# World Trail Orienteering Championships

The World Trail Orienteering Championships were first held in 2004 and annually since them. The majority of the championships have been held in Europe, with 2005 the only exception to date.
The current championship events are:
* PreO - the traditional event
* TempO - competition consisting of timed controls only (since 2013)
* TrailO Relay – for three-person teams (since 2016, replacing the previous team event)

## Venues

| Year | Days | Location | Senior Event Adviser(s) |
| 2004 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2004) | September 15–18 | Västerås, Sweden | |
| 2005 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2005) | August 9–11 | Aichi, Japan | |
| 2006 (in conjunction with WMTBOC 2006) | July 9–14 | Joensuu, Finland | Peter Gehrmann |
| 2007 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2007) | August 17–26 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Brian Parker |
| 2008 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2008) | July 12–26 | Olomouc, Czech Republic | Hannu Niemi |
| 2009 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2009) | August 18–23 | Miskolc, Hungary | Richard Keighley |
| 2010 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2010) | August 4–6 | Trondheim, Norway | Brian Parker |
| 2011 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2011) | August 13–20 | Savoie, France | Owe Fredholm |
| 2012 | June 6–9 | Scotland, Great Britain | Jari Turto |
| 2013 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2013) | July 6–14 | Vuokatti, Finland | Roberta Falda, Libor Forst |
| 2014 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2014) | July 5–13 | Trentino-Veneto, Italy | Lennart Wahlgren |
| 2015 | June 22–28 | Zagreb, Croatia | Vibeke Vogelius, Lauri Kontkanen |
| 2016 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2016) | August 20–28 | Strömstad-Tanum, Sweden | Libor Forst |
| 2017 | July 10–15 | Birštonas, Lithuania | Ola Wiksell, Kyllikki Anttila |
| 2018 (in conjunction with FootO WOC 2018) | August 6–10 | Daugavpils, Latvia | Hannu Niemi, Anne Straube |
| 2019 | June 23–29 | Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal | Damir Gobec |
| 2020 | November 28–December 5 | Hong Kong | |
| 2022 | July 19–23 | Jelenia Góra, Poland | Dušan Furucz |
| 2023 | July 3-7 | Zákupy, Czechia | Ján Furucz |
* ↑ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
* ↑ Postponed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

## PreO

This was called the "individual competition" before 2010.

### Open

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Number of controls (day 1) | Number of controls (day 2) |
| 2004 | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Martin Fredholm (SWE) | Stig Gerdtman (SWE) | 18 controls, 2 TCs | 16 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2005 | Per Midthaugen (NOR) | Stig Gerdtman (SWE) | Mitsumasa Sugimoto (JPN) | 17 controls, 2 TCs | 15 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2006 | Martin Fredholm (SWE) | Stig Gerdtman (SWE) | Per Midthaugen (NOR) | | |
| 2007 | Kreso Kerestes (SLO) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | Ole-Johan Waaler (NOR) | | |
| 2008 | Anne Straube (GER) | Martin Fredholm (SWE) | Jari Turto (FIN) | | |
| 2009 | Vitaliy Kyrychenko (UKR) | Lauri Kontkanen (FIN) | Haruo Kimura (JPN) | | |
| 2010 | Stig Gerdtman (SWE) | Lauri Kontkanen (FIN) | Ivo Tisljar (CRO) | 20 controls, 2 TCs | 20 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2011 | Lauri Kontkanen (FIN) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | Ivo Tisljar (CRO) | 20 controls, 2 TCs | 20 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2012 | Stig Gerdtman (SWE) | Vitaliy Kyrychenko (UKR) | Sergiy Stoian (UKR) | 20 controls (1 voided), 2 TCs | 23 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2013 | Jari Turto (FIN) | Martin Fredholm (SWE) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | 20 controls, 2 timed stations, 4 TCs | 19 controls, 1 timed station, 2 TCs |
| 2014 | Guntars Mankus (LAT) | Marit Wiksell (SWE) | Geir Myhr Øien (NOR) | 12 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 2 TCs | 20 controls, 2 timed station, 3 TCs |
| 2015 | Michele Cera (ITA) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | Martin Jullum (NOR) | 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCs | 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCs |
| 2016 | Martin Fredholm (SWE) | Martin Jullum (NOR) | Janis Rukšans (LAT) | 21 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCs | 28 controls, 1 timed station, 3 TCs |
| 2017 | Lars Jakob Waaler (NOR) | Pinja Mäkinen (FIN) | Geir Myhr Øien (NOR) | 21 controls (2 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCs | 28 controls, 3 TCs |
| 2018 | Ján Furucz (SVK) | Geir Myhr Øien (NOR) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | |
| 2019 | Pinja Mäkinen (FIN) | Geir Myhr Øien (NOR) | Kreso Kerestes (SLO) | |
| 2022 | Ján Furucz (SVK) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | Bjarne Friedrichs (GER) | |
| 2023 | Arno Grønhovd (NOR) | Bjarne Friedrichs (GER) | Michele Cera (ITA) | |

