RC44 World Championship

Main article: RC44

The RC44 World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for RC44 they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

Events

See also: World championships in sailing

Event			Host			Participation				Ref.
Ed.	Dates	Year	Host club	Location	Country	Boats	Ath.	Nat.	Cont.
01	10 - 16 Oct	2010		Puerto Calero, Lanzarote	Spain	13	114	20	6	[1][2][3]
02	15 - 20 Nov	2011		Puerto Calero, Lanzarote	Spain	14	124	21	5	[4]
03	3 - 7 Oct	2012		Rovinj	Croatia	15	126	22	6	[5][6]
04	20 - 24 Nov	2013	Puerto Calero Marinas	Puerto Calero, Lanzarote	Spain	15	123	19	6	[7][8]
05	12 - 17 Aug	2014	Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club	Marstrand	Sweden	12	105	16	5	[9][10]
06	30 Sept to 4 Oct	2015	Clube Naval de Cascais	Cascais	Portugal	12	98	17	5	[11][12][13]
07	11 - 15 May	2016		Sotogrande	Spain	10	79	16	5	[14][15]
08	9 - 13 Aug	2017	Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club	Marstrand	Sweden	9	74	14	5	[16][17]
09	27 - 30 Sept	2018	Clube Naval de Cascais	Cascais	Portugal	8	67	14	4	[18]
10	9 - 13 July	2019	Clube Naval de Cascais	Cascais	Portugal	9	74	13	4	[19][20]
N/A	23 - 27 Sept	2020		Portoroz	Slovenia	CANCELLED COVID
11	7 - 14 Oct	2021	Yacht Club Isole di Toscana	Scarlino	Italy	9		9+	4+	[21][22]
12	12 - 16 Oct	2022		Portoroz	Slovenia	8	65	15	4	[23]
13	- 13 Aug	2023	Royal Yacht Squadron	Cowes	United Kingdom	9	83	16	5	[24]

Multiple World Champions

See also: World championships in sailing § Multiple World champions

Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2023.

Ranking	Sailor	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	No. Entries"	Ref.
1	Ivan Peute (NED)	3	2	0	5	13	[25]
2	Iztok Knafelc (SLO)	3	1	1	5	11	[26]
2	Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS)	3	1	1	5	11	[27]
2	Mitja Margon (SLO)	3	1	1	5	11	[28]
5	Tomaz Copi (SLO)	3	1	0	4	9	[29]
5	Hamish Pepper (NZL)	3	1	0	4	4	[30]
5	Ryan Godfrey (AUS)	3	1	0	4	7	[31]

