Lilienthal Gliding Medal
| Lilienthal Gliding Medal | |
|---|---|
| File:Lilienthal medal-obverse.jpg Obverse of the Lilienthal Medal | |
| Awarded for | Remarkable performance in gliding, or eminent services to the sport of gliding over a long period of time |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Presented by | Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) |
| First awarded | 1938 |
| Last awarded | current |
| Website | FAI official site |
Lilienthal Gliding Medal – the highest soaring award in the world, established by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in 1938, and is given at the annual Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) General Conference.[1] It was created in honour of Otto Lilienthal, a German pioneer of human aviation. It aims "to reward a particularly remarkable performance in gliding, or eminent services to the sport of gliding over a long period of time." The actual Lilienthal Medal was designed by Austrian artist Josef Humplik. The first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal in the world was Tadeusz Góra for his record-breaking 577.8 kilometres (359.0 miles; 312.0 nautical miles) flight on 18 May 1938, glider PWS-101 from Bezmiechowa to Soleczniki (near Vilnius). The Medal is awarded by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale via vote of the delegates to the International Gliding Commission at the annual Plenary in March. In 2012, it was decided to end the practice of awarding the Medal for accomplishments of the previous calendar year, and to associate the Medal with the year in which the recipient is determined. Consequently, the year 2013 was not awarded, therefore does not appear in the table below.
Recipients
Recipients of the International Gliding Commission award, from 1938 to present, include:[2]
| award year |
recipient | nationality | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Tadeusz Góra | Poland Poland | for a goal flight of 577.8 kilometres (359.0 miles; 312.0 nautical miles) |
| 1948 | Lt. Per-Axel Persson | Sweden Sweden | |
| 1949 | John C. Robinson | United States United States | |
| 1950 | William S. Ivans | United States United States | |
| 1951 | Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard | France France | |
| 1952 | Charles Atger | France France | |
| 1953 | Victor M. Iltchenko | Soviet Union USSR | flight of 520 miles (450 nautical miles; 840 kilometres), a world two-seater record, from Moscow to Stalingrad[3] |
| 1954 | Philip A. Wills | United Kingdom United Kingdom | |
| 1955 | Dr. Joachim Küttner | Germany Germany | |
| 1956 | Dr. Paul B. MacCready Jr. | United States United States | |
| 1957 | Don Luis Vicente Juez Gomez | Spain Spain | |
| 1958 | Wolf Hirth | Germany Germany | |
| 1959 | Richard E. Schreder | United States United States | |
| 1960 | Pelagia Majewska | Poland Poland | |
| 1961 | Adolph 'Pirat' Gehriger | Switzerland Switzerland | |
| 1962 | Paul F. Bikle | United States United States | |
| 1963 | Heinz Huth | Germany Germany | |
| 1964 | Alvin H. Parker | United States United States | |
| 1965 | Edward Makula | Poland Poland | |
| 1966 | Anne Burns | United Kingdom United Kingdom | |
| 1967 | Lennart Stahlfors | Sweden Sweden | |
| 1968 | Alejo Williamson | Chile Chile | |
| 1969 | Eric Nessler | France France | |
| 1970 | Hans-Werner Grosse | Germany Germany | |
| 1971 | Karl H. Striedieck | United States United States | |
| 1972 | Jan Wróblewski | Poland Poland | twice World Champion, 1965 Open and 1972 Standard Class |
| 1973 | Mrs. Ann Welch | United Kingdom United Kingdom | |
| 1974 | August Hug | Switzerland Switzerland | |
| 1975 | Adela Dankowska | Poland Poland | for her world records & winning the 1975 International Women's Gliding Competition |
| 1976 | Louis A. de Lange | Netherlands Netherlands | |
| 1977 | George B. Moffat, Jr. | United States United States | |
| 1978 | Helmut Reichmann | Germany Germany | |
| 1980 | Hans Wolf | Austria Austria | |
| 1981 | George Lee | United Kingdom United Kingdom | World gliding champion on three consecutive occasions |
| 1982 | Hans Nietlispach | Switzerland Switzerland | |
| 1984 | C.E. Wallington | Australia Australia | |
| 1985 | Sholto Hamilton 'Dick' Georgeson | New Zealand New Zealand | |
| 1986 | Maj. Richard L. Johnson | United States United States | |
| 1987 | Juhani Horma | Finland Finland | |
| 1988 | Ingo Renner | Australia Australia | |
| 1990 | Fred Weinholtz | Germany Germany | |
| 1991 | Raymond W. Lynskey | New Zealand New Zealand | |
| 1992 | Franciszek Kępka | Poland Poland | |
| 1993 | Bernald S. Smith | United States United States | |
| 1994 | Terrence Raymond Delore | New Zealand New Zealand | |
| 1995 | Tor Johannessen | Norway Norway | |
| 1997 | Dr. Manfred Reinhardt | Germany Germany | |
| 1998 | Oran Nicks | United States United States | |
| 1999 | Hana Zejdová | Czech Republic Czech Republic | |
| 2000 | Klaus Ohlmann | Germany Germany | |
| 2001 | James M. Payne | United States United States | |
| 2002 | John Hamish Roake | New Zealand New Zealand | |
| 2003 | Prof. Ing. Piero Morelli | Italy Italy | |
| 2004 | Janusz Centka | Poland Poland | |
| 2005 | Ian Strachan | United Kingdom United Kingdom | |
| 2006 | Alan Patching | Australia Australia | |
| 2007 | Derek Piggott | United Kingdom United Kingdom | |
| 2008 | Roland Stuck | France France | |
| 2009 | Ross Macintyre | New Zealand New Zealand | |
| 2010 | Reiner Rose | Germany Germany | |
| 2011 | Giorgio Galetto[4] | Italy Italy | |
| 2012 | Bob Henderson | New Zealand New Zealand | |
| 2014 | not awarded | — | |
| 2015 | Loek Boermans | Netherlands Netherlands | |
| 2016 | Rainer Wienzek | Germany Germany | |
| 2017 | Patrick Pauwels | Belgium Belgium | |
| 2018 | not awarded | — | |
| 2019 | Richard 'Dick' Bradley | South Africa South Africa | |
| 2020 | Gisela Weinreich | Germany Germany | |
| 2021 | Eric Mozer | United States United States | |
| 2022 | not awarded | — | |
| 2023 | Jana Vepřeková | Czech Republic Czech Republic | - in the history of women's world sailing, she has the largest number of participations at the WC and EC, she won a medal at every 2nd
- 10 medals from top world and European competitions (1x gold, 3x silver and 6x bronze) |
| 2024 | Tadeáš Wala | Slovakia Slovakia |
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See also
References
- ↑ "SSA Awards and SSA Recognized Awards - International Awards". www.SSA.org. Soaring Society of America. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ↑ "FAI Gliding Commission (IGC) Awards". www.FAI.org. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Galetto awarded with the Lilienthal Gliding Medal". www.FAI.org. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2019.