{{Short description|Dinghy sailing Worlds}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}{{main|Mirror (dinghy)}} The '''Mirror World Championship''' is an bi-annual international sailing regatta of Mirror (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the International Mirror Class Association and since 1987 it has been recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

==Events== {{See also|World championships in sailing}}

{|class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=3| {{abbr|Ed.|Edition}} ! colspan=3| Hosts ! colspan=3| Sailor ! colspan=4| Boats ! rowspan=2| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! No !! Day/Month !! Year ! Host club !! City !! Country ! No. !! {{abbr|Nat.|Nations}} !! {{abbr|Cont.|Continents}} ! {{abbr|Tot.|Total No. Boats}} !! {{abbr|13px|Male}} !! {{abbr|13px|Female}} !! Mix |- | {{0}}1 || - || 1976 | {{yachtclub|}} || Monnickendam || {{NED}} | || || || 51 || || || | |- | {{0}}2 || || 1979 | {{yachtclub|}} || || {{AUS}} | || || || || || || | |- | {{0}}3 || || 1983 | {{yachtclub|}} || Wales || {{GBR}} | || || || || || || | |- | {{0}}4 || || 1987 | {{yachtclub|}} || || {{IRL}} | || || || || || || | |- | {{0}}5 || || 1991 | {{yachtclub|}} || || {{NED}} | || || || || || || | |- | {{0}}6 || 30Jul -4Aug || 1995 | {{yachtclub|Pembrokeshire Yacht Club}} || Wales || {{GBR}} | 138 || 7 || 4 || 68 || || || | |- | {{0}}7 || || 1997 | Sail Cork || Kingston, Ontario || {{CAN}} | 200 || 8 || 5 || 100 || 54 || 10 || 36 | |- | {{0}}8 || 6-11 Apr || 1999 | {{yachtclub|Defence Sailing Club (WC)}} <br>and {{yachtclub|Saldanha Bay Yacht Club}} || Saldanha Bay || {{RSA}} | 146 || 6 || 4 || 73 || 50 || 4 || 19 | <ref name="1999 Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/sk/worlds99/worlds.txt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010831090726/http://www.angelfire.com/sk/worlds99/worlds.txt|archive-date=31 August 2001}}</ref> |- | {{0}}9 || 1-10 Aug || 2001 | {{yachtclub|Howth Yacht Club}} || Howth, Dublin || {{IRL}} | 184 || 6 || 3 || 92 || || || | <ref name="2001 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/4534/Datalex-Mirror-Worlds-at-Howth-Yacht-Club-Ireland|title=Datalex Mirror Worlds at Howth Yacht Club, Ireland Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 10 || 10-16 Jan || 2003 | {{yachtclub|Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania}} || Hobart, Tasmania || {{AUS}} | || 7+ || 3+ || 90 || || || | <ref name="2003 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/8725/Mirror-World-Championships-in-Tasmania-Overall|title=Mirror World Championships in Tasmania Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 11 || 7-13 Aug || 2005 | {{yachtclub|Storsjons Segelsallskap}} || Ostersund || {{SWE}} | 202 || 6 || 3 || 101 || || || | <ref name="2005 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/18613/Mirror-worlds-overall|title=Mirror World Championships at Ostersund, Sweden - Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 12 || 6-19 Jan || 2007 | {{yachtclub|Algoa Bay Yacht Club}} || Gqeberha || {{RSA}} | 158 || 5 || 3 || 79 || 50 || 12 || 17 | <ref name="2007 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/24664/Mirror-worlds-prize-giving|title=Mirror Worlds at Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Prize Giving|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref><ref name="2007 Results">{{cite web|url=http://www.sailracer.co.uk/results_report.asp?event=1387}}</ref> |- | 