### Physically challenged

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Number of controls (day 1) | Number of controls (day 2) |
| 2004 | Jan-Erik Haug (NOR) | Valeriy Tsodikov (UKR) | David Irving (USA) | 18 controls, 2 TCs | 16 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2005 | Evaldas Butrimas (LTU) | David Irving (USA) | John Crosby (GBR) | 17 controls, 2 TCs | 15 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2006 | Dave Gittus (GBR) | Nils-Olav Andersson (SWE) | Lennart Wahlgren (SWE) | | |
| 2007 | Roberta Falda (ITA) | Evaldas Butrimas (LTU) | Bernt Gustafsson (SWE) | | |
| 2008 | Lennart Wahlgren (SWE) | Zdenko Horjan (CRO) | Dave Gittus (GBR) | | |
| 2009 | Lennart Wahlgren (SWE) | Zdenko Horjan (CRO) | Ola Jansson (SWE) | | |
| 2010 | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Lennart Wahlgren (SWE) | Søren Saxtorph (DEN) | 20 controls, 2 TCs | 20 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2011 | Dmitry Kucherenko (RUS) | Søren Saxtorph (DEN) | Inga Gunnarsson (SWE) | 20 controls, 2 TCs | 20 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2012 | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Pekka Seppä (FIN) | Dmitry Kucherenko (RUS) | 20 controls (1 voided), 2 TCs | 23 controls, 2 TCs |
| 2013 | Jana Kostova (CZE) | Pavel Dudík (CZE) | Søren Saxtorph (DEN) | 20 controls, 2 timed stations, 4 TCs | 19 controls, 1 timed station, 2 TCs |
| 2014 | Michael Johansson (SWE) | Ola Jansson (SWE) | John Crosby (GBR) | 12 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 2 TCs | 20 controls, 2 timed station, 3 TCs |
| 2015 | Vladislav Vovk (UKR) | Ivica Bertol (CRO) | Søren Saxtorph (DEN) | 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCs | 26 controls, 2 timed stations, 6 TCs |
| 2016 | Michael Johansson (SWE) | Pavel Shmatov (RUS) | Ola Jansson (SWE) | 21 controls (1 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCs | 28 controls, 1 timed station, 3 TCs |
| 2017 | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Jana Kostová (CZE) | Pekka Seppä (FIN) | 21 controls (2 voided), 1 timed station, 3 TCs | 28 controls, 3 TCs |
| 2018 | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Michael Johansson (SWE) | Svein Jakobsen (NOR) | |
| 2019 | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Pavel Shmatov (RUS) | Michael Johansson (SWE) | |
| 2022 | Michael Johansson (SWE) | Vladyslav Vovk (UKR) | Jana Kostová (CZE) | |
| 2023 | Michael Johansson (SWE) | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Vladyslav Vovk (UKR) | |

## TempO (since 2013)

All competitors, regardless of disability, participate in one single class only since there is no physical movement involved in the competition process.

### Open

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Number of controls (qualification) | Number of controls (final) |
| 2010 (World TempO Trophy) | Lauri Kontkanen (FIN) | Lars Jakob Waaler (NOR) | Martin Fredholm (SWE) | | |
| 2011 (World TempO Trophy) | Martin Jullum (NOR) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | Lars Jakob Waaler (NOR) | | |
| 2012 (World TempO Trophy) | Marit Wiksell (SWE) | Guido Michelotti (ITA) | Martin Jullum (NOR) | 8 timed stations, 24 TCs | 8 timed stations, 24 TCs |
| 2013 | Pinja Mäkinen (FIN) | Marit Wiksell (SWE) | Lauri Kontkanen (FIN) | 8 timed stations, 24 TCs | 5 timed stations, 15 TCs |
| 2014 | Martin Jullum (NOR) | Lauri Kontkanen (FIN) | Pinja Mäkinen (FIN) | 6 timed stations, 24 TCs | 5 timed stations, 25 TCs |
| 2015 | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | Ján Furucz (SVK) | Sondre Ruud Bråten (NOR) | 7 timed stations, 28 TCs | 7 timed stations, 35 TCs |
| 2016 | Lars Jakob Waaler (NOR) | Marit Wiksell (SWE) | Pinja Mäkinen (FIN) | 4 timed stations, 20 TCs | 5 timed stations, 30 TCs |
| 2017 | Vetle Ruud Bråten (NOR) | Martin Aarholt Waaler (NOR) | Ján Furucz (SVK) | 5 timed stations, 25 TCs | 6 timed stations, 30 TCs |
| 2018 | Petteri Hakala (FIN) | Lennart Wahlgren (SWE) Ján Furucz (SVK) | | |
| 2019 | Marit Wiksell (SWE) | Ines Domingues (POR) | Antti Rusanen (FIN) | |
| 2022 | Sondre Ruud Bråten (NOR) | Ondřej Macek (CZE) | Alessio Tenani (ITA) Pavel Ptáček (CZE) | |
| 2023 | Ondřej Macek (CZE) | Simone Frascaroli (ITA) | Daniel Locker (CZE) | |

