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Mon, Oct 10, 2022

New World Hot Air Balloon Champion Crowned

Stefan Zeberli Becomes World Hot Air Balloon Champion For 2022

Just a few days ago, Stefan Zeberli of Switzerland was crowned World Hot Air Balloon Champion 2022, under a beautiful blue sky in Musrka Sobata, Slovenia.

The pilot was already a name to watch out for, having moved from 3rd place in Saga, 2016 up to silver medal position in 2018, but was behind Yudai Fujita at the start of the 2022 competition. Zeberli was handed the trophy by previous champion, British pilot Dominic Bareford.

Silver and bronze medalists Yudai Fujita and Nicholas Schwartz did very well, moving up the rankings from 16th and 19th respectively in 2018’s competition. Schwartz came close to the podium in 2016, taking 4th place.

  1. Stefan Zeberli (SUI) 24403 points
  2. Yudai Fujita (JPN) 23147 points
  3. Nicolas Schwartz (FRA) 22569 points

A total of 32 countries were represented in this much-anticipated championships, which had been postponed since the Covid-19 pandemic. The competition itself was challenging at times, with some windy days for the tasks, which included the Hesitation Waltz, Max Distance Double Drop, Watership Down and the Gordon Bennett Memorial. The audience were able to track the competition results via Watch Me Fly and watch videos via the Hot Air Balloons 2022 Facebook channel.

FMI: www.fai.org, www.facebook.com/hotairballoons2022, www.hotairballoons2022.com

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