# Lightning World Championship

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See also: [Youth Lightning World Championship](/source/Youth_Lightning_World_Championship)

See also: [Masters Lightning World Championship](/source/Masters_Lightning_World_Championship)

Main article: [Lightning (dinghy)](/source/Lightning_(dinghy))

The **Lightning World Championship** is a bi-annual international [sailing](/source/Sailing_(sport)) [regatta](/source/Regatta) for [lightning (dinghy)](/source/Lightning_(dinghy)). It is organized by the host club on behalf of the International Lightning Class Association and recognized by [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing), the sport's [IOC](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)-recognized governing body. The class gained class status in November 1962 from World Sailing, so its first Worlds were in 1963, although an International Regatta was held in 1961.

## Editions

Edition Host Boats Participant Ref No. Date Year Host club Location Nat. Sailor Nat. Cont. 1 1963 Lima 35 105 8 3 [1][2] 2 9-19 Sept 1965 Naples 43 129 12 4 [3][4] 3 1967 Toronto 37 0 8 3 [5][6][7] 4 1969 Olivos, Buenos Aires 43 129 12 3 [8][9] 5 1971 Helsinki 40 121 10 3 [10][11] 6 1973 Fort Erie, Ontario 39 117 8 3 [12][13] 7 1975 Salinas, Ecuador 49 147 10 3 [14][15] 8 1977 Spiez 54 160 12 4 [16][17] 9 1979 Heath, Texas 52 156 11 3 [18][19] 10 1981 Gran Hotel Pucon Pucon [20][21] 11 1983 Circola Velici Napoletani 41 123 8 3 [22][23] 12 1985 Beach Haven, New Jersey 40 121 8 3 [24][25] 13 1987 Cartagena 39 117 9 3 [26][27] 14 2–7 July 1989 / Athens 45 135 8 3 [28][29] 15 1991 Annapolis 39 117 8 3 [30][31] 16 1993 lhabela Island 42 126 7 3 [32][33] 17 2–8 July 1995 Kuopion Pursiscura Kuopio 35 105 6 3 [34][35] 18 8–13 June 1997 and Montreal, Quebec 58 175 9 3 [36][37][38] 19 22-29 Nov 1999 Salinas, Ecuador 45 135 7 3 [39][40][41] 20 20–24 July 2001 Marsala, Sicily 44 132 9 3 [42][43] 21 13-18 Apr 2003 & Miami 60 180 11 3 [44][45][46] 22 19-26 Nov 2005 Higuerillas 45 135 8 3 [47][48][49][50] 23 21–27 July 2007 Athens 48 145 12 5 [51][52] 24 11-29 Sept 2009 Colchester, Vermont 60 180 10 5 [53][54][55][56] 25 2011 Buzios, Rio de Janeiro 30 90 9 5 [57][58][59] 26 6–14 June 2013 Castiglione del Lago 46 139 10 5 [60][61] 27 18–25 July 2015 Fort Erie, Ontario 63 190 10 5 [62][63][64] 28 21-25 Nov 2017 Salinas, Ecuador 56 168 12 5 [65][66][67] 29 12–17 June 2019 Espoo 49 147 12 5 [68][69][70][71] N/A 13–22 May 2021 Charleston Postponed due to COVID [72][73] 30 17–21 May 2022 Charleston 50 150 8 4 [74][75] 31 23-27 Nov 2023 Cartagena 40 11+ 4+ [76][77][78] 32 16-21 Jun 2025 Voula 40 123 10 4 [79]