13 || 26-31 Jul || 2009 | {{yachtclub|Pwllheli Sailing Club}} || Pwllheli, Wales || {{GBR}} | 194 || 5 || 4 || 97 || 38 || 22 || 37 | <ref name="2009 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/147885/Mirror-worlds-at-Pwllheli-overall|title=Mirror Worlds at Pwllheli Sailing Club - Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 14 || 27Dec -7Jan || 2010/11 | {{yachtclub|Princess Royal Sailing Club}} || Albany, WA || {{AUS}} | 122 || 5 || 4 || 61 || 33 || 7 || 21 | <ref name="2011 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/155265/Mirror-worlds-in-Australia-overall|title=Mirror Worlds at Albany, Australia - Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 15 || 27Jul -2Aug || 2013 | {{yachtclub|Lough Derg Yacht Club}} || Dromineer, Co. Tipperary || {{IRL}} | 182 || 7 || 5 || 91 || 39 || 20 || 32 | <ref name="2013 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/171321/Mirror-World-Championships-overall|title=Mirror World Championships at Lough Derg Yacht Club - Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 16 || 28Dec -9Jan || 2014/15 | {{yachtclub|Theewaters Sports Club}} || Villiersdorp || {{RSA}} | 118 || 5 || 4 || 59 || 25 || 9 || 25 | <ref name="2015 Results">{{Cite web|url=http://2015worlds.mirrorsailing.org/index.php/the-event/2015-world-results|title=2015 World Results|website=2015worlds.mirrorsailing.org}}</ref><ref name="2015 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/180867/Mirror-Worlds-in-South-Africa-overall|title=Mirror World Championship at Theewater Sports Club - Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref><ref name="2015 Y&Y.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/180867/Mirror-Worlds-in-South-Africa-overall|title=Mirror World Championship at Theewater Sports Club - Overall|author=Robert Bellfield|date=10 Jan 2015 <!-- 10:03 GMT --> |website=yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 17 || 24 Jul –4 Aug || 2017 | {{yachtclub|Restronguet Sailing Club}} || Mylor, Cornwall || {{GBR}} | 101 || 6 || 4 || 50 || 23 || 7 || 20 | <ref name="2017 Results">{{Cite web|url=http://2017worlds.mirrorsailing.org/images/events/2017/worlds_at_restronguet_uk/results/Mirror_Worlds_2017.htm|title=Sailwave results for Mirror World Championships at Restronguet Sailing Club 2017|website=2017worlds.mirrorsailing.org}}</ref><ref name="2017 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/197632/Gul-Mirror-Worlds-at-Restronguet-overall|title=Gul Mirror World Championship at Restronguet Sailing Club - Overall|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 18 || 26 Dec -6 Jan || 2018/19 | {{yachtclub|Woollahra Sailing Club}} || Rose Bay, Sydney || {{AUS}} | 122 || 6 || 4 || 59 || 32 || 4 || 23 | <ref name="2019 Results">{{Cite web|url=https://www.regattatoolbox.com/results?eventID=BimMkeXTJV|title=Results &#124; Mirror Dinghy World Championships 2019|website=www.regattatoolbox.com}}</ref><ref name="2019 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/213711/18th-Mirror-Worlds-at-Woollahra|title=18th Mirror World Championship at Woollahra Sailing Club|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref><ref name="2019 Y&Y.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/213711/18th-Mirror-Worlds-at-Woollahra|title=18th Mirror World Championship at Woollahra Sailing Club|author=Khiem Tran|date=11 Jan 2019 <!-- 09:31 GMT --> |website=yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref>

