3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship

3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship was 3rd edition of World Hot Air Ballooning Championships for women held in Nałęczów, Poland[1] from August 6 to August 11, 2018. Total of 14 tasks were held. Five flights were cancelled due to the weather conditions from August 9 to August 11.[2]

3rd FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship
Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska
LocationNałęczów,  Poland
Start dateAugust 6, 2018 (2018-08-06)
End dateAugust 11, 2018 (2018-08-11)
Competitors33 from 14 nations
Champion
Poland Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska

Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska from Leszno, Poland became world champion. Nicola Scaife, the world champion of 2014 and 2016 from Hunter Valley, Australia was third.[3]

Final ranking

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Scaife (AUS) and Keller (USA, blue balloon) competing at task 11

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Rank Balloonist Nation Points Wins
  Daria Dudkiewicz-Golawska   Poland 10875 2
  Agnė Simonavičiūtė   Lithuania 9663 1
  Nicola Scaife   Australia 9287 4
4 Kim Magee   United States 9048 0
5 Elisabeth Kindermann-Schön   Austria 8976 1
6 Julija Romanovskaja   Lithuania 8788 3
7 Cheri White   United States 8319 0
8 Astrid Carl   Germany 8295 0
9 Nicole Vogel   Switzerland 8269 0
10 Rita Becz   Hungary 7987 0
11 Sanne Haarhuis   Netherlands 7946 0
12 Kristin Vevere   Latvia 7752 0
13 Chloe Hallet   United Kingdom 7568 1
14 Beata Choma   Poland 7351 0
15 Joanna Biedermann   Poland 7306 2
16 Miglė Vaitulevičiūtė   Lithuania 7100 0
17 Diana Nasonova   Russia 7056 0
18 Kelli Keller   United States 7032 0
19 Katharina Kräck   Germany 6872 0
20 Lindsay Muir   United Kingdom 6581 0
21 Ieva Skele   Latvia 6411 1
22 Marija Oparina   Russia 6408 0
23 Sylvia Meinl   Germany 6174 0
24 Marija Petric Miklousic   Croatia 6094 0
25 Ewelina Leszczuk   Poland 5947 0
26 Caroline Splinters   Netherlands 5869 0
27 Akari Sue   Japan 5839 0
28 Ieva Šuopytė   Lithuania 5677 0
29 Aline Kalousdian   Germany 5161 0
30 Mia Fraser   Australia 5160 0
31 Victoria Vertrees   United States 4484 0
32 Tomoko Kurahashi   Japan 4395 0
33 Rieko Shingo   Japan 3473 0

References

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  1. ^ Sampolski, Maciej (13 August 2018). "Nałęczów gościł najlepsze pilotki na świecie - Radio Centrum". centrum.fm (in Polish). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ^ Label: No flight
  3. ^ Kozak, Ada (22 August 2018). "Daria Dudkiewicz-Goławska, mistrzyni świata w lotach balonem: Czasami się boję. To obronna reakcja organizmu, która pozwala przetrwać". www.wysokieobcasy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  4. ^ Results
  5. ^ The winning women (Wins and ranking after each flight, with photos)
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