Sebastian Kawa once again proved he's the king of the skies. The SkyCash-sponsored athlete won the championship in Benalla, Australia. This is his eleventh gold medal in the World Gliding Championships!
Sebastian competed in a Diana 2 glider and proved unrivaled in the 15-meter class. After 11 days of competition, he scored a total of 5417 points. Second place went to Japan's Makoto Ichikawa (5281 points), and third to Łukasz Grabowski (5222 points).
Sebastian Kawa, 44, a physician by profession, is the most decorated glider pilot in history. Besides 11 world championship titles, his list of achievements includes two gold and a bronze medal at the World Air Games, and six European Championship titles. December 2, 6, also marked gliding history. Sebastian became the first person to soar above the world's highest mountains without the use of mechanical propulsion.