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2010	Oracle Racing - USA 17  Anders Myralf (DEN) (Fleet Racing)  James Spithill (AUS)  Joey Newton (AUS)  James Baxter (NZL)  Piet Van Nieuwenhuijzen (NED)  Kyle Langford (AUS)  Jonas Hviid-Nielsen (DEN)  Matt Von Bibra (AUS)  Bryce Ruthenberg (AUS) (Match Racing)	BMW Oracle Racing USA  Larry Ellison (USA)  Russell Coutts (NZL)  Dirk de Ridder (NED) Ross Halcrow Craig Phillips Colin Orsini Reveline Minihane Ryan Godfrey	No Way Back NED  Pieter Heerema (NED)  Ray Davies (NZL) Hervé Cunningham Frederik Sparvath Chresten Plinius Martin Kirketerp Frederik Aurell Lasse Berthelsen
2011	Artemist - SWE 22  Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE)  Terry Hutchinson (USA)  Andy Fethers (NZL)  Mark Towill (USA)  Ivan Peute (NED)  Chris Welch (USA)  Noel Drennan (AUS)  Morgan Trubovich (NZL)	Ironbound - USA 1 (23)  David Murphy (USA)  Peter Evans (NZL)	Peninsula Petroleum Sailing Team - GBR 1  John Bassadone (GBR)  Iñaki Castañer (ESP)
2012	Peninsula Petroleum (GBR)  John Bassadone (GBR)  Vasco Vascotto (ITA)  Mikel Pasabant (ESP)  Oliver Gongora (ESP)  German Panei (ARG)  Miguel Jauregui (ESP)  Robin Imaz (ESP)  Pablo Rosano (ESP)	Aqua - GBR Chris Baker Cameron Appleton Andrew Estcourt Christian Kamp Benjamin Graham-Evans Chris Noble Mark Towill Matthew Cassidy	Ceeref - SLO Igor Lah Michele Ivaldi Michele Cannoni Don Cowie Sarah Callahan Kazuhiko Sofuku Maciel Cicchetti Tine Lah Jaro Furlani
2013	Ceeref (SLO) Igor Lah Michele Ivaldi Michele Cannoni Sarah Callahan Kazuhiko sofuku Jaro Furlani Maciel Cicchetti Jani Klemencic Paul Westlake	Peninsula Petroleum (GBR) John Bassadone Vasco Vascotto Mikel Pasabant Oliver Gongora German Panei Miguel Jauregui Robin Imaz Pablo Rosano	Aqua (GBR) Chris Baker Cameron Appleton Andrew Estcourt Christian Kamp Benjamin Graham-Evans Chris Noble Matthew Cassidy Mark Towill
2014	Bronenosec Sailing Team - RUS 18  Vladimir Liubomirov (RUS)  Michele Ivaldi (ITA)  Alberto Barovier (ITA)  Maciel Cicchetti (ITA)  Vladimir Ikonnikov (RUS)  Alexey Kulakov (RUS)  Pietro Mantovani (ITA)  Oleg Krivov (RUS)  Polina Liubomirova (RUS)	Charisma (MON) Nico Poons Tom Slingsby Kyle Langford	Aqua (GBR) Christopher Bake Cameron Appleton
2015 Cascais	Nika - RUS 10  Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS)  Dean Barker (NZL)  Tomaz Copi (SLO)  Mitja Margon (SLO)  Darko Hajdinjak (CRO)  Iztok Knafelc (SLO)  Sean Clarkson (NZL)  Jeremy Lomas (NZL)  Vladimir Liubomirov (RUS)  Michele Ivaldi (ITA)	Bronenosec - RUS  Vladimir Liubomirov (RUS)	Ceeref - SLO  Igor Lah (SLO)
2016 Sotogrande	Ceeref - SLO  Igor Lah (SLO)  Adrian Stead (GBR)  Dirk De Ridder (NED)  Matteo Auguadro (ITA)  Jaro Furlani (SLO)  Jon Gundersen (NZL)  Michele Cannoni (ITA)  Simone Mina (ITA)	Peninsula Petroleum - GBR  John Bassadone (GBR)	Artemis - SWE  Torbjorn Tornqvist (SWE)
2017 Marstrand	Nika Sailing Team RUS 10  Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS)  Terry Hutchinson (USA)  Tomaž Čopi (SLO)  Zachary Hurst (NZL)  Mitja Margon (SLO)  Ryan Godfrey (AUS)  Iztok Knafelc (SLO)  Greg Gendell (USA)	Ceeref - SLO Igor Lah  Adrian Stead (GBR) Dirk de Ridder Jon Gunderson Mickey Cannoni Jaro Furlani Simone Mina Matteo Auguardo	Bronenosec RUS Vladimir Liubomirov Kirill Frolov Cameron Dunn Alexandr Ekimov Victor Serezhkin Pavel Karachov Pietro Mantovani Egor Terpigorev Alex Kulakov
2018	TEAM NIKA - RUS 10  Vladimir Prosikhin (RUS)  Dean Barker (NZL)  Tomaz Copi (SLO)  Zachary Hurst (NZL)  Mitja Margon (SLO)  Sean Clarkson (NZL)  Iztok Knafelc (SLO)  Jeremy Lomas (NZL)	TEAM CEEREF - SLO 11	BRONENOSEC SAILING - 18
2019	Team Aqua - 25  Chris Bake (NZL)  Cameron Appleton (NZL)  Andrew Estcourt (NZL)  Christian Kamp (DEN)  Aaron Cooper (GBR)  James Dodd (GBR)  Ben Graham (GBR)  Juan Marcos (ARG)	Team Nika - 10	Artemis Racing - 26
2020	cancelled due to COVID
2021	Team Aqua (GBR 2041)  Chris Bake (25x17px)  Cameron Appleton (NZL)  Andrew Estcourt (NZL)  Christian Kamp (DEN)  Juan Marcos (ARG)  Ben Graham (GBR)  Aaron Cooper (GBR)  James Dodd (GBR)	Charisma (MON 69)	Artemis Racing (SWE44)
2022	Charisma  Nico Poons (NED)  Hamish Pepper (NZL)  Chris Hosking (AUS)  Ross Halcrow (NZL)  Dimitri Simons (NED)  Ryan Godfrey (AUS)  Robin Jacobs (NED)  Ivan Peute (NED)	Ceeref powered by Hrastnik 1860	Team Aqua
2023	CHARISMA 15  Nico Poons (NED)  Hamish Pepper (NZL)  Chris Hosking (AUS)  Ross Halcrow (NZL)  Dimitri Simons (NED)  Ryan Godfrey (AUS)  Robin Jacobs (NED)  Flavia Tomiselli (ITA)  Ivan Peute (NED)	TEAM AQUA 25	TEAM NIKA 10

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26. Iztok Knafelc at World Sailing
27. Vladimir Prosikhin at World Sailing
28. Mitja Margon at World Sailing
29. Tomaz Copi at World Sailing
30. Hamish Pepper at World Sailing
31. Ryan Godfrey at World Sailing