2017 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.
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Air sports
Aerobatics July 9 – 17: 5th FAI World YAK 52 Aerobatic Championship in Tula Overall winner: Oleg Shpolianskii Overall teams winners: (Oleg Shpolianskii, Vladimir Kotelnikov) July 27 – August 5: 8th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń Overall Advanced winners: 1st. Gustav Salminen, 2nd. Erwin George, 3rd: Michał Klimaszewski Advanced Teams winners: 1st: (Michał Klimaszewski, Agata Nykaza, Mirosław Wrześniewski), 2nd: (Erwin George, Benoit Madrenas, Eric Lanquetin), 3rd: (Ciprian Lupaș, Valentin Hota, Gál Zsolt) July 27 – August 5: 20th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Toruń Overall Unlimited winners: 1st. Ferenc Tóth, 2nd: János Szilágyi, 3rd: Luca Bertossio Unlimited Teams winners: 1st: (Ferenc Tóth, János Szilágyi, János Sonkoly), 2nd: (Moritz Kirchberg, Eugen Schaal, Marvin Woltering), 3rd: (Siegfried Mayr, Gabriel Stangl, Bernhard Behr) August 3 – 13: 10th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Chotěboř Winners: 1st: Dmitriy Samokhvalov, 2nd: Loïc Lovicourt, 3rd: Roman Ovchinnikov Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: August 16 – 26: 29th FAI World Aerobatic Championships in Malalane
Model aircraft
Events February 19 – 25: 2017 FAI F3P World Championship for Indoor Aerobatic Model Aircraft in Strasbourg Winner: Gernot Bruckmann Junior winner: Felix Scander Team winners: March 13 – 17: 2017 FAI F1D European Championships for Free Flight Indoor Model Aircraft in Slănic Winner: Ivan Treger Junior winner: Călin Bulai Teams winner: Junior teams winner: July 16 – 22: 2017 FAI F3J European Championship for Model Gliders in Martin Seniors winners: 1st place: Arijan Hucaljuk, 2nd place: Oleksander Chekh, 3rd place: Manuel Reinecke Juniors winners: 1st place: Ivaylo Dimitrov, 2nd place: Marco Gallizia, 3rd place: Oskar Stempihar Seniors teams winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: Juniors teams winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: July 21 – 30: 2017 FAI F3 World Championships for Model Helicopters in Włocławek F3C Seniors winners: 1st place: Ennio Graber, 2nd place: Hiroki Ito, 3rd place: Pierre Gutierrez F3C Juniors winners: 1st place: Axel Mondet, 2nd place: Thomas Rettenbacher, 3rd place: Tianshi AN F3C Teams winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: F3N Seniors winners: 1st place: Ko Huan-chen, 2nd place: Eric Weber, 3rd place: James Robertson F3N Juniors winners: 1st place: Aaron Cole, 2nd place: Samuel Aunbirk Jensen, 3rd place: Marcel Doring F3N Teams winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: July 24 – 30: 2017 FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders in Lviv Seniors winners: 1st place: Nikola Frančić, 2nd place: Cederic Duss, 3rd place: Pierre Meunier Juniors winners: 1st place: Augis Bražiūnas, 2nd place: Nikita Sholom, 3rd place: Christoph Ogi July 25 – 29: 2017 FAI F3D World Championship for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft in Järna Seniors winners: 1st place: Jiří Novotný, 2nd place: Stefan Raeven, 3rd place: Thomas Eriksson Juniors winners: 1st place: Daniel Arapakis, 2nd place: Bram Lentjes, 3rd place: Johannes Reutenberg Teams winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: July 30 – August 6: 2017 FAI F1 Junior European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Prilep F1A winners: 1st place: Martin Bencik, 2nd place: Alexey Khoroshev, 3rd place: Sagi Brudni F1B winners: 1st place: Bojan Gostojic, 2nd place: Sebastian Jäckel, 3rd place: Omri Sela F1P winners: 1st place: Maksim Poliakov, 2nd place: Ilya Trapeznikov, 3rd place: Michał Krężel August 5 – 12: 2017 FAI F2 European Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Békéscsaba F2A winners: 1st: Luca Grossi, 2nd: Ferenc Szvacsek, 3rd: Oleksandr Osovyk Junior F2A winners: 1st: Illia Rediuk, 2nd: Alexey Emelyanov, 3rd: Kacper Walania F2B winners: 1st: Igor Burger, 2nd: Marco Valiera, 3rd: Zbynek Kravcik Junior F2B winners: 1st: Yaroslav Fokin, 2nd: Jan Kopriva, 3rd: Mykola Kucher F2B Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: Junior F2C Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: F2D winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: August 6 – 12: 2017 FAI F3B World Championship for Model Gliders in Jeseník Winners: 1st: Bernhard Flixeder, 