## Medalists

1963 US 7811 Thomas Allen III (United States) Anne Allen (sailor) (United States) Bruce Goldsmith (United States) US 8513 Bob Seidelmann (United States) John Walton (United States) Bob Bray (United States) US 8390 Carl Eichenlaub (United States) Michael O'Bryan (United States) Stan Brander (United States) [1][2] 1965 US 9411 - ATOM II Thomas Allen III (United States) Anne Allen (sailor) (United States) Bruce Goldsmith (United States) US 8529 - SHAZAM Alan Raffee (United States) Dennis Conner (United States) Carol Mclaughlin (United States) US 9110 - HYPERTENSION David M. Peterson (United States) M.J. O'Meara (United States) J.W. Healy (United States) [3] 1967 US 10199 Dr Louis Pocharski (United States) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN 10411 Thomas Allen III (United States) 8510 Bergantz USA [5][6] 1969 US 11367 - Snoopy Bruce Goldsmith (United States) Pamela Goldsmith (United States) Jim Dressel (United States) 9390 - Cat James R Crane (United States) Robert B. Crane (United States) Robert Lansing (United States) 11011 - Atom Thomas Allen III (United States) Anne Allen (sailor) (United States) John Schneider (United States) [8][9] 1971 US 11501 - Finesse William Shore (sailor) (United States) Bonnie Shore (United States) Robert Bone (United States) US 11491 - Tickled Pink Jack Mueller Jnr. (United States) J. Mueller (United States) Nancy Mueller (United States) US 11099 - Spook Louis Pocharski (United States) Janet Shore (United States) F. Healey Jnr. (United States) [11] 1973 US 12422 - Snoopy Bruce Goldsmith (United States) Pam Goldsmith (United States) David Peters (sailor) (United States) US 12060 - Hang On Sloopy Jim Dressel Nancy Dressel Gary Cameron US 10599 - Shoe Shine Baby Bob Seidelmann Bill Clausen Karen Huntsman [13] 1975 B 12414 Mario Buckup (Brazil) Ralph Christian (Brazil) Joaquim Feneberg (Brazil) US 10114 William Shore (sailor) (United States) Bonnie Shore (United States) Mark Bryant (sailor) (United States) US 12422 Bruce Goldsmith (United States) Pam Goldsmith (United States) Bob Smither (United States) [80] 1977 13111 Thomas Allen III (United States) Brenda Allen (United States) Tom Allen (United States) 7495 Mario Buckup BRA Joaquim Feneberg BRA Ralph W. Christian 11658 Jim Crane Steve Nightingale Eugene Peters [17] 1979 US 13226 Glenn Darden (United States) Kelly Gough (United States) Doug Shelton (United States) US 13226 William A Shore (United States) Bonnie Shore (United States) Mark BRYANT (United States) US 13333 Jim Crane (United States) Bill Crane (United States) Gene Peters (United States) [19] 1981 Walmor Gomez (Brazil) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Glenn Darden (United States) UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN [21] 1983 US 11420 - Speedy Jay Lutz (United States) Dick Escalara (United States) Michael Healy (United States) I 13706 Sergio Messina (Italy) Antonino Nizza (Italy) Pasquale Vitaggio (Italy) BL 12489 Claudio Biekarck (Brazil) Gunnar Ficker (Brazil) Ralph Berger (Brazil) [23] 1985 US 14021 - Eclipse William Shore (sailor) (United States) Karen Neri (United States) Betsy Gelenitis (United States) BL 12812 - Flash Rider Mario Buckup (Brazil) Michael Anthony Norris (Brazil) Christina Maricke (Brazil) Marttin Norris (Brazil) US 11739 - Speedy Again Jay Lutz (United States) Jody Lutz (United States) Dick Escalera (United States) [citation needed] 1987 Cartegena X 11099 Manuel González Maz (Chile) Alberto Gonzalez (Chile) Rodrigo Zuazola (Chile) KC 14057 Eddy Martin (Canada) Perry Owen (Canada) Jay Mann (Canada) US 14175 William Shore (United States) Brad Read (United States) Steve Hayden (United States) [27] 1989 KC 13968 Peter Hall (Canada) Mark Osterman (Canada) Alain Boucher (Canada) US 14045 Matt Fisher (United States) Greg Fisher (United States) Joyce Ferguson (United States) US 14176 Ched Proctor (United States) Kathryn Ritchie (United States) Doug Barlow (United States) [29][28] 1991 US 11346 David Dellenbaugh (United States) Kip Hamblet (United States) Hale Walcoff (United States) KC 14499 Larry MacDonald (Canada) Jody Swanson (Canada) Trevor Born (Canada) US 14296 Brad Read (United States) Elizabeth Alison (United States) Terry Hutchinson (United States) [31] 1993 BRA 12657 Manfred Kaufmann (Brazil) Renato Kaufmann (Brazil) Marcelo Batista da Silva (Brazil) BRA 11721 Fernando Hackerott (Brazil) Frederico Costa (Brazil) Riccardo Costa (Brazil) BRA 14203 Claudio Biekarck (Brazil) Gunnar Ficker (Brazil) Edu Melchert (Brazil) [33] 1995 CHI 11011 Tito Gonzalez (Chile) Rodrigo Zuazola (Chile) German Schacht (Chile) USA 14709 Thomas Allen Iv (United States) Jim Allen (United States) Jane Allen (United States) USA 14530 William Faude (United States) Jared Drake (United States) Brian Taboada (United States) [citation needed] 1997 CAN 14834 Larry Macdonald (Canada) Jody Swanson (United States) Ian Jones (United States) CHI 14709 Manuel Gonzalez (Chile) Juan FRANCISCO Novion (Chile) German Novion (Chile) 14763 Timothy Healy (United States) Maria White (United States) William Healy (United States) [36] 1999 11011 Alberto Gonzalez Mas (Chile) Pablo Barahona (Chile) Claus Engell (Chile) 14730 Jeff Linton (United