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 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: Youth (up to 23), Veteran (45 and over), Super Veteran (55 and over) and Ultra Veteran (65 and over).
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 are again held every other year.
History of the Championships NoYear CountryPlace Number of teams Men's teams Women's teamsMixed teams 1 1992 Australia Beechworth 194 James Russell, Michael Walters Drusilla Patkin, Alexandra Tyson Tony Woolford, Barb Gare 2 1996 Australia Mt Singleton 271 David Rowlands, James Russell Christine O'Keefe, Jenny Casanova David Ellis, John Nitschke, Vanessa Walker 3 1998 Canada Kamloops 134 Nigel Aylott, Iiro Kakko Catherine Hagen, Pam James Richard Matthews, Helen Bailey 4 2000 New Zealand Christchurch 193 David Rowlands, Greg Barbour Rachel Smith, Encarna Maturana Rob Hart, Jenni Adams 5 2002 Czech Republic Lesná 182 David Rowlands, Greg Barbour Julie Quinn, Kay Haarsma Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa 6 2004 United States Arizona 176 Mike Kloser, Michael Tobin Victoria Campbell, Jennifer Knowles David Baldwin, Julie Quinn 7 2006 Australia Warrumbungles 308 Dennis de Monchy, Chris Forne Heather Logie, Julie Quinn Guntars Mankus, Raimonds Lapiņš, Anita Liepiņa 8 2008 Estonia Karula National Park 339 Evgeny Dombrovskiy, Pavel Shestakov Alīda Ābola, Baiba Ozola Pavel Sysoev, Irina Safronova 9 2010 New Zealand Cheviot 250 Chris Forne, Marcel Hagener Gill Fowler, Alexa McAuley Seppo Mäkinen, Ulla Silventoinen 10 2012 Czech Republic Prebuz 333 Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Anastasia Galitarova, Irina Safronova Andrey Shvedov, Anna Shavlakova 11 2013 Russia Alol 314 Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar Anna Shavlakova, Anastasia Rostovtseva Andrey Shvedov, Natalija Abramova 12 2014 USA South Dakota 180 Silver Eensaar, Rain Eensaar, Timmo Tammemäe Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva Heiti Hallikma, Viivi-Anne Soots 13 2015 Finland Saariselkä 374 Petteri Muukkonen, Hannu-Pekka Pukema Anna Shavlakova, Natalija Abramova Konstantin Ivanov, Natalija Zimina 14 2016 Australia Alice Springs 303 Chris Forne, Greig Hamilton Georgia Whitla, Lara Prince Rob Preston, Kathryn Preston 15 2017 Latvia Rāzna National Park 426 Jānis Krūmiņš, Andris Ansabergs Marina Galkina, Nina Mikheeva Georgia Whitla, Greig Hamilton 16 2019 Spain La Molina, Catalonia 386 Timmo Tammemäe, Rain Seepõld Anna Burlinova, Maria Plyashechko Polina Zakharova, Artem Gorodynets, Ievgenii Tsyren 17 2022 Czech Republic Paprsek 257 Andris Ansabergs, Albert Herrero Casas Mariann Sulg, Maris Terno Jaroslav Najman, Marie Zelena 18 2023 USA Northstar California 130 Timmo Tammemäe, Sander Linnus Polina Zakharova, Anna Hudelaitis Guntars Mankus, Irita Pukite 19 2025 Spain Quintanar de la Sierra 351 Maxim Tsvetkov, Semen Yakimov Ekaterina Petukhova, Anna Shliapnikova Silver Eensaar, Helen Jürjo 20 2027 Australia Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Multiple winners
Men's Silver Eensaar - 3 Rain Eensaar - 3 Timmo Tammemäe - 3 David Rowlands - 3 Chris Forne - 3 Greg Barbour - 2 James Russell - 2
Women's Anna Shavlakova - 2 Julie Quinn - 2 Marina Galkina - 2 Nina Mikheeva - 2
Mixed Guntars Mankus - 3 Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 Anita Liepiņa - 2 Andrey Shvedov - 2
Overall Silver Eensaar - 4 Julie Quinn - 3 David Rowlands - 3 Rain Eensaar - 3 Timmo Tammemäe - 3 Guntars Mankus - 3 Chris Forne - 3 Anna Shavlakova - 3 James Russell - 2 Natalija Abramova - 2 Irina Safronova - 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 Andris Ansabergs - 2 Polina Zakharova - 2
See also European Rogaining Championships
References
External links 2WRC1996 Mt. Singleton, Australia 7WRC2006 Warrambungles, Australia 8WRC2008 Karula National Park, Estonia 9WRC2010 Cheviot, New Zealand 10WRC2012 Přebuz, Czech Republic 11WRC2013 Alol, Russian Federation 12WRC2014 Black Hills, South Dakota, USA 13WRC2015 Saariselkä, Finland 14WRC2016 Alice Springs, Australia 15WRC2017 Rāzna National Park, Latvia 16WRC2019 La Molina, Catalonia 17WRC2020 Sierra Nevada, California, USA 19WRC2025 Quintanar de la Sierra, Burgos, Spain