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The Tornado World Championship are international sailing regattas in the Tornado class organized by the host club on behalf of the International Tornado class Association and recognised by World Sailing .[ 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.
The first Tornado World Championship were held in Kiel in 1968.
Event
Host
Sailor
Boats
Ref.
Ed. Date
Year
Host club
City
Country
No.
Nat. Cont.
No.
M/F F/M
0 1-
1968
Kiel Germany
0 2-
1969
Melbourne Australia
0 3-
1970
Eau Galle, Florida United States
0 4-
1971
Weymouth, Dorset United Kingdom
0 5-
1972
Travemünde Germany
0 6-
1973
Toronto Canada
0 7-
1974
Honolulu United States
0 8-
1975
Copenhagen Denmark
0 9-
1976
Sydney Australia
10 -
1977
Long Beach United States
11 -
1978
Weymouth, Dorset United Kingdom
12 -
1979
Kiel Germany
13 -
1980
Auckland New Zealand
14 -
1981
Carnac France
15 -
1982
Kingston, Ontario Canada
16 -
1983
Hayling Island United Kingdom
17 -
1984
Melbourne Australia
18 -
1985
Travemünde Germany
19 13-20 Apr
1986
Hamilton, Bermuda Bermuda
20 26Jun -5Jul
1987
Kiel Germany
21 19-26 Jul
1988
Tallinn Estonia
22 -
1989
Houston United States
23 19-25 Aug
1990
Medemblik Netherlands
84
24 12-22 Sep
1991
Cagliari Italy
87
25 12-19 Jan
1992
Perth Australia
58
26 20-25 Sep
1993
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club Long Beach, California United States
58
27 8-14 Aug
1994
Bastad Sweden
153
20
3
77
28 11-18 Aug
1995
Kingston, Ontario Canada
64
29 8-13 Jan
1996
Mooloolaba Australia
136
15
3
68
30 7-14 Nov
1997
Hamilton, Bermuda Bermuda
62
31 20-27 Nov
1998
Buzios Brazil
154
22
5
77
32 2-9 Jul
1999
Vallensbæk Denmark
156
24
5
78
[ 2]
33 8-15 Jan
2000
Sydney Australia
146
25
5
74
[ 3]
34 10-17 Feb
2001
Richards Bay , KwaZulu-Natal South Africa
60
8
3
30
[ 4]
35 21-28 Sep
2002
Martha Vineyard United States
114
20
5
57
[ 5]
36 11-24 Sep
2003
Cadiz Spain
144
27
5
72
[ 6]
37 10-18 Apr
2004
Bay of Palma , Mallorca , Balearics Spain
124
24
4
62
[ 7]
38 12-19 Jun
2005
La Rochelle France
124
22
4
62
[ 8]
39 1-10 Dec
2006
Club Náutico San Isidro San Isidro , Buenos Aires Argentina
94
20
5
47
[ 9]
40 28Jun -13Jul
2007
Clube Naval de Cascais Cascais Portugal
98
21
5
49
[ 10]
41 25Feb -1Mar
2008
Takapuna , Auckland New Zealand
102
22
5
51
[ 11]
42 27Aug -4Sep
2009
Gargnano , Lake Garda Italy
78
12
3
39
[ 12]
43 23Jul -1Aug
2010
Travemunde Germany
100
8
2
50
[ 13]
44 20-28 Aug
2011
Biel
64
10
3
32
[ 14]
45 18-22 Sep
2012
Circolo Vela Torbole Nago–Torbole , Lake Garda Italy
80
11
2
40
33
0
6
1
[ 15]
46 28Sep -5Oct
2013
Ibiza , Balearics Spain
60
11
3
30
21
0
7
2
[ 16]
47 30Dec -3Jan
2014/15
Nedlands Australia
60
8
3
30
26
0
3
1
[ 17]
48 5-12 Sep
2015
Carnac France
48
6
2
24
19
0
5
0
[ 18]
49 10-17 Jun
2016
Lindau , Lake Constance , Bavaria Germany
58
11
2
29
19
1
7
2
[ 19] [ 20]
50 28Aug -5Sep
2017
Nautical Club of Thessaloniki Kalamaria , Thessaloniki Greece
46
10
2
23
13
0
8
2
[ 21] [ 22]
51 7-14 Jul
2018
La Grande Motte France
48
9
2
24
18
0
5
1
[ 23] [ 24]
52 4-10 Jan
2019
Takapuna , Auckland New Zealand
46
7
2
23
14
0
5
4
[ 25] [ 26]
N/A
-
2020
Greece
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
[ 27]
53 26Sep -3Oct
2021
Nautical Club of Thessaloniki Kalamaria , Thessaloniki Greece
34
5
1
17
7
0
6
4
[ 28] [ 29]
54 27Aug -3Sep
2022
La Grande Motte France
48
10
2
24
16
0
6
2
[ 30] [ 31]
55 18-25 Aug
2023
Lake Como , Dervio Italy
60
11
2
30
16
0
6
2
56 12-19 Jul
2024
Rimini Italy
58
10
2
29
23
1
3
2
57 19-25 Jul
2025
Kalamaria , Thessaloniki Greece
All-time medal table [ edit ]
