2016 in air sports
# 2016 in air sports

## Paragliding

### Paragliding World Cup

* 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: China
* 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: France (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

### Parachuting

* 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: Austria
* 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: Austria
* 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: Slovenia
* 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: Belgium (m) / France (f)
   * Team Accuracy winners: Hungary (Tamas Banszki, Szaboles Gal, Gabor Hirschler, Tamás Varga, István Asztalos) (m) / Belarus (Nataliya Nikitsiuk, Yuliya Fiodarava, Aksana Famina, Natalia Zimina, Valeryia Osipava) (f)
   * Teams Overall Results winners: Russia (m) / Russia (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: Slovenia (m) / China (f)

**Formation Skydiving**

   * 4 Way Formation winners: Belgium (m) / United States (f)
   * 8 Way Formation winners: United States
   * Vertical Formation winners: United States

**Artistic Events**

   * Artistic Freefly winners: Russia 1
   * Artistic Freestyle winners: France 2

**Canopy Formation**

   * 2 Way Sequential winners: France 1
   * 4 Way Sequential winners: Qatar
   * 4-Way Rotation winners: France
* 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: Poland
   * 4 Way Formation winners: Belgium (m) / France 1 (f); Junior winners: Canada
   * Vertical Formation winners: United States
* November 3 – 6: 1st FAI World Wingsuit Performance Flying Championships in Zephyrhills, Florida
   * Winner: Chris Geiler

### Ultralight aviation

* 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: Czech Republic
   * RAL 2 T winner: United Kingdom
   * RGL 2 T winner: Hungary
   * RWL 1 T winner: United Kingdom
   * RWL 2 T winner: Russia
* August 20 – 27: 9th FAI World Paramotor Championships in Popham Airfield
   * Winners: France, 2. Czech Republic, 3. Poland

### Hang gliding

* July 16 – 30: 19th FAI European Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Kruševo
   * Winner: Christian Ciech
   * Team winners: Italy (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: Austria (Christopher Friedl, Wolfgang Kothgasser, Walter Geppert)

### Gliding

**Grand Prix gliding**

* January 23 – 30: 2016 FAI Qualifying Sailplane GP #1 in Vitacura
   * Winner: Carlos Rocca
* 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
   * Winner: Sebastian Kawa
* 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
   * Winner: Jan Omsels
* 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
   * Winner: Matthias Sturm
* November 5 – 12: 7th FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship in Potchefstroom
   * Winner: Holger Karow

**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: France (Duboc & Aboulin)

### General aviation

* September 4 – 9: 20th FAI World Rally Flying Championship in Santa Cruz
   * Advanced Category winners: Czech Republic
   * Unlimited Category winners: France

**2016 Red Bull Air Race World Championship**

      * March 11 & 12: WARC #1 in Abu Dhabi
         * Master Class winner: Nicolas Ivanoff
         * Challenger Class winner: Daniel Ryfa
      * April 23 & 24: WARC #2 in Spielberg
         * Master Class winner: Matthias Dolderer
         * Challenger Class winner: Florian Berger
      * June 4 & 5: WARC #3 in Chiba
         * Master Class winner: Yoshihide Muroya
         * Challenger Class winner: Cristian Bolton
      * July 16 & 17: WARC #4 in Budapest
         * Master Class winner: Matthias Dolderer
         * Challenger Class winner: Daniel Ryfa
      * 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
         * Master Class winner: Matthias Dolderer
         * Chellenger winner: Luke Czepiela
      * October 15 & 16: WARC #9 in Las Vegas
         * Cancelled due to high winds.

### Ballooning

* 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
   * Winner: Rokas Kostiuškevičius (17035 points)
* 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: Switzerland 1 (Kurt Frieden & Pascal Witpraechtiger)
   * 2nd place: Switzerland 2 (Nicolas Tièche & Laurent Sciboz)
   * 3rd place: Spain 1 (Anulfo Gonzalez & Angel Aguirre)
* October 30 – November 7: 22nd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Saga
   * Winner: Rhett Heartsill

### Aerobatics

* May 28: 2016 Sky GP in Durban
   * Winner: Patrick Davidson
* July 20 – 30: 7th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Matkopuszta
   * Winner: Sebastian Jansson
   * Team winners: Hungary (Dávid Józsa, Miklós Hoós, Péter Szabó)
* July 20 – 30: 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Matkopuszta
   * Winner: Ferenc Tóth
   * Teams winners: Hungary (Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly)
* August 4 – 14: 12th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Radom
   * Winner: Loïc Lovicourt
   * Teams winners: France (Loïc Lovicourt, Romain Vienne, Benoît Faict)
* August 20 – 27: 20th FAI European Aerobatic Championships in Moravská Třebová
   * Winner: Mikhail Mamistov
   * Teams winner: France (Olivier Masurel, Mikael Brageot, Alexandre Orlowski)

### Model aircraft

* 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: Poland
* July 22 – 31: 2016 FAI F3 European Championships for Model Helicopters in Włocławek
   * F3C winner: Ennlo Graber
   * F3N winner: Eric Weber
   * F3C Teams winners: Switzerland
   * F3N Teams winners: United Kingdom
* July 29 – August 6: 2016 FAI F3A European Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Untermünkheim
   * Winner: Gernot Bruckmann
   * Teams winner: Switzerland
* 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: Germany (Manuel Reinecke, Dominik Prestele, Ryan Höllein)
   * Junior Teams winner: Germany (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: Poland
   * F1B Teams winner: Russia
   * F1P Teams winner: Russia
* 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: France
   * F1B Team winners: Russia
   * F1C Team winners: Poland
* August 13 – 20: 2016 FAI F5 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft in Lugo
   * Winner: Johannes Starzinger
   * F5D winner: Tomáš Andrlík
   * Team winners: Austria (Johannes Starzinger, Karl Waser, Franz Riegler)
   * Team F5D winners: Czech Republic
* 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: Ukraine
* October 1 – 8: 2016 FAI F3A Asian-Oceanic Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Taichung
   * Winner: Onda Tetsuo
   * Junior winner: Minemura Shoutaiou
   * Team winners: Japan
* October 2 – 8: 2016 FAI F3 World Championship for Model Gliders in Hanstholm
   * Senior winner: Arijan Hucaljuk
   * Junior winner: Dillon Graves
   * Seniors Team winners: Germany
   * Juniors Team winners: Germany
