World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Andy Shaw (GBR)

Name	Andy SHAW
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	M
Ranking	53
Nationality	GBR
Year of birth	1966
Start year in the sport	1977
Best achievement in competition	First place!

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World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Hanna Cardenas Rubio (COL)

Name	Hanna CARDENAS RUBIO
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	F
Ranking	109
Nationality	COL
Year of birth	1978
Start year in the sport	2010
Experience	100 jumps
Best achievement in competition	2nd place, Bjelasnica 2012

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World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Milica Marinkovic (SRB)

Name	Milica MARINKOVIC
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	F
Ranking	20
Nationality	SRB
Year of birth	1991
Start year in the sport	2007
Experience	about 4000 flights
Best achievement in competition	in Montenegro in 5 seria 25 cm

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World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Kampol Samngamnim

Name	Kampol SAMNGAMNIM
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	M
Ranking	44
Nationality	THA
Year of birth	1965
Start year in the sport	2001
Experience	2000/2000/1000
Best achievement in competition	44

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World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Dusan Simovic

Name	Dusan SIMOVIC
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	M
Ranking	11
Nationality	MNE
Year of birth	1973
Start year in the sport	2004
Experience	1500 hours
Best achievement in competition	1st place, pgawc in Turkey 2009

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World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Tomas Lednik

Name	Tomas LEDNIK
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	M
Ranking	16
Nationality	CZE
Year of birth	1971
Start year in the sport	1988
Experience	over 800 hours
Best achievement in competition	2nd on European Championship 2010 in Turkey

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World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Mitsuharu Koga

Name	Mitsuharu KOGA
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	M
Ranking	31
Nationality	JPN
Year of birth	1963
Start year in the sport	1991
Experience	1500 hours
Best achievement in competition	1st 2011 Thailand Paragliding Accuracy

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World Games 2013 athlete's profile: Matjaz Sluga

Name	Matjaz SLUGA
Sport	Accuracy Landing
Gender	M
Ranking	1
Nationality	SLO
Year of birth	1974
Start year in the sport	1990
Experience	3000 flights
Best achievement in competition	First place!

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Interview with John Dickenson, recipient of the FAI Gold Air Medal

At the 2012 FAI Awards Ceremony held yesterday in Antalya, Turkey, John Dickenson was presented with the FAI Gold Air Medal by FAI President John Grubbström for his great contribution to the development of aeronautics by inventing the modern hang glider.

The FAI Gold Air Medal is the one of the two most prestigious FAI Awards together with the Gold Space Medal. It is reserved for those who have contributed greatly to the development of aeronautics by their activities, work, achievements, initiative or devotion to the cause of Aviation.

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Pál Tákats (HUN): Paragliding Aerobatics Champion

At 16 years old, Pál knew that paragliding was going to be more than just the next new hobby sport for him. Dedicating his time to flying from the day he left school, he and his young and talented Hungarian friends virtually taught themselves how to fly aerobatic manoeuvres. His first competition, just two years later in 2005, meeting the international stars of the sport, gave him tremendous motivation to continue. In 2007 he won the Aerobatics Paragliding World Cup Series, and climbed to the top of the FAI World Pilot Ranking Scheme (WPRS) for PG Aerobatics.

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