody Stark Ian Jones | USA 14036 Justin Coplan Danielle Prior Micheal Carney | USA 15507 Ched Proctor Jamie Ewing Meredith Killion |
| 2015 Crystal Beach, Ontario Canada 67 Boats | USA 15296 Geoff Becker Jimmy Barnash Laura Beigel | USA 15499 Jody Starck Ian Jones Skip Dieball | USA 15385 Billy Martin Janel Zarkowsky Chappy Hopkins |
| 2017 Salinas Ecador | ARG 15597 Javier Conte (ARG) Ignacio Giammona (ARG) Paul Salerno (ARG) | USA 14298 Nick Sertl (USA) Dylan Farrell (USA) John Mastrandrea (USA) | PUR 14677 Raul Rios Sebastian Higuera Nicolas Deeb |
| 2019 Expoo Finland 49 Boats | ARG 15597 Javier Conte (ARG) Julio Alsogaray (ARG) Paula Salerno (ARG) | CHI 14794 Felipe Robles (CHI) Andres Guevara (CHI) Paula Herman (CHI) | USA 15611 David Stark (USA) Tom Stark (USA) Jenna Probst (USA) |
| 2022 Wrightsville Beach USA 50 Boats | USA 15611 - "Team PatStrong" David Stark (USA) Tom Stark (USA) Jenna Probst (USA) | CHI 11011 - "Ojo de Lince" Tito Gonzalez (CHI) Alberto Gonzalez Jnr. (CHI) Zeke Horowitz (USA) | ARG 15597 - "Argentina" Javier Conte Martina Silva Trinidad Silva |

## Masters World Championships

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2017 Salinas Ecuador 23 Boats | USA 15507 Ched Proctor (USA) Meredith Killion Todd Wake | BRA 14893 Claudio Biekarck (BRA) Gunnar Ficker Marcelo Silva | USA 15590 Jeff Linton (USA) Amy Smith Linton Steve Davis |
| 2019 Expoo Finland 27 Boats | USA 15507 Ched Proctor (USA) Bill Faude (USA) Meredith Killion (USA) | USA 9 Tom Allen (USA) Jane Allen (USA) Shelby Allen (USA) | CAN 15499 Larry MacDonald (CAN) Jody Starck (CAN) Ian Jones (CAN) |
| 2022 Wrightsville Beach USA 42 Boats | USA 15499 Jody Starck William Faude Randy Borges Tom Starck | USA 15496 Marvin Beckmann Jimmy Barnash Andrew Brennan | 15507 Ched Proctor Meredith Killion Sam Blouin |

## Youth World Championships

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze} |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1996 Brick, NJ USA 19 Boats | 14780 Miguel Plaza, Jr (ECU) Carlos PLAZA Francis PLAZA | 14397 Chad ATKINS (USA) Adam BURNS Cap PIN | 14597 Gabe CROWDER (CAN) Adam DUNN John VICKERS |
| 2000 Athens Greece 18 Boats | GRE 14687 Dionisis Dimou (GRE) Michalis Pateniotis (GRE) Thanassis SiouziosAntonis Pateniotis (GRE) | GRE 14197 Sotiris Dimopoulos (GRE) Vagelis Kafetzidakis (GRE) Charis Finos (GRE) George Finos (GRE) | ARG 11649 Jose Maria Bettini Cofone Juan Valette Franco |
| 2002 Rockester 13 Boats | 15152 Thomas Sumner Pedro Soares Mark Pineda | 14056 Erik Johnson Karl Johnson Kate Brush | 15103 Travis Maier Meredith PELTON Robert RAMIREZ |
| 2006 Jyväskylä Finland 10 Boats | BRA 14894 Thomas Sumner Felipe Brito Felipe Brito | GRE 15077 Panagiotis VERGINADIS Timos VLACHOS Theodoros POULAKOS | USA 14146 Nicholas Aswad Connor Aswad Peter Hazelett |
| 2008 Quebec Canada 11 Boats | 15298 Taylor Lutz Luke Vreeland Bernie Roesler | 14901 Ian Schillebeeckx (BEL) Connor Aswad (USA) Will Schwarz (USA) | 15166 Matthew Schon Timmy Crann Jason Lutz |
| 2010 Salinas Ecador 16 Boats | ECU 14379 Jonathan Martinetti Pedro Velez Eduardo Viteri | ARG 1 Tomas DIETRICH Tomas Pellejero Gaston Bisto | BRA 15333 Rafael Krausz Otavio Birman Nicolas Brancher |
| 2012 Järvenpää Finland 16 Boats | CAN 14895 Adam MacDonald Abby Bennett Sam Jones | USA 15122 Timmy Crann Lauren Jones Alica Blumenthal | USA 15202(3) Mike Gemperline Scott Vining Stuart Wallace |
| 2016 Salinas Ecuador 20 Boats | BRA 15333 Felipe Rondina Thomas Petrie Sylvestre Christian Lacerda Shaw | ARG 13360 Martin Cloos Bautista Menendez Lucas Elias | ECU 14675 Matias Dyck John Birkett Jose Andres Lecaro |
| 2018 Voula Greece 16 Boats | USA 14748 Jeffrey Hayden Brian Hayes Jr. Meredith Ryan | GRE 15144 V Gourgiotis G Tsoulfas M Kypraios | BRA 15333 J Hackerott E Van Deursen M Peek |
