European Gliding Championships

The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years.

Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940. However since the war, gliding has not featured in the Olympics. For gliding, international competition has been provided by the World Gliding Championships since 1938 and also by the European Gliding Championships since 1982.

The increased number of classes of glider means that it is no longer possible for all the classes to compete at the same location. The European Glider Aerobatic Championships were added in 1992. They are also held every two years.

Each of the following entries give the year and location of the contest followed by the winner of each class, nationality and the glider used.

1st European Women s Gliding Championships in Hungary 1979

2nd European Women s Gliding Championships in France 1981

3rd European Women s Gliding Championships in Saint Hubert (Belgium) 1983 (originally supposed to be held in Oryol (UDSSR))

4th European Women s Gliding Championships in Subotica Yugoslavia 1985

5th European Women s Gliding Championships in Bulgaria 1987

6th European Women s Gliding Championships in Oriol (UDSSR) 1989

7th European Women s Gliding Championships in Husbands Bosworth (UK) 1991

8th European Women s Gliding Championships

9th International European Women's Gliding Championships in Marpingen (Germany), 1995

10th International European Women's Gliding Championships in Prievidza Slovakia, 1997

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