^ "Tornado World Championship - International Tornado class Association" . International Tornado Class Association .^ Editor (11 Jul 1999). "Tornado Worlds Championships Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Subaru 2000 Tornado World Championships" . Archived from the original on 2000-10-25.^ Nigel Cherrie / Hugh Styles (18 Feb 2001). "Tornado 2001 World Championships Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Royal Yachting Association (29 Sep 2002). "Tornado Worlds at Massachusetts, USA Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Tornado Press (25 Sep 2003). "Tornado World Championships in Cadiz Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Sacha Oswald, RYA (19 Apr 2004). "Tornado Worlds at Palma de Mallorca, Spain overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Louise Nicholls, RYA (19 Jun 2005). "Tornado World Championships at La Rochelle, France - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Tornado Worlds at Club Nautico San Isidro, Argentina Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . 11 Dec 2006.^ Lindsey Bell, RYA (9 Jul 2007). "World Sailing Championships in Cascais, Portugal - GBR Day 7" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Jodie Bakewell-White (1 Mar 2008). "Tornado Worlds at Takapuna, New Zealand - Overal" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Patricia Kirschner (7 Sep 2009). "Tornado World Championships at Lake Garda" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Patricia Kirschner (29 Jul 2010). "Manroland Tornado Worlds at Travemunde, Germany - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Andrew Dowley (28 Aug 2011). "MCM Tornado World Championships at Lake Biel - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Andrew Dowley (24 Sep 2012). "Tornado World Championships at Circolo Vela Torbole - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Andrew Dowley (6 Oct 2013). "Tornado World Championships at Club Nautico Santa Eularia, Ibiza Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Andrew Dowley (5 Jan 2015). "Tornado World Championship at Perth, Western Australia - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Maria Tsaousidou (15 Sep 2015). "Tornado World Championships at Yacht Club de Carnac - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ Icarus Sailing Media (18 Jun 2016). "Tornado World Championship at Lindauer Segler-Club - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Results" (PDF) . tornado-class.org .^ Maria Tsaousidou (6 Sep 2017). "Tornado World Championship at Nautical Club of Thessaloniki - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Results" (PDF) . tornado-class.org .^ International Tornado Class Association (16 Jul 2018). "Tornado World Championship at Yacht Club de la Grande Motte - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Results" (PDF) . tornado-class.org .^ Suellen Davies (12 Jan 2019). "Tornado Worlds: Burvill and Puttman win at Takapuna" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Results" . tornado-class.org .^ "News" . tornado-class.org . 23 July 2020.^ Maria Tsaousidou (4 Oct 2021). "2021 Tornado Championship at Nautical Club of Thessaloniki" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Results" (PDF) . tornado-class.org .^ Yacht Club de la Grande Motte (4 Sep 2022). "Tornado World Championships at Yacht Club de la Grande Motte - Overall" . yachtsandyachting.com . ^ "Results" (PDF) . tornado-class.org .^ https://www.sailwave.com/results/2019_Tornado_World_Championship.htm ^ http://oxygonon.gr/tornado ^ https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/TEC22#!/results?classId=Tornado ^ https://www.tornado-class.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Risultati-dopo-10-prove-after-protests-2.pdf ^ https://www.tornado-class.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2024-Tornado-World-Rimini-ITALY.pdf
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