World Champions

The FIMP World Championships have been held since 1931. Since the Great Chlorine Schism of 1968 there have been two senior world titles, Indoor and Outdoor.

Current world champions (2026): Indoor: Aaron Warburton (Great Britain). Outdoor: Jonathon Couriard (Great Britain).

Most world titles

Athlete	Discipline	Titles
Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Indoor	6
Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Outdoor	5
Hendrika “Hennie” Valkhof NED	Unified	4
Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Indoor	4
Tane Te Rangimarie NZL	Indoor	4
Ottavio Marzanello ITA	Unified	3
Wendell Okafor-Brigham USA	Unified	3
Callum Reidford GBR	Indoor	3
Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Indoor	3
Eirik Brekke NOR	Outdoor	3

Indoor World Champions (1968–2026)

Year	Host	Champion	Silver	Bronze
2026	Rotterdam NED	Aaron Warburton GBR	Mathis Delacroix-Brun FRA	Giulia Caputi ITA
2025	Antwerp BEL	Mathis Delacroix-Brun FRA	Pau Arrieta ESP	Gaspard Ravel-Ortiz FRA
2024	Montréal CAN	Larissa Bittencourt BRA	Mathis Delacroix-Brun FRA	Aaron Warburton GBR
2023	Eindhoven NED	Pau Arrieta ESP	Oliver Wraxall GBR	Benjamín Cifuentes CHI
2022	Zürich SUI	Edoardo Lupieri ITA	Niamh Mabey GBR	Beatriz Prates BRA
2021	Gdańsk POL	Tane Te Rangimarie NZL	Thijs Veldkamp NED	Giulia Dell'Orto ITA
2019	Copenhagen DEN	Tane Te Rangimarie NZL	Jaka Zupančič SLO	Manuela Figueiredo BRA
2018	Sheffield GBR	Jaka Zupančič SLO	Imogen Throssell GBR	Lucía Quiroga ESP
2017	Seoul KOR	Tane Te Rangimarie NZL	Éloïse Bérard FRA	Vojtěch Šimek CZE
2016	Leipzig GER	Manuela Figueiredo BRA	Jaka Zupančič SLO	Renata Montaño MEX
2015	Turin ITA	Tane Te Rangimarie NZL	Jaka Zupančič SLO	Petra Vrhovac CRO
2014	Vienna AUT	Jaka Zupančič SLO	Margot Maes BEL	Hamish Dunsford GBR
2013	Lyon FRA	Manuela Figueiredo BRA	Mads Bech DEN	Iker Etxeberria ESP
2012	Prague CZE	Daiki Shinohara JPN	Ren Iwafune JPN	Imogen Mabey GBR
2011	Nagoya JPN	Chidi Nwachukwu NGA	Hamish Brindle GBR	Daiki Shinohara JPN
2010	Budapest HUN	Mads Bech DEN	Daiki Shinohara JPN	Shelby Okafor-Brigham USA
2009	Glasgow GBR	Rasmus Põder EST	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Chidi Nwachukwu NGA
2008	Stockholm SWE	Henrik Steinhoff GER	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Bronte Wollaston AUS
2007	Antwerp BEL	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Daiki Shinohara JPN	Marin Babić CRO
2006	Montréal CAN	Daiki Shinohara JPN	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Clemens Pichler AUT
2005	Eindhoven NED	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Delaney McAllister USA	Ondřej Šimek CZE
2004	Zürich SUI	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Daiki Shinohara JPN	Ondřej Šimek CZE
2003	Gdańsk POL	Marin Babić CRO	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Delaney McAllister USA
2002	Helsinki FIN	Sigrid Haugland NOR	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Marin Babić CRO
