# Laser Run World Championships

The UIPM Laser Run World Championships is the premier laser run world championship competition organised by the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM). The competition has been held annually since 2015, with cancellations in 2020 due to COVID-19

## Venues

| Year | Date | Location |
| 2015 | 25 September | Perpignan, France |
| 2016 | 1 September | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2017 | 13 October | Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2018 | 29 September | Dublin, Ireland |
| 2019 | 2 September | Budapest, Hungary |
| 2020 | cancelled: Xiamen cancelled: Weiden | China Germany |
| 2021 | 8 June | Cairo, Egypt |
| 2022 | 22 September | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2023 | 19 August | Bath, United Kingdom |
| 2024 | 6 June | Zhengzhou, China |

## Champions
### Men's championship

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 | Alexandre Henrard (FRA) | Christopher Patte (FRA) | Valentin Belaud (FRA) |
| 2016 | Ondřej Polívka (CZE) | Pieter Oosthuizen (RSA) | Tiago Sousa (POR) |
| 2017 | Pieter Oosthuizen (RSA) | Alexandre Dallenbach (SUI) | Khuanchai Khosinklang (THA) |
| 2018 | Bence Kardos (HUN) | Tom O'Brien (IRL) | David Kindl (CZE) |
| 2019 | Richárd Bereczki (HUN) | Joan Gispert (ESP) | Tamás Fröhlich (HUN) |
| 2021 | Amro El Geziry (USA) | Abdelrahman Hussein (EGY) | Ahmed Elsawy (EGY) |
| 2022 | Łukasz Gutkowski (POL) | Titas Puronas (LTU) | Paulius Vagnorius (LTU) |
| 2023 | Pau Salomó (ESP) | Alexandre Dallenbach (SUI) | Luo Shuai (CHN) |
| 2024 | Luo Shuai (CHN) | Lorenzo Macías (MEX) | Liu Zhenfeng (CHN) |

### Men's team

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 | France (FRA) | Spain (ESP) | France-2 (FRA) |
| 2016 | Portugal (POR) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2017 | South Africa (RSA) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2018 | France (FRA) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2019 | Hungary (HUN) | Thailand (THA) | Portugal (POR) |
| 2021 | Egypt (EGY) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2022 | Lithuania (LTU) | France (FRA) | Portugal (POR) |
| 2023 | China (CHN) | France (FRA) | Kuwait (KUW) |

### Women's championship

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 | Anastasiya Prokopenko (BLR) | Eevi Bengs (FIN) | Donna Vakalis (CAN) |
| 2016 | Barbora Kodedová (CZE) | Nina Waldner (AUT) | Cogan Juliette (FRA) |
| 2017 | Eevi Bengs (FIN) | Suzie Cave (GBR) | Menard Charlotte (FRA) |
| 2018 | Jessica Varley (GBR) | Kate Coleman-Lenehan (IRL) | Barbora Rajnoch (CZE) |
| 2019 | Kamilla Réti (HUN) | Sarolta Simon (HUN) | Pinelopi Nika (GRE) |
| 2021 | Claire Green (USA) | Phaelon French (USA) | Pinelopi Nika (GRE) |
| 2022 | Pinelopi Nika (GRE) | Aranka Chalupníková (CZE) | Wiktoria Wierzba (POL) |
| 2023 | Elzbieta Adomaitytė (LTU) | Devan Wiebe (CAN) | Alexandra Bousfield (GBR) |
| 2024 | Wu Xiyao (CHN) | Ma Yujuan (CHN) | Sun Wanting (CHN) |

### Women's team

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2017 | South Africa (RSA) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2018 | Ireland (IRL) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2019 | Hungary (HUN) | not awarded | not awarded |
| 2021 | Greece (GRE) | Egypt (EGY) | not awarded |
| 2022 | France (FRA) | Portugal (POR) | Portugal-2 (POR) |
| 2023 | Lithuania | France | Kuwait |
| 2024 | China (CHN) | Philippines (PHI) | China-2 (CHN) |

### Mixed relay

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2015 | Belarus Anastasiya Prokopenko Mikalai Hayanouski | France Élodie Clouvel Alexandre Henrard | United States Margaux Isaksen Lucas Schrimsher |
| 2016 | Czech Republic Barbora Kodedová Ondřej Polívka | Spain Andrea Vidal Raúl Blanco | Austria Nina Waldner Manfred Waldner |
| 2017 | South Africa Kelly Vroon Pieter Oosthuizen | Finland Eevi Bengs Tiitus Ämmälä | Thailand Sanruthai Aransiri Khuanchai Khosinklang |
| 2018 | Hungary Blanka Guzi Bence Kardos | Great Britain Jessica Varley Harry Lane | Ireland Kate Coleman-Lenehan Tom O'Brien |
| 2019 | Poland Oktawia Nowacka Łukasz Gutkowski | Hungary Kamilla Réti Richárd Bereczki | Egypt Sondos Aboubakr Ahmed Hamed |
| 2021 | Egypt Maya Mohammed Muhammed Husam | Afghanistan Habiba Qasemi Ramin Ahmadi | Germany Vera Oettinger Pierre Jander |
| 2022 | Poland Wiktoria Wierzba Łukasz Gutkowski | France Célie Lesnard Florian Gerbe | Portugal Sara Monteiro Octavio Vicente |
| 2023 | Switzerland Katharina Jurt Alexandre Dallenbach | Mexico Tamara Vega Lorenzo Macías | Lithuania Elzbieta Adomaitytė Titas Puronas |
| 2024 | China Wu Xiyao Liu Zhenfeng | Mexico Lorenzo Macías Mariana Arceo | Philippines Shyra Mae Aranzado Samuel German |