World Highland Games Championships
| 2018 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Varies (last held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) |
| Established | 1980 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
| Current champion | |
 John Van Beuren | |
The World Highland Games Championships is a well-recognized event in both
Highlander World Championships
.
History
The World Highland Games Championships were first held in 1980 and were created as an attempt to identify who was truly the greatest Highland Games competitor. Many of the Highland Games competitions around the world have traditionally not been invitational, in the sense that novices can step up to compete, or at the more established events, the competitors were very much more selected from the nation in which the competition was held. The world's introduced a formalization of the requirements for entry and a truly international flavor.
Over the years competitors have been drawn from the disciplines of
Highland Games specialists. In the first three decades of the competition there have been thirteen champions, with four men each having won the title five times, Geoff Capes, Jim McGoldrick, Ryan Vierra and Matt Sandford, and one of those, Geoff Capes, having also won the 1981 World Highland Games Championships held in Lagos, which would make him six times world champion, although this is not listed on the official website.[2]
List of champions
List information taken from this source.[3]
- Source of the above information: Official World Championship site of the IHGF.
Championships by country
| Country | Gold |
 United States |
21 |
 Australia |
7 |
 England |
7 |
 Scotland |
7 |
Repeat champions
| Champion | Times |
|---|---|
| Geoff Capes |
6[2] |
| Jim McGoldrick |
5 |
| Ryan Vierra |
5 |
| Matt Sandford |
5 |
| Dan McKim |
4 |
| Grant Anderson |
2 |
| Matt Vincent |
2 |
| John van Beuren |
2 |
References
- ^ Roll of Honour
- ^ ISBN 0-926888-06-4). Further still, on his official website, Capes states that he was six times world champion.
- ^ "Table of final results (1978 - present)". Archived from the original on 2010-01-03.
- ^ The Gathering 2009 Official website
- ^ The 2014 World Highland Games Heavy Events Championships
- ^ "The IHGF Worlds in Bressuire: And the winner is...Dan McKIM - HIGHLAND GAMES BRESSUIRE, le blog français-anglais d'Alain Cadu". 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Dan McKim Wins IHGF World Highland Games Championships".
- ^ "Spencer Tyler Wins Webster Worlds".