
The World Rogaining Championships are the championships of the International Rogaining Federation (IRF) and the pinnacle rogaining event in the world. The championships are organised by the national rogaining organisation chosen by the IRF as the host of that particular championships.
World championship rogaines are always of 24 hours duration, and are conducted in accordance with standard rogaining rules.
The team with the highest score in each of the three gender classes (Men's, Women's and Mixed teams) are declared the World Rogaining Champions. Within each gender class, all teams participate in the Open age category. Additionally, there are age sub-categories as follows: Junior (under 20), Veteran (over 40), Super Veteran (over 55) and Ultra Veteran (over 65).[1]
From 1992 to 2012 the World Rogaining Championships were held every two years, from 2012 to 2020 they have been held annually (with the exception of 2018), from 2020 onwards they will again be held biannually
History of the Championships
No | Year | Country | Place | Number of teams | Men's teams | Women's teams | Mixed teams |
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1 | 1992 | ![]() | Beechworth | 194 | ![]() Michael Walters |
![]() Alexandra Tyson |
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2 | 1996 | ![]() | Mt Singleton | 271 | ![]() James Russell |
![]() Jenny Casanova |
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3 | 1998 | ![]() | Kamloops | 134 | ![]()
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![]() | ![]() Helen Bailey |
4 | 2000 | ![]() | Christchurch | 193 | ![]()
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5 | 2002 | ![]() | Lesná | 182 | ![]()
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6 | 2004 | ![]() | Arizona | 176 | ![]() Michael Tobin |
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7 | 2006 | ![]() | Warrumbungles | 308 | ![]() Chris Forne |
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8 | 2008 | ![]() | Karula National Park | 339 | ![]() Pavel Shestakov |
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9 | 2010 | ![]() | Cheviot | 250 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
10 | 2012 | ![]() | Prebuz | 333 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
11 | 2013 | ![]() | Alol | 314 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
12 | 2014 | ![]() | South Dakota | 180 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
13 | 2015 | ![]() | Saariselkä | 374 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
14 | 2016 | ![]() | Alice Springs | 303 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
15 | 2017 | ![]() | Rāzna National Park | 426 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
16 | 2019 | ![]() | La Molina, Catalonia | 386 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
17 | 2022 | ![]() | Paprsek | 257 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
18 | 2023 | ![]() | Northstar California | 130 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
19 | 2025 | ![]() | Quintanar de la Sierra |
Multiple winners

Men's
Silver Eensaar - 3
Rain Eensaar - 3
Timmo Tammemäe - 3
David Rowlands - 3
Chris Forne - 3
Greg Barbour - 2
James Russell - 2
Women's
Anna Shavlakova - 2
Julie Quinn - 2
Marina Galkina - 2
Nina Mikheeva - 2
Mixed
Guntars Mankus - 3
Raimonds Lapiņš - 2
Anita Liepiņa - 2
Andrey Shvedov - 2
Overall
Julie Quinn - 3
David Rowlands - 3
Silver Eensaar - 3
Rain Eensaar - 3
Timmo Tammemäe - 3
Guntars Mankus - 3
Chris Forne - 3
Anna Shavlakova - 3
James Russell - 2
Natalija Abramova - 2
Irina Safronova - 2
Andrey Shvedov - 2
Marina Galkina - 2
Nina Mikheeva - 2
Greg Barbour - 2
Georgia Whitla - 2
Greig Hamilton - 2
Raimonds Lapiņš - 2
Anita Liepiņa - 2
Andris Ansabergs - 2
References
External links
- 2WRC1996 Mt. Singleton, Australia
- 7WRC2006 Warrambungles, Australia Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- 8WRC2008 Karula National Park, Estonia
- 9WRC2010 Cheviot, New Zealand
- 10WRC2012 Přebuz, Czech Republic
- 11WRC2013 Alol, Russian Federation Archived 2012-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- 12WRC2014 Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
- 13WRC2015 Saariselkä, Finland
- 14WRC2016 Alice Springs, Australia
- 15WRC2017 Rāzna National Park, Latvia
- 16WRC2019 La Molina, Catalonia
- 17WRC2020 Sierra Nevada, California, USA