World Rogaining Championships

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World Rogaining Championships 2013 Men's Open winners. From left: Rait Pallo, Timmo Tammemäe – silver (Estonia), Rain Eensaar, Silver Eensaar – gold (Estonia), Oleg Kalinin, Evgeny Dombrovskiy – bronze (Russia)

The World Rogaining Championships are the championships of the International Rogaining Federation (IRF) and the pinnacle rogaining event in the world. The championships are organised by the national rogaining organisation chosen by the IRF as the host of that particular championships.

World championship rogaines are always of 24 hours duration, and are conducted in accordance with standard rogaining rules.

The team with the highest score in each of the three gender classes (Men's, Women's and Mixed teams) are declared the World Rogaining Champions. Within each gender class, all teams participate in the Open age category. Additionally, there are age sub-categories as follows: Youth (up to 23), Veteran (45 and over), Super Veteran (55 and over) and Ultra Veteran (65 and over).[1]

From 1992 to 2012 the World Rogaining Championships were held every two years, from 2012 to 2020 they have been held annually (with the exception of 2018), from 2020 onwards they are again held every other year.

History of the Championships[edit]

No Year Country Place Number of teams Men's teams Women's teams Mixed teams
1 1992 Australia Australia Beechworth 194 Australia James Russell,

Michael Walters

Australia Drusilla Patkin ,

Alexandra Tyson

Australia Tony Woolford, Barb Gare
2 1996 Australia Australia Mt Singleton 271 Australia David Rowlands,

James Russell

Australia Christine O'Keefe,

Jenny Casanova

Australia David Ellis, John Nitschke, Vanessa Walker
3 1998 Canada Canada Kamloops 134 Australia Nigel Aylott,

Finland Iiro Kakko

Canada Catherine Hagen, Pam James Australia Richard Matthews,

Helen Bailey

4 2000 New Zealand New Zealand Christchurch 193 Australia David Rowlands,

New Zealand Greg Barbour

New Zealand Rachel Smith, Spain Encarna Maturana New Zealand Rob Hart, Jenni Adams
5 2002 Czech Republic Czech Republic Lesná 182 Australia David Rowlands,

New Zealand Greg Barbour

Australia Julie Quinn, Kay Haarsma Latvia Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa
6 2004 United States United States Arizona 176 United States Mike Kloser,

Michael Tobin

United States Victoria Campbell, Jennifer Knowles Australia David Baldwin, Julie Quinn
7 2006 Australia Australia Warrumbungles 308 New Zealand Dennis de Monchy,

Chris Forne

Australia Heather Logie, Julie Quinn Latvia Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa
8 2008 Estonia Estonia Karula National Park 339 Russia Evgeny Dombrovskiy,

Pavel Shestakov

Latvia Alīda Ābola, Baiba Ozola Russia Pavel Sysoev, Irina Safronova
9 2010 New Zealand New Zealand Cheviot 250 New Zealand Chris Forne, Marcel Hagener Australia Gill Fowler, Alexa McAuley Finland Seppo Mäkinen, Ulla Silventoinen
10 2012 Czech Republic Czech Republic Prebuz 333 Estonia Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Russia Anastasia Galitarova, Irina Safronova Russia Andrey Shvedov, Anna Shavlakova
11 2013 Russia Russia Alol 314 Estonia Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Russia Anna Shavlakova, Anastasia Rostovtseva Russia Andrey Shvedov, Natalija Abramova
12 2014 United States USA South Dakota 180 Estonia Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar, Timmo Tammemäe Russia Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva Estonia Heiti Hallikma, Viivi-Anne Soots
13 2015 Finland Finland Saariselkä 374 Finland Petteri Muukkonen, Hannu-Pekka Pukema Russia Anna Shavlakova, Natalija Abramova Russia Konstantin Ivanov, Natalija Zimina
14 2016 Australia Australia Alice Springs 303 New Zealand Chris Forne, Greig Hamilton New Zealand Georgia Whitla, Lara Prince Australia Rob Preston, Kathryn Preston
15 2017 Latvia Latvia Rāzna National Park 426 Latvia Jānis Krūmiņš, Andris Ansabergs Russia Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva New Zealand Georgia Whitla, Greig Hamilton
16 2019 Spain Spain La Molina, Catalonia 386 Estonia Timmo Tammemäe, Rain Seepõld Russia Anna Burlinova, Maria Plyashechko Ukraine Polina Zakharova, Artem Gorodynets, Ievgenii Tsyren
17 2022 Czech Republic Czech Republic Paprsek 257 Latvia Andris Ansabergs, Spain Albert Herrero Casas Estonia Mariann Sulg, Maris Terno Czech Republic Jaroslav Najman, Marie Zelena
18 2023 United States USA Northstar California 130 Estonia Timmo Tammemäe, Sander Linnus Ukraine Polina Zakharova, Anna Hudelaitis Latvia Guntars Mankus, Irita Pukite
19 2025 Spain Spain Quintanar de la Sierra

Multiple winners[edit]

Perpetual trophies for World Rogaining Championship category winners

Men's Estonia Silver Eensaar - 3 Estonia Rain Eensaar - 3 Estonia Timmo Tammemäe - 3 Australia David Rowlands - 3 New Zealand Chris Forne - 3 New Zealand Greg Barbour - 2 Australia James Russell - 2

Women's Russia Anna Shavlakova - 2 Australia Julie Quinn - 2 Russia Marina Galkina - 2 Russia Nina Mikheeva - 2

Mixed Latvia Guntars Mankus - 3 Latvia Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Latvia Anita Liepiņa - 2 Russia Andrey Shvedov - 2

Overall Australia Julie Quinn - 3 Australia David Rowlands - 3 Estonia Silver Eensaar - 3 Estonia Rain Eensaar - 3 Estonia Timmo Tammemäe - 3 Latvia Guntars Mankus - 3 New Zealand Chris Forne - 3 Russia Anna Shavlakova - 3 Australia James Russell - 2 Russia Natalija Abramova - 2 Russia Irina Safronova - 2 Russia Andrey Shvedov - 2 Russia Marina Galkina - 2 Russia Nina Mikheeva - 2 New Zealand Greg Barbour - 2 New Zealand Georgia Whitla - 2 New Zealand Greig Hamilton - 2 Latvia Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Latvia Anita Liepiņa - 2 Latvia Andris Ansabergs - 2

See also[edit]

European Rogaining Championships

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IRF Rules of Rogaining".

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