Canadian Wins at WPCs

Canadian Wins at WPCs

CSPA Canadian jumpers have a proud past regarding the performances of their National Teams in international competition. A Canadian first participated in a World Parachuting Championship when Floyd Martineau, in 1958, attended the WPC in Czechoslovakia. From then on CSPA Canadian Teams have been regularly participating at the international level. The following is a list of all medals won at World Parachuting Championships. It is an inspirational list and an example for all future competitors.

 1962   Gold  Team Acc.  Men  Daryl Henry, Floyd Martineau, Jim Noble, Simon Wykeham-Martin
 1966  Silver  Ind. Acc.  Men  S.F. Wykham-Martin
 1966  Silver  Team Acc.  Men  S.F. Wykham-Martin, Daryl Henry, Chuck Embury, Brian Bowman, Jan Genders
 1966  Bronze   Ov'all Ctry  Men  S.F. Wykham-Martin, Daryl Henry, Chuck Embury, Brian Bowman, Jan Genders
 1970  Bronze  Ov'all  Women  Carol Brand
 1970  Bronze  Team Acc.  Men  Steve Sutton, S.F. Wykham-Martin, Rod Bishop, Tom McCarthy, Neil Perks
 1970  Bronze  Ov'all Ctry  Men  Steve Sutton, S.F. Wykham-Martin, Rod Bishop, Tom McCarthy, Neil Perks
 1972  Silver  Ind. Acc.  Men  Steve Sutton
 1976  Silver  Ind. Ov'all  Men  Pierre Forand
 1976  Bronze  Ind. Style  Men  Pierre Forand
 1977  Gold  FS 4-way  Mike Zahar, Kelly Dunn, Graham Taylor, Mike Quinn, Rod Harvey
 1977  Gold  Ov'all FS 4-way/8-way  Mike Zahar, Kelly Dunn, Graham Taylor, Mike Quinn, Rod Harvey, Chris McCulloch, Mike Dorsey, Dennis Cassidy, Bob Smith
 1978  Silver  Ind. Style  Men  Pierre Forand
 1979  Gold  FS 4-way  Mike Zahar, Kelly Dunn, Graham Taylor, Mike Quinn
 1979  Silver  FS 8-way  Mike Zahar, Kelly Dunn, Graham Taylor, Mike Quinn, Claude Marchand, Mark Vincent, Rob Laidlaw, Karen Opleta
 1980  Gold  Ind. Acc.  Women  Kathy Cox
 1980  Silver  Ind. Acc.  Men  Craig Winning
 1981  Silver  FS 4-way  Mike Zahar, Graham Taylor, Claude Marchand, Mark Vincent, Kelly Dunn (alt)
 1981  Silver  FS 8-way  Mike Zahar, Graham Taylor, Claude Marchand, Mark Vincent, Kelly Dunn, Lawrence McLeod, Rob Laidlaw, Eric Bradley (alt: Karen Opleta, Vincent Brouille)
 1982  Silver  Team Acc.  Women  Kathy Kangas, Brenda Blue, Lisa Olsen, Eileen Vaughn, Bev Watson

1983 No FS World Championship Attendance:

Note: In 1983 the WPC was awardedto South Africa. Canada's athletes were not able to attend due to the Canadian Government's position against apartheid. To offset this, Canada sought and was awarded the right to hold a FAI sanctioned Canada Cup. It is apparant from the results, that if Canada had been able to compete at the World Championships, they would have won medals. For that reason the Canada Cup Canadian Team performances are included on this list even though the Canada Cup was not a World Championship.

 1983   Gold  FS 4-way  Mark Vincent, Rob Laidlaw, Daniel Paquette, Gilles Leboeuf, Duff Boyd (alt)
 1983  Gold  FS 8-way  Mark Vincent, Rob Laidlaw, Kelly Dunn, Daniel Paquette, Gilles Leboeuf, Michel Lemay, Pierre Cloutier, Michel Blais
 1985  Silver  FS 4-way  Rob Laidlaw, Dale Williams, Neil Houston, Kevin Stosky, Bernie Sirois
 1985  Bronze   FS 8-way  Rob Laidlaw, Dale Williams, Neil Houston, Kevin Stosky, Bernie Sirois, Pat Floyd, Sylvie Durand, Dave Barbet, Nino Mangione (Alt)
 1987  Gold  Paraski Ov'all  Women  Bev Watson
 1988  Gold  Acc. Ind.  Women  Lisa Olsen
 1989  Silver  Paraski Ov'all  Women  Bev Watson
 1990  Bronze  CF Rotation  Lyal Waddell, Aidan Walters, Kent Madsen, Sean Roth, Pecha Petrovich
 1993  Bronze  Paraski Ov'all  Women  Bev Watson
 1994  Bronze  CF Rotation  Henry Komant, Terry Wells, Mark Meadows, Curt Hamilton, Doug Forth
 1998  Bronze  CF Sequential  Lyal Waddell, Aidan Walters, Kevin Webster, Gavin Adams, Blair Johnson
 2001  Bronze  CF Sequential  Lyal Waddell, Aidan Walters, Gavin Adams, Michael Wallace, John R. Smith
 2001  Silver  Acc. Ind.  Women  Eileen Vaughan
 2006  Bronze  CF Sequential  Lyal Waddell, Aidan Walters, Merlin (Nic) Cormier, John Scott and John Smith (video)
 2006  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Speed)  John Zuliani
 2006  Silver  Canopy Piloting (Speed)  Jay Moledzki
 2006  Bronze  Canopy Piloting (Speed)  Chris Hayes
 2006  Silver  Canopy Piloting (Distance)  Jay Moledzki
 2006  Bronze  Canopy Piloting (Zone Acc.)  John Zuliani
 2006  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Overall)  John Zuliani
 2006  Bronze  Canopy Piloting (Overall)  Jay Moledzki
 2008  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Zone Accuracy)  Jay Moledzki
 2008  Silver  Canopy Piloting (Speed)  Jay Moledzki
 2008  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Overall)  Jay Moledzki
 2010  Bronze  Canopy Piloting (Distance)  Jay Moledzki
 2010  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Speed)  Jay Moledzki
 2010  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Accuracy)  Jay Moledzki
 2010  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Overall)  Jay Moledzki
 2012  Silver  Canopy Piloting (Distance)  Jay Moledzki
 2012  Bronze  Canopy Piloting (Speed)  Jay Moledzki
 2014  Bronze  FS 4-way  Evolution: Martin Lemay, Benoit Lemay, Vincent Lemay, Katie Woods, JC Ouimet
 2014  Bronze  VFS 4-way  Evolution: Martin Lemay, Benoit Lemay, Vincent Lemay, JC Ouimet, Jean-Sébastien Vadeboncoeur
 2016  Silver  VFS 4-way  Evolution: Martin Lemay, Benoit Lemay, Vincent Lemay, JC Ouimet, Jean-Sébastien Vadeboncoeur
 2017  Silver  Indoor - FS 4-way - Junior  Air Devils: Yannick Bisson, Matthew Ortlieb, Emma Gray, Malachi DeAth
 2018  Silver  VFS 4-way  Evolution: Martin Lemay, Benoit Lemay, Vincent Lemay, JC Ouimet, Jean-Sébastien Vadeboncoeur
2022  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Distance)  Sven Jseppi
2022  Silver  Canopy Piloting (Speed)  Sven Jseppi
2022  Gold  Canopy Piloting (Overall)  Sven Jseppi