2nd: Andreas Herrig, 3rd: Johannes Krischke August 6 – 13: 2017 FAI F1 World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Szentes F1A winners: 1st: Igor Bombek, 2nd: Robert Lesko, 3rd: Julien Sion F1A Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: F1B winners: Stepan Stefanchuk, Gilad Mark, 3rd: Rolandas Mackus F1B Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: F1C winners: 1st: Yuri Shvedenkov, 2nd: Edward Burek, 3rd: Raimond Naaber F1C Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: August 19 – 27: 2017 FAI S European Championships for Space Models in Nowy Targ August 21 – 27: 2017 FAI F1E World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft in Turda November 18 – 28: 2017 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft in
Hot air ballooning August 22 – 27: 20th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Brissac-Quincé September 4 – 9: 4th FAI Women's European Hot Air Balloon Championship in Leszno September 7 – 16: 61st Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett in Gruyères
General aviation
Events July 28 – August 3: 23rd FAI World Precision Flying Championship at Spitzerberg Airport Winners: 1st: Krzysztof Skrętowicz, 2nd: Janusz Darocha, 3rd: Michał Wieczorek Teams winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: September 11 – 16: 1st FAI World Air Navigation Race Championship in Castellón September 13 – 17: 54th National Championship Air Races at Reno Stead Airport
Gliding January 8 – 21: 34th FAI World Gliding Championships in Benalla 15 m winner: Sebastian Kawa 18 m winner: Killian Walbrou Open winner: Russell Cheetham May 17 – June 4: 9th FAI Women's World Gliding Championship in Zbraslavice Club winner: Sabrina Vogt (Glasflügel H-201) Standard winner: Aude Grangeray (Schempp-Hirth Discus-2) 18 m winner: Katrin Senne (Schleicher ASG 29) June 10 – 17: Uppsala Masters at Sundbro Airport Class winner: Jan-Ola Nordh Open winner: Börje Eriksson June 29 – July 16: 2nd FAI World 13.5m Class Gliding Championship in Szatymaz Winner: Sebastian Kawa, 2nd place: Uli Schwenk, 3rd place: Sebastian Riera July 20 – August 6: 19th FAI European Gliding Championships in Moravská Třebová Club winners: 1st: Tim Kuijpers, 2nd: Boris Zorz, 3rd: Fabian Peitz Standard winners: 1st: Pavel Louzecky, 2nd: Miloslav Cink, 3rd: Jeroen Jennen Double Seater winners: 1st: (Kawa & Matkowski), 2nd: (Jones & Coppin), 3rd: (Cronjaeger & Heidemeyer) July 27 – August 13: 10th FAI Junior World Gliding Championships in Kaunas Club winners: 1st: Julian Klemm, 2nd: Paul Altrichter, 3rd: Stefan Langer Standard winners: 1st: Sjoerd van Empelen, 2nd: Ignas Bitinaitis, 3rd: Joris Vainius August 10 – 26: 19th FAI European Gliding Championships at Lasham Airfield November 26 – December 8: 2nd FAI Pan-American Gliding Championship in Santa Rosa de Conlara
2017 Grand Prix gliding December 14 – 20, 2016: Sailplane Grand Prix #1 in Horsham Winner: Geoff Brown (Jonker JS-1 Revelation) March 26 – April 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #2 in Orlando Winner: Jerzy Szemplinski (Schleicher ASG 29) April 17 – 22: Sailplane Grand Prix #3 in Magaliesburg Winner: Laurens Goudriaan (Jonker JS-1 Revelation) May 7 – 14: Sailplane Grand Prix #4 in Santa Cilia Winner: Jon Gatfield (Schleicher ASG 29) May 27 – June 3: Sailplane Grand Prix #5 in Wrocław Winner: Sebastian Kawa (Jonker JS-1 Revelation) June 10 – 17: Sailplane Grand Prix #6 in Varese Winner: Giorgio Galetto (Schempp-Hirth Ventus-3) June 25 – July 1: Sailplane Grand Prix #7 in Buno-Bonnevaux Winner: Christophe Abadie (Schleicher ASG 29) July 29 – August 5: Sailplane Grand Prix #8 in Partizánske Winner: Roman Mracek (Schleicher ASG 29) August 19 – 26: Sailplane Grand Prix #9 in Celje Winner: Boštjan Pristavec (Jonker JS-1 Revelation) January 1 – 31, 2018: Sailplane Grand Prix #10 in Vitacura (World final)
Hang gliding July 24 – August 6: 20th FAI World Hang Gliding Class 2 Championship in Aspres-sur-Buëch Class 2 winners: 1st: Manfred Ruhmer, 2nd: Jacques Bott, 3rd: Franz Pacheiner Class 5 winners: 1st: Patrick Chopard Lallier, 2nd: Christopher Friedl, 3rd: Walter Geppert August 6 – 19: 14th FAI Women's World Hang Gliding Championship in Brasília Cancelled due to lack of pilots. August 6 – 19: 21st FAI World Hang Gliding Class 1 Championship in Brasília Winners: 1st. Petr Beneš, 2nd. Alessandro Ploner, 3rd. Christian Chiech Teams winners: 1st. , 2nd. , 3rd.