### Paralympic

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Number of controls (day 1) | Number of controls (day 2) |
| 2010 (World TempO Trophy) | Ola Jansson (SWE) | Lennart Wahlgren (SWE) | Bohuslav Hulka (CZE) | | |

## Team competition (before 2015)
### Paralympic

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2004 | United Kingdom | Norway | Lithuania |
| 2005 | United Kingdom | Lithuania | Japan |
| 2006 | Sweden | Norway | Finland |
| 2007 | Sweden | Russia | Ukraine |
| 2008 | Lithuania | Finland | Sweden |

### Open

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2009 | Ukraine | Sweden | Czech Republic |
| 2010 | Sweden | Finland | Croatia |
| 2011 | Finland | Norway | Sweden |
| 2012 | Finland | Sweden | Croatia |
| 2013 | Sweden | Croatia | Denmark |
| 2014 | Croatia | Sweden | Latvia |
| 2015 | Ukraine | Croatia | Finland |

## Relay (since 2016)
### Open

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2016 | Slovakia Marián Mikluš Dušan Furucz Ján Furucz | Portugal Edgar Domingues Jorge Baltazar João Pedro Valente | Finland Martti Inkinen Pinja Mäkinen Antti Rusanen |
| 2017 | Slovenia Emil Kacin Mateja Keresteš Krešo Keresteš | Norway Geir Myhr Øien Sigurd Dæhli Lars Jakob Waaler | Czech Republic Miroslav Slovák Libor Forst Pavel Kurfürst |
| 2018 | Norway Lars Jakob Waaler Geir Myhr Øien Sondre Ruud Bråten | Latvia Kristaps Mierlauks Laura Eliza Lapina Ilze Lapina | Finland Pinja Mäkinen Sami Hyvönen Antti Rusanen |
| 2019 | Finland Pinja Mäkinen Sami Hyvönen Antti Rusanen | Spain Hector Lorenzo Yustos Jorge Caraca Valente Barrera Arturo Garcia Dengra | Great Britain Charles Bromley Gardner Tom Dobra John Kewley |
| 2022 | Czech Republic Daniel Locker Ondřej Macek Pavel Ptáček | Italy Alessio Tenani Marcello Lambertini Aaron Gaio | Slovakia Ján Furucz Šimon Mižúr Pavol Bukovác |
| 2023 | Germany Ralph Körner Nina Döllgast Bjarne Friedrichs | Italy Alessio Tenani Marcello Lambertini Aaron Gaio | Czech Republic Daniel Locker Ondřej Macek Pavel Ptáček |

### Paralympic

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2016 | Sweden Inga Gunnarsson Ola Jansson Michael Johansson | Ukraine Iryna Kulikova Yehor Surkov Vladislav Vovk | Finland Kari Pinola Tuomo Markelin Pekka Seppä |
| 2017 | Czech Republic Miroslav Špidlen Pavel Dudík Jana Kosťová | Norway Svein Jakobsen Egil Sønsterudbråten Arne Ask | Sweden Inga Gunnarsson Michael Johansson Ola Jansson |
| 2018 | Sweden Inga Gunnarsson Michael Johansson Ola Jansson | Czech Republic Miroslav Špidlen Pavel Dudík Jana Kosťová | Russia Dmitriy Dokuchaev Nataliia Salakhova Pavel Shmatov |
| 2019 | Czech Republic Hana Doležalová Pavel Dudík Jana Kosťová | Ukraine Iryna Kulikova Vladyslav Poznianskyi Valerii Lytvynov | Russia Dmitriy Dokuchaev Nataliia Salakhova Pavel Shmatov |
| 2022 | Czech Republic Hana Doležalová Pavel Dudík Jana Kosťová | Spain Miguel Ángel García Grinda Juan Emilio Montero Sánchez Alejandro Aguilar Lara | Ukraine Iryna Kulikova Vladyslav Vovk Valerii Lytvynov |
| 2023 | Finland Tuomo Niskanen Eero Hakanen Pekka Seppä | Sweden Inga Gunnarsson Michael Johansson Ola Jansson | Czech Republic Hana Doležalová Pavel Dudík Jana Kosťová |