Sebastian Kawa
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Sebastian Kawa is a Polish
glider
pilot, currently number one in the world rankings of the IGC
and current World Champion in Standard Class.
He was European Champion
in 2005 and 2007 in the Club Class and World Champion
in Club Class in 2004 and 2006. He was also World Champion in 2003 in World Class.
Sebastian Kawa won all FAI World Grand Prix Championship and is current World Champion
. The first World Grand Prix Championships were organised in 2005 in St. Auban, France, the second in 2007 in Omarama, New Zealand and the third in 2010 in Santiago, Chile. He won these Grand Prix titles in 15 m class high performance Polish glider Diana 2
. He is the only person in the world, who has ever won FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship.
He claimed a world record for the "Three Turn Points Distance" in World Class in 1999 but this is no longer the current record.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
glider
Gliding
Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word soaring is also used for the sport.Gliding as a sport began in the 1920s...
pilot, currently number one in the world rankings of the IGC
FAI Gliding Commission
The International Gliding Commission is a leading international governing body for the sport of gliding.It is one of several Air Sport Commissions of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale , or "World Air Sports Federation"...
and current World Champion in Standard Class.
He was European Champion
European Gliding Championships
The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years or so.Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games in 1940. However since the war, gliding has not...
in 2005 and 2007 in the Club Class and World Champion
World Gliding Championships
The World Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years or so by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are sometimes held in the summer in the Southern Hemisphere....
in Club Class in 2004 and 2006. He was also World Champion in 2003 in World Class.
Sebastian Kawa won all FAI World Grand Prix Championship and is current World Champion
World Gliding Championships
The World Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years or so by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are sometimes held in the summer in the Southern Hemisphere....
. The first World Grand Prix Championships were organised in 2005 in St. Auban, France, the second in 2007 in Omarama, New Zealand and the third in 2010 in Santiago, Chile. He won these Grand Prix titles in 15 m class high performance Polish glider Diana 2
SZD 56 Diana
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. He is the only person in the world, who has ever won FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix Championship.
He claimed a world record for the "Three Turn Points Distance" in World Class in 1999 but this is no longer the current record.