List of World Champions in Driving (horse)
This List of World Champions in Driving includes Singles-, Pairs- and Four-in-Hand. Pony World driving Championships are mentioned as well.
Four-in-Hand World Championships
The World Driving Championships for four-in-hand driving take place every two years. There will be an individual competition and a team competition for the national teams.
| Year | Location | Winning team | Individual (Winner) |
Individual (Second place) |
Individual (Third place) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Szilvasvarad, Hungary[2] | Netherlands | Boyd Exell (AUS) | Bram Chardon (NED) | Chester Weber (USA) |
| 2022 | Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy[3] | Netherlands | Boyd Exell (AUS) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Michael Brauchle (GER) |
| 2020 | Kronenberg, Netherlands[4] | Competition was canceled due to COVID-19 | |||
| WEG 2018 | Tyron, NC, USA | United States | Boyd Exell (AUS) | Chester Weber (USA) | Edouard Simonet (BEL) |
| 2016 | Breda, Netherlands | Netherlands | Boyd Exell (AUS) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Koos de Ronde (NED) |
| WEG 2014 | Caen, France[5] | Netherlands | Boyd Exell (AUS) | Chester Weber (USA) | Theo Timmerman (NED) |
| 2012 | Riesenbeck, Germany | Netherlands | Boyd Exell (AUS) | Chester Weber (USA) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) |
| WEG 2010 | Kentucky, USA | Netherlands | Boyd Exell (AUS) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Tucker Johnson (USA) |
| 2008 | Beesd, Netherlands | Netherlands | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Chester Weber (USA) | Boyd Exell (AUS) |
| WEG 2006 | Aachen, Germany | Germany | Félix-Marie Brasseur (BEL) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Christoph Sandmann (GER) |
| 2004 | Kecskemet, Hungary | Hungary | Zoltán Lázár (HUN) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Félix-Marie Brasseur (BEL) |
| WEG 2002 | Jerez, Spain | Netherlands | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Christoph Sandmann (GER) | Tomas Eriksson (SWE) |
| 2000 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Sweden | Tomas Eriksson (SWE) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Michael Freund (GER) |
| WEG 1998 | Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy | Netherlands | Werner Ulrich (SUI) | Michael Freund (GER) | Ton Monhemius (NED) |
| 1996 | Waregem, Belgium | Belgium | Félix-Marie Brasseur (BEL) | George Bowman (GBR) | József Bozsik (HUN) |
| WEG 1994 | The Hague, Netherlands | Germany | Michael Freund (GER) | George Bowman (GBR) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) |
| 1992 | Riesenbeck, Germany | Germany | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Hanspeter Rüschlin (SUI) | Christoph Sandmann (GER) |
| WEG 1990 | Stockholm, Sweden | Sweden | Tomas Eriksson (SWE) | József Bozsik (HUN) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) |
| 1988 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Netherlands | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Christer Pålsson (SWE) | József Bozsik (HUN) |
| 1986 | Ascot, UK | Netherlands | Tjeerd Velstra (NED) | IJsbrand Chardon (NED) | Laszlo Juhasz (HUN) |
| 1984 | Szilvasvarad, Hungary | Hungary | Laszlo Juhasz (HUN) | Gyorgy Bardos (HUN) | M. Balint (HUN) |
| 1982 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Netherlands | Tjeerd Velstra (NED) | Gyorgy Bardos (HUN) | Laszlo Juhasz (HUN) |
