# 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 Marijampolė
** 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