Ultralight aviation April 28 – May 7: 2017 FAI Asian-Oceanic Paramotor Championships in Lopburi Winners: 1st place: , 2nd place: , 3rd place: August 12 – 19: 14th FAI European Microlight Championships at the Nagykanizsa Airport RAL1 class winner: Jiri Krajcza RAL2 class winners: (Petr Jonás & Lucie Krameriusová) RGL2 class winners: (Alojzy Dernbach & Klaudia Laskowska) RWL1 class winner: Andrey Shchekoldin RWL2 class winners: (Maksim Semenov & Alfiia Semenova) August 26 – September 2: 2017 FAI European Paramotor Championships in Přerov Winners: 1st. Alex Mateos. 2nd: Marie Mateos, 3rd: Pierre Lefebvre
Parachuting
Paraski World Cup January 20 – 22: Paraski World Cup Series #1 in Bad Leonfelden Winners: Haibel Reinhold (m) / Erica Franz (f) Junior winner: Sebastian Graser Master Mix winner: Andreas Fischer Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1 Individual accuracy winner: Milan Palo February 3 – 5: Paraski World Cup Series #2 in Unterammergau Winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f) Junior winner: Sebastian Graser Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1 February 17 – 19: Paraski World Cup Series #3 (final) in Železná Ruda Winners: Sebastian Graser (m) / Magdalena Schwertl (f) Junior winner: Sebastian Graser Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber Team Combined winners: HSV Red Bull Salzburg 1
Events March 7 – 11: 16th FAI World Para-Ski Championships in St. Johann in Tirol Individual winners: Alexey Burenin (m) / Magdalena Schwertl Team winners: 1 (Anton Filippov, Alexey Burenin, Ayaz Karimov, Artur Bikmetov) (m) / (Magdalena Schwertl, Marina Kücher) Junior winner: Sebastian Graser Master Mix winner: Toni Gruber July 11 – 20: 41st CISM World Military Parachuting Championship in Warendorf Individual Overall winners: Elischa Weber (m) / Olga Lepezina Juniors Overall winners: Tianbo Gao (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f) Nation Overall winners: (m) / (f) Formation team winners: (m) / (f) Individual Style winners: Elischa Weber (m) / Léocadie Ollivier de Pury (f) Individual Style Juniors winners: Tianbo Gao (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f) Individual Accuracy winners: Miroslav Kříž (m) / Siwei Liu (f) Individual Accuracy Juniors winners: Zhang Zuolei (m) / Darja Shastakovich (f) Team Accuracy winners: (m) / (f) August 7 – 12: 14th FAI European Formation Skydiving Championships in Saarlouis Winners: Hayabusa NMP PCH (m) / VR4 France Femmes (f) Vertical Formation Skydiving winners: Vertical Fly Station Formation Skydiving 8-Way winners: Tanay-8 August 7 – 12: 12th FAI World Cup of Artistic Events in Saarlouis Freestyle winners: 1st: , 2nd: , 3rd: Freefly winners: 1st: 2, 2nd: , 3rd: 1 August 7 – 12: 21st FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving in Saarlouis Winners: Hayabusa NMP PCH (m) / VR4 France Femmes (f) Vertical Formation Skydiving winners: SDC Core Formation Skydiving 8-Way winners: Golden Knights August 7 – 12: 2nd FAI European Speed Skydiving Championships in Saarlouis Winners: 1st: Thomas Moritz Friess, 2nd: Charles Hurd, 3rd: Henrik Raimer August 7 – 12: 7th FAI European Canopy Formation Championships in Saarlouis 2-Way Sequential winners: 1st: France CF A, 2nd: Russia CF, 3rd: France CF B