2001	Copenhagen DEN	Alva Almgren SWE	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Caleb McAllister USA
2000	Sheffield GBR	Clemens Pichler AUT	Jaka Kranjc SLO	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL
1999	Seoul KOR	Clemens Pichler AUT	Tomasz Wierzbowski POL	Ondřej Šimek CZE
1998	Leipzig GER	Ottavia Ferrandino ITA	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Bronte Hargreave AUS
1997	Turin ITA	Tommaso Dell'Orto ITA	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Jaka Kranjc SLO
1996	Vienna AUT	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Ásdís Bjarnadóttir ISL	Pieter Wouters BEL
1995	Lyon FRA	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Ottavia Caputi ITA	Ainhoa Etxeberria ESP
1994	Osaka JPN	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN awarded after disqualification	Nikos Papadakis GRE	Florian Moosbrugger AUT
1993	Nagoya JPN	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Sanne Rijkaart NED	Rutger Blauwhoed NED
1992	Budapest HUN	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Nikos Papadakis GRE
1991	Glasgow GBR	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Lauri Kallio FIN
1990	Stockholm SWE	Ottavia Marzanello ITA	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR
1989	Antwerp BEL	Karla Bech DEN	Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN
1988	Montréal CAN	Ottavia Marzanello ITA	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Kaori Ishizuchi JPN
1987	Eindhoven NED	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Jonas Eberhardt GER
1986	Zürich SUI	Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Karla Bech DEN
1985	Gdańsk POL	Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Dániel Lengyel HUN
1984	Helsinki FIN	Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Renata Cuevas MEX
1983	Copenhagen DEN	Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Karla Bech DEN	Wiremu Te Rangimarie NZL
1982	Sheffield GBR	Seo-yeon Dokgo KOR	Emeka Ezeani NGA	Jarrah Kerrigan AUS
1981	Seoul KOR	Théo Brunel FRA	Lieselotte Achterberg GER	Joonas Saarinen FIN
1980	Leipzig GER	Wendell Easley USA	Wiremu Te Rangimarie NZL	Lieselotte Achterberg GER
1979	Turin ITA	Réka Szalai HUN	Callum Reidford GBR	Lieselotte Achterberg GER
1978	Vienna AUT	Hamish Wollaston AUS	Callum Reidford GBR	Réka Szalai HUN
1977	Lyon FRA	Mio Hayakawa JPN	Callum Reidford GBR	Tahlia Pettifer AUS
1976	Prague CZE	Callum Reidford GBR	Urs Ammann SUI	Fien Maes BEL
1975	Nagoya JPN	Tahlia Pettifer AUS	Callum Reidford GBR	Tahlia Muirhead AUS
1974	Budapest HUN	Callum Reidford GBR	Aoi Shinohara JPN	Tahlia Pettifer AUS
1973	Glasgow GBR	Callum Reidford GBR	Inês Tavares POR	Aoi Shinohara JPN
1972	Stockholm SWE	Aoi Shinohara JPN	Bertrand Pélissou FRA	Urs Pfister SUI
1971	Antwerp BEL	Urs Pfister SUI	Urs Ammann SUI	Maëlle Ravel-Ortiz FRA
1970	Montréal CAN	Tahlia Muirhead AUS	Bertrand Pélissou FRA	Arnaud Fourcade FRA
1969	Eindhoven NED	Arno Lambrechts BEL	Callum Reidford GBR	Ilse Grünwaldt AUT
1968	Amsterdam NED	Bertrand Pélissou FRA	Ilse Grünwaldt AUT	Urs Pfister SUI