|- | N/A || || 2021 | {{yachtclub|Sligo Yacht Club}} || Sligo || {{IRL}} | colspan=7 | Cancelled due to COVID | |- | 19 || 21-29 Jul || 2023 | {{yachtclub|Sligo Yacht Club}} || Sligo || {{IRL}} | 104 || 4 || 3 || 52 || 17 || 11 || 24 |<ref name="2023 Event">{{Cite web|url=http://2023worlds.mirrorsailing.org/|title=2023 Mirror World Championships – Great Sailing in Sligo Bay|first=Oral|last=Clindamycinsays|date=December 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name="2023 Results">{{Cite web|url=http://2023worlds.mirrorsailing.org/results2023/worlds.html|title=Sailwave results for Mirror World Championships 2023 at Sligo Yacht Club 2023|website=2023worlds.mirrorsailing.org}}</ref><ref name="2023 Y&Y">{{Cite web|url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/265429/2023-Mirror-Worlds-at-Sligo|title=2023 Mirror World Championships at Sligo Yacht Club|website=www.yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref> |- | 20 || 14–19 April || 2025 | {{yachtclub|Durban Beach Club}} || Durban, KwaZulu-Natal || {{RSA}} | 66 || 3 || 3 || 33 || 25 || 1 || 7 | <ref name="2025 Event Web">{{cite web|url=https://mirrorworldssouthafrica25.weebly.com/|title=2025 Worlds Official Event Website}}</ref><ref name="2025 Y&Y.com">{{cite web |author=Sophie Thompson |date=23 Apr 2025 |title=Marriott Mirror World Championship at Point Yacht Club, Durban, South Africa |url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/285438/Marriott-Mirror-Worlds-at-Durban-South-Africa |website=yachtsandyachting.com}}</ref><ref name="2025 Results">{{cite web|url=https://mirrorworldssouthafrica25.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/2/6/142601312/sailwave_results_forprovisional__marriott_imca_world_championships_2025_at_pyc_beach_club_-_14_-_19_april_2025_2025.pdf}}</ref> |}