| 1980 | Windsor, UK | United Kingdom | Gyorgy Bardos (HUN) | George Bowman (GBR) | Tjeerd Velstra (NED) |
| 1978 | Kecskemet, Hungary | Hungary | Gyorgy Bardos (HUN) | Sandor Fulop (HUN) | Ferenc Muity (HUN) |
| 1976 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Hungary | Imre Abonyi (HUN) | Emil-Bernhard Jung (GER) | Zygmunt Waliszewski (POL) |
| 1974 | Frauenfeld, Switzerland | United Kingdom | Sandor Fulop (HUN) | Cristian Iseli (SUI) | George Bowman (GBR) |
| 1972 | Münster, Germany | United Kingdom | Auguste Dubey (SUI) | John Miller (GBR) | Douglas Nicholson (GBR) |
Pairs World Championships
The World Driving Championships for pairs take place every two years. There is an individual competition and a team competition for the national teams.[6]
| Year | Location | Winning team | Individual (Winner) |
Individual (Second place) |
Individual (Third place) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Beekbergen, Netherlands | Hungary | Martin Hölle (HUN) | Roger Campbell (GBR) | Stan van Eijk (NED) |
| 2023[7] | Le Pin-au-Haras, France | Hungary | Martin Hölle (HUN) | Marcel Luder (SUI) | Erik Evers (NED) |
| 2021[8] | Kronenberg, Netherlands | Hungary | Martin Hölle (HUN) | Franck Grimonprez (FRA) | Anna Sandmann (GER) |
| 2019[9] | Drebkau, Germany | Hungary | Martin Hölle (HUN) | Sandro Koalick (GER) | Stan van Eijk (NED) |
| 2017[10] | Lipica, Slovenia | Hungary | Martin Hölle (HUN) | Sebastian Warneck (GER) | Beat Schenk (SUI) |
| 2015 | Fábiánsebestyén, Hungary | Hungary | Vilmos Lázár (HUN) | Zoltán Lázár (HUN) | Jozsef Dibak (ITA) |
| 2013 | Topoľčianky, Slovakia | Hungary | Vilmos Lázár (HUN) | Sebastian Warneck (GER) | Zoltán Lázár (HUN) |
| 2011 | Conty, France | Netherlands | Carola Diener (GER) | Stéphane Chouzenoux (FRA) | Tom Engbers (NED) |
| 2009 | Kecskemet, Hungary | Netherlands | Harrie Verstappen (NED) | Beat Schenk (SUI) | Zoltán Lázár (HUN) |
| 2007 | Warka, Poland | Germany | Vilmos Lazar (HUN) | Sebastian Warneck (GER) | Károly Hódi (HUN) |
| 2005 | Wals-Salzburg, Austria | Austria | Rainer Pointl (AUT) | Károly Hódi (HUN) | Vilmos Lázár (HUN) |
| 2003 | Haras de Jardy, France | Hungary | Riny Rutjens (NED) | Pierre Jung (FRA) | Roman Kusz (POL) |
| 2001 | Riesenbeck, Germany | Hungary | Vilmos Lázár (HUN) | Frederico de Beck (POR) | Zoltan Nyul (HUN) |
| 1999 | Kecskemet, Hungary | Hungary | Vilmos Lazar (HUN) | Zoltán Lázár (HUN) | Zoltan Nyul (HUN) |
| 1997 | Riesenbeck, Germany | United Kingdom | Zoltán Lázár (HUN) | Riny Rutjens (NED) | Matthias Jürgen (GER) |
| 1995 | Poznań, Poland | France | Mieke van Tergouw (NED) | Schepper Horst (GER) | Patrick Greffer (FRA) |
| 1993 | Gladstone, New Jersey, USA | Austria | Georg Moser (AUT) | Vilmos Lázár (HUN) | Horst Schepper (GER) |
| 1991 | Zwettl, Austria | United States | Werner Ulrich (SUI) | Eckhard Meyer (GER) | Roman Kutz (POL) |
| 1989 | Balatonfenyves, Hungary | Hungary | Udo Hochgeschurz (CAN) | Werner Ulrich (SUI) | Feher Mihaly (HUN) |
| 1987 | Riesenbeck, Germany | Germany | Laszlo Kecskemeti (HUN) | Rajmund Wodkowski (POL) | Ekkert Meinecke (GER) |
| 1985 | Sandringham, UK | Switzerland | Ekkert Meinecke (GER) | Merk Heiner (SUI) | de Leewn (NED) |
Singles World Championships
The singles World Championships take place every second year. There is an individual and a team competition.[11][12]
| Year | Location | Winning team | Individual (Winner) |
Individual (Second place) |
Individual (Third place) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Le Pin-au-Haras, France[13] | France | Mario Gandolfo (SUI) | Marion Vignaud (FRA) | Stefan Ulrich (SUI) |
