List of Water Ski World Championships champions

List of Water Ski World Championships champions in International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation and Cable Wakeboard World Council (CWWC) events.

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10 Type and 8 Styles = 80 Competition form

There are potentially 80 types of competition titles that can be held. Currently, 21 types are held.

1. Barefoot : Open (1978), Junior (1995), Senior (2010), World Games (2001-2009)
2. Cable Wakeboard: Open (2001), World Games (2005)
3. Cableski: Open (1998)
4. Adaptive: Open (1993)
5. Racing: Open (2019)
6. Ski Racing: Open (1979)
7. Wakeboard: Open (2001), World Games (2001-2013)
8. Water Skiing: Open (1949), Junior (1986), U21 (2003), University (2004), World Games (1981-2017), +35 (2010), +45 (2010), +55 (2010), +65 (2014)

1. World Championships for Barefoot (1978-2016)
2. Junior World Championships for Barefoot (1995-2016)
3. Senior World Championships for Barefoot (2010-2016)
4. World Championships for Adaptive (1993-2019)
5. U21 World Championships for Water Skiing (2003-2019)
6. Junior World Championships for Water Skiing (1986-2018)
7. University World Championships for Water Skiing (2004-2016)
8. World Championships for Cableski (1998-2018)
9. World Championships for Ski Racing (1979-2011)
10. World Championships for Wakeboard (2001-2018)
11. World Championships for Racing (2019)
12. World Championships for Cable Wakeboard (2001-2008)
13. World Cup (1996-now)

http://www.iwsf.com/history/getMedals.php

https://iwwfed-ea.org/

• http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/w/wasserski/_historie.htm

http://www.iwsf.com/history/displayMedals.php?year=all&title=World+Championships&division=Water+Skiing

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

USA 165 99 107 371

FRA 29 43 37 109

AUS 17 40 36 93

CAN 31 25 29 85

GBR 15 19 21 55

ITA 6 16 12 34

BLR 7 8 14 29

VEN 8 10 6 24

MEX 7 6 6 19

AUT 2 6 9 17

SUI 4 6 5 15

BEL 3 3 6 12

CZE 3 4 2 9

RUS 6 3 0 9

SWE 4 3 2 9

GRE 3 4 1 8

URS 3 3 1 7

ARG 1 3 2 6

CHI 2 1 2 5

LUX 2 2 1 5

GER 0 1 4 5

LEB 0 4 1 5

HOL 1 1 1 3

DEN 0 2 1 3

LIB 0 2 1 3

NZE 0 2 1 3

SAF 0 0 3 3

ESP 1 0 1 2

FIN 0 2 0 2

NZL 0 1 1 2

TCH 0 1 1 2

COL 0 0 2 2

FRG 0 1 0 1

PER 0 1 0 1

ISR 0 0 1 1

Some medals unknown in database.

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

AUS 43 39 20 102

USA 28 28 26 82

GBR 3 8 15 26

BEL 4 2 5 11

ITA 1 3 7 11

GB 2 1 4 7

NZL 2 1 3 6

AUT 1 0 3 4

NZ 0 1 1 2

NED 0 1 0 1

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

BLR 51 43 35 129

GER 9 17 10 36

AUT 10 4 5 19

SVK 2 4 12 18

ISR 5 5 5 15

CZE 1 3 5 9

POL 0 3 4 7

RUS 1 1 4 6

GBR 2 1 0 3

HUN 0 0 1 1

• https://web.archive.org/web/20230325165202/http://www.iwsftournament.com/homologation/homologation.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20230317054436/http://www.iwsf.com/agechart/agechart.htm
• http://www.iwsf.com/agechart/agechart.htm

• https://www.usawaterski.org/news/2024/august/04/u-s-team-wins-gold-medal-at-iwwf-world-under-17-waterski-championships
• https://www.bwsw.org.uk/home/
• https://www.waterskieurope.eu/history-of-results/
• http://www.iwsf.com/WorldChampionships/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20240305063231/http://www.iwsf.com/WorldChampionships/
• 7th IWWF 35+ World Waterski Championships 2024 - https://www.usawaterski.org/news/2024/september/09/u-s-team-wins-gold-at-iwwf-35-world-waterski-championships - US won 43 individual medals
• https://ski-db.com/worldcup.php
• http://www.iwwfed-ea.org/competition.php?cc=T-24IWWF04&page=TimeTable
• https://iwwfed-ea.org/
• http://www.iwsf.com/
• https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/statistics.html?statistictype=standings&standingstype=medal&standingssectorcode=AL&categorycode=WSC&seasoncode=2025
• https://wswc.ca/tag/water-ski/
• https://waterskicanada.ca/results/tournament-results/
• http://www.iwwfed-ea.org/classic/competitions/2018
• https://www.iwwfed-ea.org/classic/competitions/2025
• https://oca.asia/news/6003-aaliyah-wins-historic-three-gold-medals-in-university-world-waterski-championships.html
• https://www.usawaterski.org/barefooting---world-champions-history
• http://www.iwsftournament.com/homologation/homologation.htm
• https://worldwaterskiers.com/
• https://iwwf.asia/
• Past Asian Web: Archive
• https://www.iwwfed-ea.org/classic/22ASIA03/
• https://ems.iwwf.sport/Competitions/Details?Id=3c87abb0-2809-4280-b90e-1cd8b966f427
• https://www.asiangameshub.com/sports/waterski
• USA Water Ski & Wake Sports
• https://www.usawaterski.org/
• http://www.iwwf-ea.eu/?page_id=29

• Water skiing
• List of Water Skiing European Champions
• List of Water Skiing Under-21 European Champions
• List of Water Skiing Under-17 European Champions
• World Waveski Surfing Titles
• Aquabike World Championship

• http://www.iwsf.com/04UniversityChampionships/WUCpodium.htm
• http://www.iwsf.com/history/getMedals.php
• http://www.iwsf.com/WorldChampionships/
• http://www.iwwfed-ea.org/classic/competitions/2018
• https://www.iwwfed-ea.org/classic/competitions/2025
• https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://iwwf.sport/ Since 2019
• International Water Ski Federation (IWSF, www.iwsf.com)
• Cable Wakeboard World and European Council (CWWC and ECWC), www.cablewakeboard.net)
• IWSF World Cup (www.iwsfworldcup.com/)
• World Water Ski Racing (www.skirace.net)
• Europe & Africa Cable Wakeboard Council (ECWC)
• Cable Wakeboard World Council (CWWC)
• Cable Development Committee (ICDC)
• https://web.archive.org/web/20181115113013/https://www.cablewakeboard.net/about-iwwf/icdc/
• http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/index_sportarten.htm
• http://www.iwsf.com/history/showworldchamps.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220313234645/http://iwsf.com/history/WorldCupRecords.htm
• https://web.archive.org/web/20220117073307/http://www.iwsf.com/history/WorldCupWinners.php
• http://www.iwsf.com/AllWorldCup.php