Lilienthal Gliding Medal
Obverse of the Lilienthal Medal
Awarded forRemarkable performance in gliding, or eminent services to the sport of gliding over a long period of time
CountryWorldwide
Presented byFédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI)
First awarded1938
Last awardedcurrent
WebsiteFAI official site
Reverse of the Lilienthal Medal awarded to Tadeusz Góra

Lilienthal Gliding Medal – the highest soaring award in the world, established by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in 1938, and is given at the annual Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) General Conference.[1]

It was created in honour of Otto Lilienthal, a German pioneer of human aviation. It aims "to reward a particularly remarkable performance in gliding, or eminent services to the sport of gliding over a long period of time". The actual Lilienthal Medal was designed by Austrian artist Josef Humplik.

The first winner of the Lilienthal Gliding Medal in the world was Tadeusz Góra for his record-breaking 577.8 kilometres (359.0 miles; 312.0 nautical miles) flight on 18 May 1938, glider PWS-101 from Bezmiechowa to Soleczniki (near Vilnius).

The Medal is awarded by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale via vote of the delegates to the International Gliding Commission at the annual Plenary in March. In 2012, it was decided to end the practice of awarding the Medal for accomplishments of the previous calendar year, and to associate the Medal with the year in which the recipient is determined. Consequently, the year 2013 was not awarded, therefore does not appear in the table below.

Recipients

Recipients of the International Gliding Commission award, from 1938 to present, include:[2]

award
year		 recipient nationality notes
1938Tadeusz GóraPoland Polandfor a goal flight of 577.8 kilometres (359.0 miles; 312.0 nautical miles)
1948Lt. Per-Axel PerssonSweden Sweden
1949John C. RobinsonUnited States United States
1950William S. IvansUnited States United States
1951Marcelle Choisnet-GohardFrance France
1952Charles AtgerFrance France
1953Victor M. IltchenkoSoviet Union USSRflight of 520 miles (450 nautical miles; 840 kilometres), a world two-seater record, from Moscow to Stalingrad[3]
1954Philip A. WillsUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1955Dr. Joachim KüttnerGermany Germany
1956Dr. Paul B. MacCready Jr.United States United States
1957Don Luis Vicente Juez GomezSpain Spain
1958Wolf HirthGermany Germany
1959Richard E. SchrederUnited States United States
1960Pelagia MajewskaPoland Poland
1961Adolph 'Pirat' GehrigerSwitzerland Switzerland
1962Paul F. BikleUnited States United States
1963Heinz HuthGermany Germany
1964Alvin H. ParkerUnited States United States
1965Edward MakulaPoland Poland
1966Anne BurnsUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1967Lennart StahlforsSweden Sweden
1968Alejo WilliamsonChile Chile
1969Eric NesslerFrance France
1970Hans-Werner GrosseGermany Germany
1971Karl H. StriedieckUnited States United States
1972Jan WróblewskiPoland Polandtwice World Champion, 1965 Open and 1972 Standard Class
1973Mrs. Ann WelchUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1974August HugSwitzerland Switzerland
1975Adela DankowskaPoland Polandfor her world records & winning the 1975 International Women's Gliding Competition
1976Louis A. de LangeNetherlands Netherlands
1977George B. Moffat, Jr.United States United States
1978Helmut ReichmannGermany Germany
1980Hans WolfAustria Austria
1981George LeeUnited Kingdom United KingdomWorld gliding champion on three consecutive occasions
1982Hans NietlispachSwitzerland Switzerland
1984C.E. WallingtonAustralia Australia
1985Sholto Hamilton 'Dick' GeorgesonNew Zealand New Zealand
1986Maj. Richard L. JohnsonUnited States United States
1987Juhani HormaFinland Finland
1988Ingo RennerAustralia Australia
1990Fred WeinholtzGermany Germany
1991Raymond W. LynskeyNew Zealand New Zealand
1992Franciszek KępkaPoland Poland
1993Bernald S. SmithUnited States United States
1994Terrence Raymond DeloreNew Zealand New Zealand
1995Tor JohannessenNorway Norway
1997Dr. Manfred ReinhardtGermany Germany
1998Oran NicksUnited States United States
1999Ms. Hana ZejdovaCzech Republic Czech Republic
2000Klaus OhlmannGermany Germany
2001James M. PayneUnited States United States
2002John Hamish RoakeNew Zealand New Zealand
2003Prof. Ing. Piero MorelliItaly Italy
2004Janusz CentkaPoland Poland
2005Ian StrachanUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2006Alan PatchingAustralia Australia
2007Derek PiggottUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2008Roland StuckFrance France
2009Ross MacintyreNew Zealand New Zealand
2010Reiner RoseGermany Germany
2011Giorgio Galetto[4]Italy Italy
2012Bob HendersonNew Zealand New Zealand
2014not awarded—
2015Loek BoermansNetherlands Netherlands
2016Rainer WienzekGermany Germany
2017Patrick PauwelsBelgium Belgium
2018not awarded—
2019Richard 'Dick' BradleySouth Africa South Africa
2020Gisela WeinreichGermany Germany
2021Eric MozerUnited States United States
2022not awarded—
2023Jana VeprekovaCzech Republic Czech Republic

See also

References

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  1. ↑ "SSA Awards and SSA Recognized Awards - International Awards". www.SSA.org. Soaring Society of America. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "FAI Gliding Commission (IGC) Awards". www.FAI.org. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Galetto awarded with the Lilienthal Gliding Medal". www.FAI.org. Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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