World Rogaining Championships

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 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)

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: Junior (under 20), Veteran (over 40), Super Veteran (over 55) and Ultra Veteran (over 65).[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 will again be held biannually

History of the Championships
No Year Country Place Number of teams Men's teams Women's teams Mixed teams
1 1992 AustraliaBeechworth194 James Russell,

Michael Walters

Drusilla Patkin ,

Alexandra Tyson

Tony Woolford, Barb Gare
2 1996 AustraliaMt Singleton271 David Rowlands,

James Russell

Christine O'Keefe,

Jenny Casanova

David Ellis, John Nitschke, Vanessa Walker
3 1998 CanadaKamloops134 Nigel Aylott,

Iiro Kakko

Catherine Hagen, Pam James Richard Matthews,

Helen Bailey

4 2000 New ZealandChristchurch193 David Rowlands,

Greg Barbour

Rachel Smith, Encarna Maturana Rob Hart, Jenni Adams
5 2002 Czech RepublicLesná182 David Rowlands,

Greg Barbour

Julie Quinn, Kay Haarsma Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa
6 2004 United StatesArizona176 Mike Kloser,

Michael Tobin

Victoria Campbell, Jennifer Knowles David Baldwin, Julie Quinn
7 2006 AustraliaWarrumbungles308 Dennis de Monchy,

Chris Forne

Heather Logie, Julie Quinn Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa
8 2008 EstoniaKarula National Park339 Evgeny Dombrovskiy,

Pavel Shestakov

Alīda Ābola, Baiba Ozola Pavel Sysoev, Irina Safronova
9 2010 New ZealandCheviot250 Chris Forne, Marcel Hagener Gill Fowler, Alexa McAuley Seppo Mäkinen, Ulla Silventoinen
10 2012 Czech RepublicPrebuz333 Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Anastasia Galitarova, Irina Safronova Andrey Shvedov, Anna Shavlakova
11 2013 RussiaAlol314 Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Nastia Rostovtseva, Anna Shavlakova Andrey Shvedov, Natalija Abramova
12 2014 USASouth Dakota180 Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar, Timmo Tammemäe Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva Heiti Hallikma, Viivi-Anne Soots
13 2015 FinlandSaariselkä374 Petteri Muukkonen, Hannu-Pekka Pukema Anna Shavlakova, Natalija Abramova Konstantin Ivanov, Natalija Zimina
14 2016 AustraliaAlice Springs303 Chris Forne, Greig Hamilton Georgia Whitla, Lara Prince Rob Preston, Kathryn Preston
15 2017 LatviaRāzna National Park426 Jānis Krūmiņš, Andris Ansabergs Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva Georgia Whitla, Greig Hamilton
16 2019 SpainLa Molina, Catalonia386 Timmo Tammemäe, Riho Seepõld Anna Burlinova, Maria Plyashechko Polina Zakharova, Artem Gorodynets, Ievgenii Tsyren
17 2021 USANorthstar California
18 2022 Czech RepublicStaré Město

Multiple winners
Perpetual trophies for World Rogaining Championship category winners

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

Women's Anastasia Shavlakova - 3 Julie Quinn - 2 Marina Galkina - 2 Nina Mikheeva - 2

Mixed Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Anita Liepiņa - 2 Guntars Mankus - 2 Andrey Shvedov - 2

Overall Silver Eensaar - 3 Rain Eensaar - 3 Julie Quinn - 3 David Rowlands - 3 Chris Forne - 3 Anastasia Shavlakova - 3 James Russell - 2 Natalija Abramova - 2 Andrey Shvedov - 2 Marina Galkina - 2 Nina Mikheeva - 2 Greg Barbour - 2 Georgia Whitla - 2 Greig Hamilton - 2 Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Anita Liepiņa - 2 Guntars Mankus - 2 Timmo Tammemäe - 2

References
  1. "IRF Rules of Rogaining".
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