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The Robert Kronfeld Challenge Cup
shall be awarded to the pilot who flies the greatest task distance
in the World Championships concerned.
The Cup was donated in 1969 by the government of Austria in memory of the Austrian glider pilot Robert Kronfeld, who was the first in the world to fly more than 100 km in a glider. This flight took place in 1929 along the Teutoburger Wald in Germany. The Cup was first awarded at the World Gliding Championships in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. A full specification of the trophy is available, as well as an article describing Robert Kronfeld, |
Recipients include:
2024 - Jim Lee, USA, Uvalde, USA 507 km
2008 - Holger Karow, Germany, Lüsse, Germany, 507 km
2006 - Tomasz Rubaj, Poland, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 543.2 km
2003 - Laurens Goudriaan, South Africa, Leszno, Poland, 725.6 km
2001 - Holger Karow, Germany, Mafikeng, South Africa, 660 km
1999 - Jan W. Andersen, Denmark, Bayreuth, Germany, 638 km
1997 - Sebastian Kawa, Poland, St. Auban, France, 533 km
1995 - Ray Lynskey, New Zealand, Omarama, New Zealand 674 km
1993 - Jan W. Andersenº, Denmark, Borlänge, Sweden 454 km
1991 - Tom Knauff, USA, Uvalde, Texas, USA 767 km
1989 - Gérard Lherm, France, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 713.8 km
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