| 2022 | Le Pin-au-Haras, France[14] | France | Saskia Siebers (NED) | Marion Vignaud (FRA) | Kelly Bruder (CAN) |
| 2020 | Pau, France[15] | Netherlands | Saskia Siebers (NED) | Kelly Houtapples-Bruder (CAN) | Bartlomiej Kwiatek (POL) |
| 2018 | Kronenberg, Netherlands | Netherlands | Bartlomiej Kwiatek (POL) | Saskia Siebers (NED) | Marion Vignaud (FRA) |
| 2016 | Piber, Austria | Germany | Dieter Lauterbach (GER) | Weronika Kwiatek (POL) | Saskia Siebers (NED) |
| 2014 | Izsák, Hungary | Germany | Wilbron Van Den Broek (NED) | Claudia Lauterbach (GER) | Marlen Fallak (GER) |
| 2012 | Companhia das Lezírias, Portugal | Germany | Christoph Dieker (GER) | Michael Barbey (SUI) | Wilbrord van den Broek (NED) |
| 2010 | Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy | Germany | Thorsten Zarembowicz (NED) | Bartek Kwiatek (POL) | Cristiano Cividini (ITA) |
| 2008 | Jarantow, Poland | France | Jan van den Broek (NED) | Anne-Violaine Brisou (FRA) | Jan Moonen (NED) |
| 2006 | Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy | United Kingdom | Paul Sidwell (GBR) | Cecilia Qvarnstrom (SWE) | Dieter Lauterbach (GER) |
| 2004 | Åstorp, Sweden | Sweden | Marie Kahrle (SWE) | Jan van den Broek (NED) | Ben Simonsen (FIN) |
| 2002 | Conty, France | Sweden | Stéphane Chouzenoux (FRA) | Marie Kahrle (SWE) | Fred Merriam (USA) |
| 2000 | Gladstone, New Jersey, USA | The competition was cancelled because of a viral disease | |||
| 1998 | Fohlenhof Ebbs, Austria | Sweden | Arja Mikkonen (FIN) | Cecilia Qvarnstrom (SWE) | Rudolf Pirhofer (AUT) |
Pony World Championships
The Pony World Driving Championships take place every two years. There are individual competitions for singles, pairs and four-in-hand. The teams from the various categories are evaluated together for the team ranking. Two single, two pair and two four-in-hand results per nation are included in the ranking.
| Year | Location | Winning team | Singles (Winner) |
Pairs (Winner) |
Four-in-Hand (Winner) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025[16] | Le Pin-au-Haras, France | Netherlands | Tobias Bücker (GER) | Rodinde Rutjens (NED) | Marijke Hammink (NED) |
| 2023[17] | Oirschot, Netherlands | Netherlands | Cedric Scherrer (SUI) | Rodinde Rutjens (NED) | Marijke Hammink (NED) |
| 2021[18] | Le Pin-au-Haras, France | Netherlands | Cédric Scherrer (SUI) | Rodinde Rutjens (NED) | Marijke Hammink (NED) |
| 2019[19] | Kisbér-Ászár, Hungary | Germany | Katja Berlage (GER) | Rodinde Rutjens (NED) | Steffen Brauchle (GER) |
| 2017[20] | Minden, Germany | Germany | Marlena Brenner (GER) | Tara Wilkinson (GBR) | Michael Bügener (GER) |
| 2015[21] | Breda, Netherlands | Netherlands | Fabian Ganshirt (GER) | Anna Grayston (GBR) | Bram Chardon (NED) |
| 2013 | Pau, France | Netherlands | Martin Holle (HUN) | Ewoud Boom (NED) | Bram Chardon (NED) |
| 2011 | Lipica, Slovenia | Germany | Kristina Klindt (DEN) | Dieter Baackmann (GER) | Bram Chardon (NED) |
| 2009 | Greven-Bockholt, Germany | Germany | Melanie Becker (NED) | Daniel Schneiders (GER) | Tobias Bücker (GER) |
| 2007 | Dorthealyst, Denmark | Germany | Peter Koux (DEN) | Miranda Cadwell (USA) | Jan de Boer (NED) |
| 2005 | Catton, United Kingdom | Germany | Suzy Stafford (USA) | Steffen Abicht (GER) | Dirk Gerkens (GER) |
| 2003 | Karlstetten, Austria | Germany | Tobias Bücker (GER) | Steffen Abicht (GER) | Dirk Gerkens (GER) |
See also
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