==Multiple champions== {{See also|World championships in sailing#Multiple World champions}}

==Medalists==

{| {{MedalistTable|type=Year}}!!Ref. |- |1976<br>{{flagicon|NED}} |{{flagathlete|Roy Patridge|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Graeme Partridge|GBR}} |{{flagathlete|Chris Owen|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Gary Owen|GBR}} |{{flagathlete|Mark Rushall|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Ruth Rushall|GBR}} | |- |1979<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} |60019 - The Gaffer<br>{{flagathlete|David Derby|MLT}}<br>{{flagathlete|Chris Bishop|MLT}} |57839 - Erewan<br>{{flagathlete|K. Sclater|AUS}} | |- |1983<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} |64203 - Freckles<br>{{flagathlete|David Sherwin|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Neil Salmon|GBR}} |66066 - True Brit<br>{{flagathlete|Dave Derby|GBR}} | | |- |1987<br>{{flagicon|IRL}} |67841 - Intrepid<br>{{flagathlete|Paul Adrid|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Troy Storer|AUS}} |67749 - Sky 3<br>{{flagathlete|Dave Graney|AUS}} | | |- |1991<br>{{flagicon|NED}} |68968<br>{{flagathlete|Tom King|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Rof Heale|AUS}} |69201<br>{{flagathlete|T. Fitzsimmons|AUS}} | | |- |1995<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} |69664 - Surreal<br>{{flagathlete|Clive Goodwin|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Toby Heppell|GBR}} |69030 - Mach 1<br>{{flagathlete|Mel Collins|IRL}}<br>{{flagathlete|Stephen Hyde|IRL}} |69561<br>{{flagathlete|Graham Elmes|IRL}}<br>{{flagathlete|K.Cooney|IRL}} | |- |1997<br>{{flagicon|CAN}} |69659 - Renaissance<br>{{flagathlete|Chris Balding|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Nikki Harper|GBR}} |69560 - Flashpoint II<br>{{flagathlete|Ross Killian|IRL}}<br>{{flagathlete|Darren McCann|IRL}} |69837<br>{{flagathlete|David Gebhard|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Joshua Gebhard|GBR}} | |- |1999 |69831 - Surreal 11<br>{{flagathlete|Martin Moloney|IRL}}<br>{{flagathlete|Revelin Minihane|IRL}} |69361 - Xcell-Erate<br>{{flagathlete|Mark Padgett|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|John Fletcher|AUS}} |{{flagathlete|Toby Wincer|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Richard Harding|GBR}} |<ref name="1999 Results"/> |- |2001 |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Peter Bayly<br>William Atkinson |{{#invoke:flag|country|AUS}}<br>Torvar Mirsky<br>Justin Jacob |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Nick Meadow<br>Sam Trott | |- |2003 |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Christopher Clayton<br>Craig Martin |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Andrew Woodward<br>James Bendon |{{#invoke:flag|country|AUS}}<br>Glenn Collings<br>Lloyd Collings | |- |2005 |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Ross Kearney<br>Adam McCullough |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Simon McGrotty<br>Melissa Daly |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>John Clementson<br>Jamie Clementson | |- |2007 |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Anna MacKenzie<br>Holly Scott |{{#invoke:flag|country|AUS}}<br>Nick Davis<br>John Collova |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Paul Amrlynck<br>Melissa Daly |<ref name="2007 Results"/> |- |2009 |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Andy Smith<br>Tom Smith |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Christopher Rust<br>Jessica Rust |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Izzy Fitzgerald<br>Emily Peters | |- |2011 |{{#invoke:flag|country|IRL}}<br>Ross Kearney<br>Max Odell |{{#invoke:flag|country|PHI}}<br>Ridgely Balladares<br>Rommel Chavez |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Millie Newman<br>Jessica Rust | |- |2013 |{{#invoke:flag|country|RSA}}<br>Ryan Robinson<br>Michaela Robinson |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Sarah Richards<br>George Richards |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Katie Davies<br>Gemma Keers | |- |2015 |{{#invoke:flag|country|RSA}}<br>Ryan Robinson<br>Michaela Robinson |{{#invoke:flag|country|AUS}}<br>Simon Barwood<br>Tyson Barwood |{{#invoke:flag|country|GBR}}<br>Eleanor Keers<br>Isobel Pugh | <ref name="2015 Results"/> |- |2017 |AUS 70922 - Wave Catcher Too<br>{{flagathlete|Cullen Hughes|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Rowan Hughes|AUS}} |GBR 70852<br>{{flagathlete|Dave Wade|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Imogen Wade|GBR}} |AUS 70921 = Platypus<br>{{flagathlete|Simon Barwood|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Tyson Barwood|AUS}} | <ref name="2017 Results"/> |- |2019 |NED 70883 - Rumble Fish<br>{{flagathlete|John Dransfield|NED}}<br>{{flagathlete|Tyler Dransfield|NED}} |AUS 70854 - Wave Catcher<br>{{flagathlete|Cullen Hughes|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Rowan Hughes|AUS}} |AUS 70951 - McMissile<br>{{flagathlete|Campbell McKay|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Stirling McKay|AUS}} |<ref name="2019 Results"/> |- |2021 | colspan=3 | Rescheduled to 2023 due to COVID 19 | |- |2023 |GBR 71038 - Anna<br>{{flagathlete|Ben McGrane|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Keira McGrane|GBR}} |GBR 70683 - Hypermouse<br>{{flagathlete|Stuart Hudson|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Lizzie Hudson|GBR}} |GBR 70573 - Little Miss Chatterbox<br>{{flagathlete|Will Crocker|GBR}}<br>{{flagathlete|Isabelle Crocker|GBR}} |<ref name="2023 Results"/> |- |2025 |AUS-70812<br>{{flagathlete|James Komweibel|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Harry Komweibel|AUS}} |AUS-69536<br>{{flagathlete|David Meehan|AUS}}<br>{{flagathlete|Henry Olsen|AUS}} |RSA-70207<br>{{flagathlete|Thomas Funke|RSA}}<br>{{flagathlete|Kai Funke|RSA}} |<ref name="2025 Results"/> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{World championships in sailing}}

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