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 |
2024 | Bronze | Canopy PIloting (Speed) | Sven Jseppi |