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World Spearfishing Champions


Throughout the years, the World Spearfishing Championships have been held to determine which country can lay claim to the World’s Best Divers. Every two years, teams from around the world meet in various countries for a 2 day tournament to prove which country’s team have the skills to be deemed the World Champions. The determination comes through the use of points. Points are issued per fish, and per pound with the results being the cumulative amount of both. The Individual Champion is determined by that diver’s sole catch and the Team Champions are determined by the team’s combined catch.

WORLD SPEARFISHING CHAMPIONS
YEAR LOCATION COUNTRY INDIVIDUAL NATIONALITY TEAM CHAMPIONS – MEMBERS
1957 Lussimpiccolo Yugoslavia CATALANI, Mario Italian ITALY – Catalani, Olschki, Januzzi
1958 Sesimbra Portugal CORMAN, Jules French FRANCE – Corman, Roux, Cadious
1959 Gozo e Comino Malta LENTS, Terry American SPAIN – Marti, Noguera Dols
1960 Lipari e Ustica Italy HERMANY, Bruno Brazilian ITALY – Ripa, Januzzi, Olschi
1961 Almeria Spain GOMIS, Jose Spanish SPAIN – Gomis, Noguera, Marti
1963 Rio de Janeiro Brazil HERMANY, Bruno Brazilian FRANCE – Dessault, Stromboni, Salvatori
1965 Tahiti Tahiti TAYLOR, Ron Australian FRANCE – Hoatu, Tapu
1967 Cayo Avales Cuba TAPU, Jean French CUBA – Gomez, Reyes, Gonzales
1969 Islo Eolie Italy SCARPATI, Massimo Italy ITALY – Scarpati, Gasparri, Santoro
1971 Iquiquie Chile CHOQUE, Raul Chilean CHILE – Choque, Sanchez, Rozas
1973 Cadaques Spain AMENGUAL, Jose Spanish SPAIN – Amenhual, Noguera, Pons
1975 Paracas Peru ESCALAPEZ, Jean-Baptiste French FRANCE – Dias, Freitas, Malta
1981 Florianopolis Brazil AMENGUAL, Jose Spanish ITALY – Molteni, Toschi, Martinuzzi
1983 Antofagasta Chile FLORES, Alejandro Chilean CHILE – Flores, Andrade, Cortes
1985 Isole Baleari Spain AMENGUAL, Jose Spanish SPAIN – Amengual, Reus, Rosello
1987 Istambul Turkey MAZZARRI, Renzo Italian ITALY – Mazzarri, Lobaido, Toschi
1989 S. Teodoro Italy MAZZARRI, Renzo Italian ITALY – Mazzarri, Molteni, Riolo
1992 Maiorca Spain MAZZARRI, Renzo Italian ITALY, Mazzarri, Riolo, Bellani
1994 Ilo Peru VINA, Jose Spanish SPAIN – Vina, Carbonell, Amengual
1996 Gijon Spain CARBONELL, Pedro Spanish SPAIN – Carbonell, Vina, March
1998 Zara Croatia MARCH, Alberto Spanish ITALY – Ramacciotti, Antonini, Calcagno
2000 Tahiti Tahiti CARBONELL, Pedro Spanish SPAIN – Carbonell, March, Prieto, Vina
2002 Arraial Do Cabo Brazil CARBONELL, Pedro Spanish SPAIN – Carbonell, March, Fuentes
2004 Iquiqui Chile BELLANI, Stefano Italian CHILE – Duarte, Bosquez, Lai, Munoz
2006 Sines Portugal SAEZ, Patricio Chilean PORTUGAL – Silva, Torres, Osorio
2008 Isla de Margarita Venezuela

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