AMF World Cup - Previous Winners

Previous Winners

Year Location Male Winner Country Female Winner Country
1965 Dublin, Ireland Lauri Ajanto Finland
1966 London, England John Wilcox United States
1967 Paris, France Jack Connaughton United States
1968 Guadalajara, Mexico Fritz Blum West Germany
1969 Tokyo, Japan Graydon Robinson Canada
1970 Copenhagen, Denmark Klaus Mueller West Germany
1971 Hong Kong Roger Dalkin United States
1972 Hamburg, Germany Ray Mitchell Canada Irma Urrea Mexico
1973 Singapore Bernie Caterer Great Britain Kesinee Srivises Thailand
1974 Caracas, Venezuela Jairo Ocampo Colombia Birgitte Lund Denmark
1975 Makati City, Philippines Lorenzo Monti Italy Cathy Townsend Canada
1976 Tehran, Iran Paeng Nepomuceno Philippines Lucy Giovinco United States
1977 Tolworth, England Arne Stroem Norway Rea Rennox Canada
1978 Bogotá, Colombia Samran Banyen Thailand Lita de la Rosa Philippines
1979 Bangkok, Thailand Philippe Dubois France Bong Coo Philippines
1980 Jakarta, Indonesia Paeng Nepomuceno (2) Philippines Jean Gordon Canada
1981 New York City, USA Bob Worrall United States Pauline Smith Great Britain
1982 Scheveningen, Netherlands Arne Stroem (2) Norway Jeanette Baker Australia
1983 Mexico City, Mexico Yu-Tien Chu Chinese Taipei Jeanette Baker (2) Australia
1984 Sydney, Australia Jack Jurek United States Eliana Rigato Italy
1985 Seoul, South Korea Alfonso Rodríguez Mexico Marjorie McEntee Ireland
1986 Copenhagen, Denmark Peter Ljung Sweden Annette Hagre Sweden
1987 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Remo Fornasari Italy Irene Gronert Netherlands
1988 Guadalajara, Mexico Mohammed Khalifa Al-Qubaisi UAE Linda Kelly United States
1989 Dublin, Ireland Salem Al-Monsuri Qatar Patty Ann United States
1990 Pattaya, Thailand Tom Hahl Finland Linda Graham United States
1991 Beijing, China Jon Juneau United States Asa Larsson Sweden
1992 Le Mans, France Paeng Nepomuceno (3) Philippines Martina Beckel Germany
1993 Johannesburg, South Africa Rainer Puisis Germany Pauline Smith (2) Great Britain
1994 Hermosillo, Mexico Tore Torgersen Norway Anne Jacobs South Africa
1995 Sao Paulo, Brazil Patrick Healey, Jr United States Gemma Burden Great Britain
1996 Belfast, Northern Ireland Paeng Nepomuceno (4) Philippines Cara Honeychurch Australia
1997 Cairo, Egypt Christian Nokel Germany Su-Fen Tseng Chinese Taipei
1998 Kobe, Japan Cheng-Ming Yang Chinese Taipei Maxine Nable Australia
1999 Las Vegas, United States Ahmed Shaheen Qatar Amanda Bradley Australia
2000 Lisbon, Portugal Tomas Leandersson Sweden Mel Issac Wales
2001 Pattaya, Thailand Kim Haugen Norway Nachini Itakura Japan
2002 Riga, Latvia Mika Luoto Finland Shannon Pluhowsky United States
2003 Tegucigalpa, Honduras Christian Jan Suarez Philippines Kerrie Ryan-Ciach Canada
2004 Singapore Kai Virtanen Finland Shannon Pluhowsky (2) United States
2005 Ljubljana, Slovenia Michael Schmidt Canada Lynda Barnes United States
2006 Caracas, Venezuela Osku Palermaa Finland Diandra Asbaty United States
2007 St Petersburg, Russia Bill Hoffman United States Ann-Maree Putney Australia
2008 Hermosillo, Mexico Derek Eoff United States Jasmine Yeong-Nathan Singapore
2009 Malacca Town, Malaysia Choi Yong-Kyu South Korea Caroline Lagrange Canada
2010 Toulon, France Michael Schmidt (2) Canada Aumi Guerra Dominican Republic
2011 Johannesburg, South Africa Jason Belmonte Australia Aumi Guerra (2) Dominican Republic
2012 Wroclaw, Poland Syafiq Ridhwan Abdul Malek Malaysia Shayna Ng Singapore

Paeng Nepomuceno holds the record for most AMF World Cup victories, with 4 victories spanning 3 decades. Nepomuceno also is the youngest men's champion, age 19, when he won his first title in 1976. Remo Fornasari of Italy is the oldest men's champion, age 51, when he won in 1987. Irma Urrea of Mexico, who was the first ever women's champion in 1972, is also the oldest women's champion, age 45. Gemma Burden of Great Britain is the youngest women's champion, age 17, when she won in 1995. USA has won the most World Cups, with a combined 17 (9 men, 8 women).

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