2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships

January 2015 21st FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship Skyline de Rio Claro.JPG 2014 07 17 2014 07 27 58 22 Rio Claro, São Paulo, JPN Yudai Fujita 2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships was 21st edition of World Hot Air Ballooning Championships held in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil from July 17 to July 27, 2014. It was a first time when championships were held in South America. Total of 23 tasks were held. Final ranking Results Top 20 Rank Balloonist Nation Points Wins Yudai Fujita Japan 17443 3 Uwe Schneider Germany 16216 0 Lupercio Lima Brazil 16064 1 4 Stefan Zeberli Switzerland 15867 1 5 Rimas Kostiuškevičius Lithuania 15173 1 6 Gerald Stuerzlinger Austria 15130 0 7 Artem Denisenko (balloonist) Artem Denisenko ru Денисенко, Артём Валерьевич Russia 15096 1 8 Joe Heartsill United States 15092 0 9 Rokas Kostiuškevičius Lithuania 15002 0 10 Rhett Heartsill United States 14717 1 11 Marc Blaser Switzerland 14587 0 12 Andy Baird United States 14584 0 13 Paul Petrehn United States 14548 2 14 Sergey Latypov ru Сергей Латыпов Russia 14508 0 15 Nico Betzen Luxembourg 14066 0 16 Tod Isley United States 13993 1 17 Fabio Passos Brazil 13845 1 18 Nicolas Schwartz France 13578 1 19 Alexander Dultsev Russia 13439 0 20 Jose-Maria Llado Spain 13432 0 References External links FAI profile http://www.balloonworlds2014.com Category:2014 in air sports Category:2014 in Brazilian sport Category:Ballooning competitions