Outdoor World Champions (1968–2026)

Year	Host	Champion	Silver	Bronze
2026	Cagliari ITA	Jonathon Couriard GBR	Joon-ho Baekwol KOR	Lachlan Wollaston AUS
2025	Gothenburg SWE	Joon-ho Baekwol KOR	Beat Kälin SUI	Jonathon Couriard GBR
2024	Malmö SWE	Wout Peeters BEL	Joon-ho Baekwol KOR	Sipho Ndlovu RSA
2023	Barcelona ESP	Mere Waititi-Lowe NZL	Daan Brouwer NED	Sanne Hoogeveen NED
2022	Rimini ITA	Clodagh Ó Briain IRL	Beatriz Sequeira POR	Femke Verhoeks NED
2021	Athens GRE	Carmen Quiroga ESP	Freja Overgaard DEN	Lucien Maréchaux FRA
2019	Long Beach USA	Lena Achterberg GER	Mere Waititi-Lowe NZL	Anja Pfister SUI
2018	Perth AUS	Freja Overgaard DEN	Mere Waititi-Lowe NZL	Carmen Bermúdez ESP
2017	Buenos Aires ARG	Wendell Calloway USA	Joaquín Ocampo ARG	Tamsin Wraxall GBR
2016	Auckland NZL	Karla Thorsen DEN	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Fien Goossens BEL
2015	Split CRO	Karla Thorsen DEN	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Ainhoa Collado ESP
2014	Valencia ESP	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Lena Achterberg GER	Felix Steinhoff GER
2013	Rio de Janeiro BRA	Eirik Brekke NOR	Hamish Wraxall GBR	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE
2012	Durban RSA	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Jens Vandenbroucke BEL	Felix Steinhoff GER
2011	Gothenburg SWE	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Eirik Brekke NOR	Nerea Llorente ESP
2010	Nice FRA	Eirik Brekke NOR	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Felix Steinhoff GER
2009	Dubrovnik CRO	Clémence Ravel-Ortiz FRA	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Thijs de Kuyper NED
2008	Lisbon POR	Joon-ho Yeom KOR	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Sota Iwafune JPN
2007	Gothenburg SWE	Eirik Brekke NOR	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Owen Gauthier CAN
2006	Malmö SWE	Alva Hedlund SWE	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE	Arnaud Toussaint FRA
2005	Barcelona ESP	Théo Maréchaux FRA	Owen Gauthier CAN	Femi Adebayo-Lindqvist SWE
2004	Rimini ITA	Owen Gauthier CAN	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Edoardo Dell'Orto ITA
2003	Athens GRE	Karla Kjærgaard DEN	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Urs Steiner-Moll SUI
2002	Thessaloniki GRE	Leonor Valadares POR	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Ragnhild Tveit NOR
2001	Long Beach USA	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Théo Maréchaux FRA	Tilde Almgren SWE
2000	Perth AUS	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Owen Gauthier CAN	Aoi Hayakawa JPN
1999	Buenos Aires ARG	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Owen Gauthier CAN	Shelby Calloway USA
1998	Auckland NZL	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Avery Prescott USA	Théo Maréchaux FRA
1997	Split CRO	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Folake Nwachukwu NGA	Joon-ho Seonha KOR
1996	Valencia ESP	Théo Maréchaux FRA	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Min-jae Dokgo KOR
1995	Rio de Janeiro BRA	Folake Nwachukwu NGA	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Daiki Morisawa JPN
1994	Durban RSA	Valentin Haslinger AUT	Ngaio Te Rangimarie NZL	Ngozi Oyelaran NGA
1993	Cape Town RSA	Nika Mlakar SLO	Valentin Haslinger AUT	Eleanor Throssell GBR
1992	Nice FRA	Jarrah Hargreave AUS	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Niamh Wraxall GBR
1991	Dubrovnik CRO	Sander Rijkaart NED	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Iker Llorente ESP
1990	Lisbon POR	Ilse de Kuyper NED	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Ebba Hedlund SWE
1989	Gothenburg SWE	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Ebba Hedlund SWE	Johanna Rademacher GER
1988	Malmö SWE	Ebba Hedlund SWE	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Callum Wraxall GBR
1987	Barcelona ESP	Bára Dvořáková CZE	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Tahlia Kerrigan AUS
1986	Rimini ITA	Cian Cullinane IRL	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Eleanor Throssell GBR
1985	Athens GRE	Matteo Dell'Orto ITA	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Margot Lambrechts BEL
1984	Thessaloniki GRE	Margot Lambrechts BEL	Lars-Erik Hovland NOR	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG
1983	Long Beach USA	Elke Verstraete BEL	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG	Wendell Prescott USA
1982	Perth AUS	Facundo Rivadavia ARG	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG	Fergus Mabey GBR
1981	Buenos Aires ARG	Margot Goossens BEL	Matteo Lupieri ITA	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG
1980	Split CRO	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG	Fergus Mabey GBR	Femke Kampers NED
1979	Split CRO	Wojciech Wierzbowski POL	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG	Anja Kälin SUI
1978	Valencia ESP	Kinsley Whitlock USA	Matilda Kerrigan AUS	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG
1977	Rio de Janeiro BRA	Matteo Lupieri ITA	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG	Tereza Novotný CZE
1976	Durban RSA	Owen Beaulieu CAN	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG	Benedetta Pagliarulo ITA
1975	Cape Town RSA	Rui Sequeira POR	Wojciech Wierzbowski POL	Maëlle Lachaume FRA
1974	Nice FRA	Rui Sequeira POR	Bogdan Vrhovac YUG	Marisol Etxeberria ESP
1973	Dubrovnik CRO	Benedetta Pagliarulo ITA	Oliver Kettering GBR	Marisol Etxeberria ESP
1972	Lisbon POR	Greta Steinhoff GER	Marisol Etxeberria ESP	Iker Collado ESP
1971	Gothenburg SWE	Marit Hoogeveen NED	Anja Zbinden SUI	Benedetta Pagliarulo ITA
1970	Malmö SWE	Benedetta Pagliarulo ITA	Eleanor Dunsford GBR	Pau Etxeberria ESP
1969	Barcelona ESP	Felix Kaltenbach GER	Marisol Etxeberria ESP	Greta Steinhoff GER
1968	Acapulco MEX	Marisol Etxeberria ESP	Oliver Kettering GBR	Felix Kaltenbach GER