States) Amy Smith Linton (United States) Mark T. Taylor (United States) 14927 Timothy Healy (United States) William Healy (United States) Anthony Kotoun (United States) 2001 USA-15083 Jeff Linton (United States) Mark Taylor (United States) Amy Smith Linton (United States) USA-15045 Matt Fisher (United States) Dan Moriarty (United States) Rick Bernstein (United States) USA-14740 William Faude (United States) Ernest Dieball (United States) Jared Drake (United States) [43] 2003 CHI-11011 Tito Gonzalez Mas (Chile) Jay Lutz (United States) Claus Engell (Chile) USA-14752 Steve Hayden (United States) Barr Batzer (United States) Jamey Rabbitt (United States) USA-14900 James Crane (United States) William Crane (United States) Jim Allen (United States) [46] 2005 11011 Alberto Gonzalez Parro (Chile) Diego Gonzalez Parro (Chile) Cristian Herman Sanhueza (Chile) 15252 David Starck (United States) Ian Jones (United States) Scott Ikle (United States) 14454 Pablo Herman (Chile) Luis Felipe Herman (Chile) Claus Engell (Chile) [48][49] 2007 USA 15083 Jeffrey Linton (United States) Amy Smith Linton (United States) Jahn Tihansky (United States) USA 14975 Allan Terhune Jr (United States) Katie Terhune (United States) Dave Perkowski (United States) USA 15265 Steven Davis (United States) Brian Hayes (United States) Laura Jeffers (United States) 2009 15045 Matt Fisher (United States) Dan Moriarty (United States) Tobi Moriarty (United States) 15355 David Starck (United States) Jody Starck (United States) Ian Jones (United States) 11011 Tito Gonzalez Mas (Chile) Diego Gonzalez Parro (Chile) Cristian Herman Sanhueza (Chile) [56][54] 2011 11011 Tito Gonzalez Mas (Chile) Diego Gonzalez Parro (Chile) Cristian Herman Sanhueza (Chile) 15333 Claus Biekarck (Brazil) Gunnar Ficker (Brazil) Marcelo Batista Da Silva (Brazil) 14894 Thomas Sumner (Brazil) Felipe Brito (Brazil) Fillipe Gil (Brazil) [58] 2013 15470 David Starck (United States) Jody Starck (United States) Ian Jones (United States) 14036 Justin Coplan (United States) Danielle Prior (United States) Mike Carney (United States) 15507 Ched Proctor (United States) James Ewing (United States) Meredith Killion (United States) [60] 2015 USA 15296 - 15296 Geoff Becker (United States) James Barnash (United States) Laura Beigel (United States) USA 15499 Jody Starck (United States) Ian Jones (United States) Skip Dieball (United States) USA 15385 - Ultimate Pressure Billy Martin (United States) Janel Zarkowsky (United States) Chappy Hopkins (United States) [63] 2017 ARG 15597 - Argentina Javier Conte (Argentina) Julio Alsogaray (Argentina) Paula Salerno (Argentina) USA 14298 - Freak Gasoline Fight Accident Nicholas Sertl (United States) Dylan Farrell (United States) John Mastrandrea (United States) PUR 14677 - Black Beauty Raul Rios (Puerto Rico) Sebastian Higuera (Puerto Rico) Nicolas Deeb (Puerto Rico) [66] 2019 ARG 15597 Javier Conte (Argentina) Ignacio Giammona (Argentina) Paula Salerno (Argentina) CHI 14794 Felipe Robles (Chile) Andres Guevara (Chile) Paula Herman (Chile) USA 15611 David Starck (United States) Tom Starck (United States) Jenna Probst (United States) [70] 2022 USA 15611 - Team PatStrong David Starck (United States) Tom Starck (United States) Jenna Probst (United States) CHI 11011 - Ojo de Lince Tito Gonzalez (Chile) Alberto Gonzalez Jnr. (Chile) Zeke Horowitz (United States) ARG 15597 - Argentina Javier Conte (Argentina) Martina Silva (Argentina) Trinidad Silva (Argentina) [75] 2023 ECU 14647 - Marraqueta Jonathan Martinetti (Ecuador) Moira Padilla (Ecuador) Alisson Haon (Ecuador) USA 15611 - Team PatStrong David Starck (United States) Jenna Probst (United States) Thomas Starck (United States) USA 15561 - Danilu Augie Diaz (United States) Laura Jeffers (United States) UNKNOWN [78][81] 2025 CHI 14794 - EL DOCTORADO Felipe Robles (Chile) Andres Guevara (Chile) Paula Herman (Chile) USA 15507 - Veggie Sub Ched Proctor (United States) Meredith Killion (United States) Samuel Blouin (United States) USA 15296 - Silver Girl Geoff Becker (United States) Jim Barnash (United States) Laura Jeffers (United States) [79]

## References

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1. ["2011 World Official Event Website"](http://www.lightningbrasil.org/Worlds.aspx)

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1. ["2015 Lightning Class World Championship - Preliminary Cumulative Results"](https://yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=1277). *yachtscoring.com*

1. ["Javier Conte wins Lightning Worlds"](https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2017/11/25/javier-conte-wins-lightning-worlds/). *Scuttlebutt Sailing News*. 25 November 2017.

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1. ["2025 Lightning World Championships - Preliminary Cumulative Results"](https://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative/16946). *yachtscoring.com*

1. 1976 WS Reg

1. ["JONATHAN MARTINETTI AND HIS TEAM WON THE 2023 LIGHTNING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP"](https://470.org/default/news/new/text/jonathan-martinetti-and-his-team-won-the-2023-lightning-world-championship). 5 Dec 2023.

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