Athletes

IGC Committees and Working Groups

IGC ANDS Committee

Rick Sheppe

Chair

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Angel Casado

Member

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Lars Rune Bjornevik

Member

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Peter Purdie

Member

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Peter Ryder

Member

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IGC Bid manager

Mandy Temple

Specialist

IGC

IGC championship management committee

Mandy Temple

Chair

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Frouwke Kuijpers

Member

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Peter Eriksen

Member

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Rick Sheppe

Member

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IGC Country Development Working Group

Mandy Temple

Chair

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Sushil Bajpai

Member

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Eduardo Toselli

Member

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Valeria Maria Caselato

Member

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IGC E-Concept Working Group

Brian T. Spreckley

Chair

Luka Znidarsic

Member

Peter Eriksen

Member

Sebastien Chaumontet

Member

Matthew Scutter

Member

Benjamin Neglais

Member

Morten Hugo Bennick

Member

Andrej Kolar

Member

IGC GFAC committee

Peter Purdie

Chairman

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Angel Casado

Member

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Miguel Madinabeitia

Member

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Hans Trautenberg

Member

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John Wharington

Member

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Ian W. Strachan

Member

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Dickie Feakes

Technical Advisor

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Tim Newport-Peace

Technical Advisor

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IGC History Committee

Peter Selinger

Chair

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Frauke Elber

Member

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Stefanie Gester

Member

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Jürgen Knüppel

Member

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Roland Stuck

Member

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Gisela Weinreich

Member

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Wolfgang Weinreich

Member

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Evelyn Crellin

Member

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Peter Purdie

Member

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IGC media specialist committee

Brian T. Spreckley

Chair

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Rick Sheppe

Member

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Sean Young

Member

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Alexander Georgas

Member

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IGC Online Contest

Christof Geissler

Specialist

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IGC Safety Pays Working Group

Peter Eriksen

Chair

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Frouwke Kuijpers

Member

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Rene Vidal

Member

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Eric Borgmann

Member

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Henrik Svensson

Member

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Karol Staryszak

Member

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Mandy Temple

Member

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Richard Carlson

Member

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Robert Danewid

Member

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Rolf Radespiel

Member

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Russell Cheetham

Member

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Wolfgang Janowitsch

Member

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IGC sailplane grand prix working group

Brian T. Spreckley

Chair

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Alexander Georgas

Member

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Rene Vidal

Member

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Angel Casado

Member

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Claire Heliot

Member

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Benjamin Neglais

Member

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Antoine Havet

Member

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Sebastien Chaumontet

Member

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Issabelle Jodin

Member

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IGC scoring software working group

Angel Casado Alonso

Chair

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Alexander Georgas

Member

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Hans Trautenberg

Member

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Lars Rune Bjornevik

Member

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Reno Filla

Member

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Rick Sheppe

Member

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Tim Shirley

Member

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John Godfrey

Member

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IGC Simulated Gliding

Peter Eriksen

Chair

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Antoine Havet

Member

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Brian T. Spreckley

Member

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IGC sporting code 3d, annex a committee

Rick Sheppe

Chair

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Reno Filla

Member

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Frank Ojvind

Member

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Axel Reich

Member

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Aldo Cernezzi

Member

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IGC sporting code 3d, annex b committee

Peter Purdie

Chair

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Angel Casado

Member

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Andrej Fijavz

Member

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Miguel Madinabeitia

Member

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Klaus Rheinwald

Member

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Hans Trautenberg

Member

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Ian W. Strachan

Member

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John Wharington

Member

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IGC sporting code 3d, annex d committee

Reno Filla

Chair

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Brian T. Spreckley

Member

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Keith Nicholson

Member

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Lars Rune Bjornevik

Member

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IGC sporting code 3d, main section and annex c committee

Howard Mills

Chair

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Tony Burton

Member

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Wojciech Scigala

Member

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Beryl Hartley

Member

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Luke Walker

Member

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Jean Michel Horrenberger

Member

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IGC Sporting Code Section 3D - Annex A - Handicap Subcommittee

Christof Geissler

Chair

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Russell Cheetham

Member

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Tobias Geiger

Member

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Denis Guerin

Member

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Kai Rohde-Brandenburger

Member

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IGC Stewards Working Group

Frouwke Kuijpers

Chair

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Rene Vidal

Member

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Peter Eriksen

Member

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Angel Casado

Member

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Brian T. Spreckley

Member

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Dick Bradley

Member

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IGC Trophy Management

Gisela Weinreich

Specialist

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Events Calendar

Every year, over 30 world or continental championships are listed on the FAI Sporting Calendar, and many other sporting events such as Grand Prix, Cups and miscellaneous international competitions are organized in accordance with FAI Sporting Codes.
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The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2016

The 60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett will take place from 15 – 24 September 2016 in Gladbeck, Germany, the epicentre of global gasballooning activities which will therefore provide for sure perfect conditions.

France takes the gold at the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017

The winners of the 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett 2017 said they were “overjoyed” to be awarded their FAI gold medals at a ceremony in Fribourg, Switzerland on Saturday 16 September 2017.

The 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Gas Ballon Race launched tonight

This evening 21 gas balloons from 13 countries launched from Gruyères airfield (Switzerland) that sits below the famous chateau for the 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Race. Over the next few days the teams will aim to fly as far as possible, measured in a straight line from the launch field to the landing site. Meteorological experts are forecasting that the balloons will follow a north-eastern route.

Follow the race live at: gordonbennett.aero/livetracking