The FAI World Grand Prix 2010–2011 was the fourth
gliding
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Grand Prix
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. The 9 qualifying races took place during 2010–2011 worldwide flying season. The qualifying rounds were held all over the world. The Finals were held in
Wasserkuppe
The is a mountain within the German state of Hesse. It is a large plateau formation at an elevation of and is the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains. Great advances in sailplane development took place on the mountain during the interwar peri ...
, Germany from the 23rd to the 30th of July.
Due to scheduling conflicts with the
European Gliding Championships
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Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games i ...
held in
Nitra
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,
Slovakia
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, from 17 to 30 July 2011, some pilots were unable to attend the Grand Prix Final. Among others, triple and defending Grand Prix World champion
Sebastian Kawa
Sebastian Kawa (born 15 November 1972, Zabrze) is a Polish glider pilot, sixteen-time World Champion, world ( FAI) leading glider competition pilot (as of 2015, number one in the world rankings of the FAI Gliding Commission) and the current Worl ...
did not attend The Finals, instead he went on to win the
European Gliding Championships
The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years.
Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games i ...
in the
Standard class.
Summary
Overall results
''* – competition number''
Qualifying races
See also
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Results of Grand Prix series
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World Gliding Championships
The World Gliding Championships (WGC) is a gliding competition held every two years or so by the FAI Gliding Commission. The dates are not always exactly two years apart, often because the contests are sometimes held in the summer in the Southern ...
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European Gliding Championships
The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years.
Gliding is a competitive sport and was even a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics. It was due to become an official Olympic sport in the Helsinki Games i ...
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100529223816/http://www.fai.org/gliding/QSGP2010_2011
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110417152942/http://www.qsgp2011.fi/ Finland 2011
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