World Rogaining Championships

The World Rogaining Championships are the championships of the International Rogaining Federation (IRF) and the pinnacle rogaining event in the world. The championships are organised by the national rogaining organisation chosen by the IRF as the host of that particular championships.

World championship rogaines are always of 24 hours duration, and are conducted in accordance with standard rogaining rules.

The team with the highest score in each of the three gender classes (Men's, Women's and Mixed teams) are declared the World Rogaining Champions. Within each gender class, all teams participate in the Open age category. Additionally, there are age sub-categories as follows: Youth (up to 23), Veteran (45 and over), Super Veteran (55 and over) and Ultra Veteran (65 and over). From 1992 to 2012 the World Rogaining Championships were held every two years, from 2012 to 2020 they have been held annually (with the exception of 2018), from 2020 onwards they are again held every other year.

Multiple winners


Men's 🇪🇪 Silver Eensaar - 3 🇪🇪 Rain Eensaar - 3 🇪🇪 Timmo Tammemäe - 3 🇦🇺 David Rowlands - 3 🇳🇿 Chris Forne - 3 🇳🇿 Greg Barbour - 2 🇦🇺 James Russell - 2

Women's 🇷🇺 Anna Shavlakova - 2 🇦🇺 Julie Quinn - 2 🇷🇺 Marina Galkina - 2 🇷🇺 Nina Mikheeva - 2

Mixed 🇱🇻 Guntars Mankus - 3 🇱🇻 Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 🇱🇻 Anita Liepiņa - 2 🇷🇺 Andrey Shvedov - 2

Overall 🇦🇺 Julie Quinn - 3 🇦🇺 David Rowlands - 3 🇪🇪 Silver Eensaar - 3 🇪🇪 Rain Eensaar - 3 🇪🇪 Timmo Tammemäe - 3 🇱🇻 Guntars Mankus - 3 🇳🇿 Chris Forne - 3 🇷🇺 Anna Shavlakova - 3 🇦🇺 James Russell - 2 🇷🇺 Natalija Abramova - 2 🇷🇺 Irina Safronova - 2 🇷🇺 Andrey Shvedov - 2 🇷🇺 Marina Galkina - 2 🇷🇺 Nina Mikheeva - 2 🇳🇿 Greg Barbour - 2 🇳🇿 Georgia Whitla - 2 🇳🇿 Greig Hamilton - 2 🇱🇻 Raimonds Lapiņš - 2 🇱🇻 Anita Liepiņa - 2 🇱🇻 Andris Ansabergs - 2