List of World Championships medalists in sailing (centreboard classes)
Laser

List of World Championships medalists in sailing (centreboard classes)

Section Title: Laser
Table Section Text: None

Yearvte	Gold	Silver	Bronze

1974 Hamilton	Peter Commette (USA)	Norman Freeman (USA)	Chris Boome (USA)

1976 Kiel	John Bertrand (USA)	Barry Thom (NZL)	Edward Adams (USA)

1977 Cabo Frío	John Bertrand (USA)	Peter Commette (USA)	Mark Neeleman (NED)

1979 Perth	Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)	Peter Conde (AUS)	Andrew Menkart (USA)

1980 Kingston	Ed Baird (USA)	Jose Barcel Dias (BRA)	John Cutler (NZL)

1982 Sardinia	Terry Neilson (CAN)	Andrew Roy (CAN)	Mark Brink (USA)

1983 Gulfport	Oscar Paulich (NED)	Per Arne Nilson (NOR)	Asbjörn Arnkvaern (SWE)

1985 Halmstad	Lawrence Crispin (GBR)	Andreas John (GER)	Benny Andersen (DEN)

1987 Melbourne	Stuart Wallace (AUS)	Gunni Pedersen (DEN)	Peter Tanscheit (BRA)

1988 Falmouth	Glenn Bourke (AUS)	Benny Andersen (DEN)	Peter Fox (NZL)

1989 Aarhus	Glenn Bourke (AUS)	Wouter Duetz (NED)	Scott Ellis (AUS)

1990 Newport	Glenn Bourke (AUS)	Steven Bourdow (USA)	Peter Tanscheit (BRA)

1991 Porto Carras	Peter Tanscheit (BRA)	Stefan Warkalla (GER)	Mladen Makjanić (CRO)

1993 Takapuna	Thomas Johanson (FIN)	Peter Tanscheit (BRA)	Robert Scheidt (BRA)

1994 Wakayama	Nikolas Burfoot (NZL)	Pascal Lacoste (FRA)	Serge Kats (NED)

1995 Tenerife	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Nik Burfoot (NZL)	Eivind Melleby (NOR)

1996 Simon's Town	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Karl Suneson (SWE)	Ben Ainslie (GBR)

1997 Algarrobo	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Nik Burfoot (NZL)	Ben Ainslie (GBR)

1998 Dubai details	Ben Ainslie (GBR)	Michael Blackburn (AUS)	Daniel Birgmark (SWE)

1999 Melbourne	Ben Ainslie (GBR)	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Karl Suneson (SWE)

2000 Cancún details	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Michael Blackburn (AUS)	Ben Ainslie (GBR)

2001 Cork details	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Gustavo Lima (POR)	Peer Moberg (NOR)

2002 Hyannis details	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Karl Suneson (SWE)	Paul Goodison (GBR)

2003 Cádiz details	Gustavo Lima (POR)	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Michael Blackburn (AUS)

2004 Bitez details	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Mark Mendelblatt (USA)	Michael Blackburn (AUS)

2005 Fortaleza details	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Vasilij Žbogar (SLO)	Diego Romero (ARG)

2006 Jeju details	Michael Blackburn (AUS)	Tom Slingsby (AUS)	Rasmus Myrgren (SWE)

2007 Cascais details	Tom Slingsby (AUS)	Andrew Murdoch (NZL)	Deniss Karpak (EST)

2008 Terrigal details	Tom Slingsby (AUS)	Julio Alsogaray (ARG)	Javier Hernández (ESP)

2009 Halifax details	Paul Goodison (GBR)	Michael Bullot (NZL)	Nick Thompson (GBR)

2010 Hayling Island details	Tom Slingsby (AUS)	Nick Thompson (GBR)	Andrew Murdoch (NZL)

2011 Perth details	Tom Slingsby (AUS)	Nick Thompson (GBR)	Andrew Murdoch (NZL)

2012 Boltenhagen details	Tom Slingsby (AUS)	Tonči Stipanović (CRO)	Andrew Murdoch (NZL)

2013 Al Musannah details	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	Pavlos Kontides (CYP)	Philipp Buhl (GER)

2014 Santander details	Nicholas Heiner (NED)	Tom Burton (AUS)	Nick Thompson (GBR)

2015 Kingston details	Nick Thompson (GBR)	Philipp Buhl (GER)	Tom Burton (AUS)

2016 Riviera Nayarit details	Nick Thompson (GBR)	Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)	Rutger van Schaardenburg (NED)

2017 Split details	Pavlos Kontides (CYP)	Tom Burton (AUS)	Matthew Wearn (AUS)

2018 Aarhus details	Pavlos Kontides (CYP)	Matthew Wearn (AUS)	Philipp Buhl (GER)

Sentence(s)

In 2004, Mark Mendelblatt won a silver medal at the Laser World Championships, behind Brazil's Scheidt.

final_sentence: In 2004, Mark Mendelblatt won a silver medal at the Laser World Championships, behind Brazil's Scheidt.