World Champions, unified era (1931–1967)

Year	Host	Champion	Silver	Bronze
1967	Salzburg AUT	Bertrand Pélissou FRA	Marisol Etxeberria ESP	Ilse Grünwaldt AUT
1965	Stockholm SWE	Ilse Grünwaldt AUT	Wendell Okafor-Brigham USA	Marisol Etxeberria ESP
1963	Bled SLO	Ilse Grünwaldt AUT	Bertrand Pélissou FRA	Wendell Okafor-Brigham USA
1961	Monte Carlo FRA	Wendell Okafor-Brigham USA	Matteo Pagliarulo ITA	Bertrand Pélissou FRA
1959	Brighton GBR	Wendell Okafor-Brigham USA	Ilse Grünwaldt AUT	Ottavio Marzanello ITA
1957	Lausanne SUI	Wendell Okafor-Brigham USA	Ottavio Marzanello ITA	Wouter van der Poel NED
1955	Salzburg AUT	Ottavio Marzanello ITA	Wendell Okafor-Brigham USA	Flurina Pfister SUI
1953	Stockholm SWE	Ottavio Marzanello ITA	Sven-Olof Rydqvist SWE	Theresa Pichler AUT
1951	Helsinki FIN	Ottavio Marzanello ITA	Sven-Olof Rydqvist SWE	Tomasz Kaczmarczyk POL
1949	Monte Carlo FRA	Sven-Olof Rydqvist SWE	Ottavio Marzanello ITA	Tamsin Kettering GBR
1947	Brighton GBR	Sven-Olof Rydqvist SWE	Ottavio Marzanello ITA	Hendrika “Hennie” Valkhof NED
1939	Bled SLO	Hendrika “Hennie” Valkhof NED	Sven-Olof Rydqvist SWE	Solène Toussaint FRA
1937	Monte Carlo FRA	Hendrika “Hennie” Valkhof NED	Jens De Clercq BEL	Kinsley Calloway USA
1935	Brighton GBR	Hendrika “Hennie” Valkhof NED	Lucien Morand SUI	Jens De Clercq BEL
1933	Lausanne SUI	Hendrika “Hennie” Valkhof NED	Margaux Fourcade FRA	Lucien Morand SUI
1931	Vevey SUI	Lucien Morand SUI	Hendrika “Hennie” Valkhof NED	Callum Brindle GBR

No championships were held from 1940 to 1946 or in 2020.