2023 United States Free Flight Team
World Championships for F1A, F1B, and F1C, Moncontour, France, August 12 – 19, 2023
F1A: Ken Bauer, Andrew Barron, Brian Van Nest, Anat Goldstein
F1B: Walt Ghio, Alex Andriukov, Sevak Malkhasyan, Aimee Raymond
F1C: Don Chesson, Walt Ghio, Jeff Ellington
2019 United States Free Flight Team
World Championships for F1A, F1B, and F1C, Lost Hills, California, October 1 – 10, 2019
F1A: Ken Bauer, Michael Thompson, Jim Parker, Andrew Barron (Alternate)
F1B: Greg Simon, Alex Andriukov, Blake Jensen, Jace Pivonka (Alternate)
F1C: Faust Parker, Taron Malkaysan, Jeff Ellington, Don Chesson (Alternate)
2017 United States Free Flight Team
World Championships for F1A, F1B, and F1C, Szentes, Hungary, August 6 – 12, 2017
F1A: Rene Limberger, Brian Van Nest, Mike McKeever, Jim Parker (Alternate)
F1B: Alexander Andriukov, Blake Jensen, Charlie Jones, Sevak Malkhasyan (Alternate)
F1C: Faust Parker, Ed Carroll, Richard Mathis, Don Chesson (Alternate)
Photos by Malcolm Campbell Opening and Closing Ceremonies Flying
2013 United States Free Flight Team
World Free Flight Championships for F1A, F1B, and F1C, Moncontour, France. August 3 – 11, 2013
F1A: Mike McKeever, Ken Bauer, Andrew Barron, Rene Limberger (Alternate)
F1B: Alex Andriukov, Walt Ghio, George Batiuk, Mike Davis (Alternate)
F1C: Don Chesson, Mike Roberts, Kenny Happersett, Gil Morris (Alternate)
Manager, Charlie Jones, Assistant Manager, Rene Limberger
Complete Scores
Photos by Malcolm Campbell
Congratulations to the 2013 team! They won the Challenge France trophy for the first time, the F1B team won Gold, the F1C team took Bronze, and Brian Pacelli competing as the reigning Junior F1B champion, won the Bronze medal in the individual competition.
2013 World Free Flight Championships for F1E, Martin, Slovakia, August 25 – 28, 2013
2013 US F1E Team: Peter Brocks, Tom Ioerger, Bob Sifleet
Final Results 2013 F1E World Championships
Gold, Individual – Alain Roux, France
Silver, Individual – Bob Sifleet, US
Bronze, Individual – Pierre Chaussebourg, France
Gold, Team – France
Silver, Team – US
Bronze, Team – Romania
6th Place, Individual – Peter Brocks (USA)
8th Place, Individual – Tom Ioerger (USA)
5th Place, Individual, Junior – Joel Yori (USA)
2024 US Indoor Team
Senior Team
Brett Sanborn – Returning World Champion
Yuan Kang Lee
John Kagan
Emily Guyette
Steve Brown
Junior Team
Daniel Guo
Guha Ekambaram
Elijah Rose
2022 Indoor World Championships,
December 12–15, 2022, Slanic, Romania
Brett Sanborn, Returning World Champion
Emily Guyette
John Kagan
Yuan Kang Lee
2018 Indoor World Championships
March 19-23, West Baden, Indiana
Yuan Kang Lee, Returning World Champion
Brett Sanborn
John Kagan
Jake Palmer
2016 Indoor World Championships
April 11-16, Slanic, Romania
Yuan Kang Lee, Returning World Champion
John Kagan
Brett Sanborn
Joshua Finn
2014 Indoor World Championships
April 1-5, Slanic, Romania
Yuan Kang Lee
Brett Sanborn
John Kagan
2012 Indoor World Championships
August 8-12, Belgrade, Serbia
Brett Sanborn
John Kagan
Nicholas Ray
2010 Indoor World Championships
August 9-14, Belgrade, Serbia
John Kagan
Brett Sanborn
Steve Brown
2008 Indoor World Championships
August 17-22, Belgrade, Serbia
John Kagan
Jim Richmond
Doug Schaefer
2006 Indoor World Championships
October 2-7, Slanic, Romania
Doug Schaefer, Returning World Champion
Larry Cailliau
Brett Sanborn
John Kagan
2004 Indoor World Championships
October 4-9, Slanic, Romania
Jim Richmond, Returning World Champion
John Kagan
Tom Sova
Steve Brown
2002 Indoor World Championships
October 7-12, Slanic, Romania
John Kagan, Returning World Champion
Jim Richmond
Larry Cailliau
Steve Brown
2000 Indoor World Championships
October 2-7, Slanic, Romania
Steve Brown, Returning World Champion
John Kagan
Jim Richmond
Larry Coslick
1998 Indoor World Championships
October 11-17, Slanic, Romania
Steve Brown, Returning World Champion
Jim Richmond
Larry Coslick
Bob Randolph
1996 Indoor World Championships
August 5-8, Moscow Idaho
Steve Brown, Returning World Champion
Cezar Banks
Gary Underwood
Richard Doig
1994 Indoor World Championships
September 20-25, Slanic, Romania
Steve Brown
Cezar Banks
Bob Randolph
1992 Indoor World Championships
July 6-12, Wroclaw, Poland
Cezar Banks
Richard Doig
Larry Loucka
1990 Indoor World Championships
June 3-8, Johnson City, Tennessee
Jim Richmond, Returning World Champion
Cezar Banks
Bob Randolph
Larry Cailliau
1988 Indoor World Championships
May 27-31, Johnson City, Tennessee
Jim Richmond, Returning World Champion
Cezar Banks
Steve Brown
Bud Romak
1986 Indoor World Championship
August 23-25, Cardington, Great Britain
Jim Richmond, Returning World Champion
Cezar Banks
Bob Randolph
Larry Cailliau