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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

NUMBER, YEAR & PLACE WINNER (CANADIANS IN BRACKETS)
Names of Kalev girls are linked to a photo page
#1 -1963 - Budapest Szavinkova, USSR
#2 -1965 - Prague Micechova, Czechoslovakia
#3 -1967 - Copenhagen

Karpoukhina, USSR
Groups: USSR
#4 -1969 - Varna
Guigova, Bulgaria; Robeva, Bulgaria 2nd
Groups: Bulgaria
#5 -1971 - Havana

Guigova, Bulgaria
(Susanne Mihkelson - 33, Connie Lindenberger - 34, Melanie Ivey -35)
Groups: Bulgaria (Canada - 9)
#6 -1973 - Rotterdam

Chugurova, USSR 
(Denise Fujiwara -35, Shirley Lehtinen -38, Donna Kadwell - 42)
Groups: USSR (Canada - 14)
#7 -1975 - Madrid

Rischer, West Germany 
(Shirley Lehtinen - 13, Doreen Chung -14, Denise Fujiwara - 14)
Groups: Italy (Canada - 4)
#8 -1977 - Basel

Deriugina, USSR 
(Shirley Lehtinen - 15, Kelly Moligian - 32, Debbie Bryant - 37)
Groups: USSR (Canada - 8)
#9 -1979 - London

Deriugina, USSR 
(Kelly Moligian - 24, Jana Lazor - 29 , Debbie Bryant - 36)
Groups: Bulgaria (Canada - 7)
#10-1981 - Munich

Ralenkova, Bulgaria - Raeva 2nd 
(Lori Fung - 30, Debbie Bryant - 37, Jana Lazor - 37)
Groups: Bulgaria (Canada - 9)

#11-1983 - Strasbourg

Guerguieva, Bulgaria - Ignatova 2nd 
(Lori Fung - 23, Adrienne Dunnett - 61, Aimee Brender - 81)
#12-1985 - Valladolid

Guerguieva, Bulgaria - Ignatova 2nd
(Lori Fung - 9, Lise Gautreau - 38, Adriane Mark - 43)
Groups: Bulgaria (Canada - 13)
#13-1987 - Varna

Panova, Bulgaria
(Lisa Merritt - 32, Jennifer Hopkins - 61, Lise Gautreau - 102)
Groups: Bulgaria (Canada - 14)
#14-1989 - Sarajevo

Timochenko, USSR 
(Mary Fuzesi - 9, Madonna Gimotea - 38, Miyeko Yamashito - 64)
Group: Bulgaria (Canada - 19)
#15-1991 - Athens


Skaldina, USSR
(Mary Fuzesi - 13, Madonna Gimotea - 38, Susan Cushman - 42)
Group: Soviet Union (Canada 14th)
#16-1992 - Brussels

Kostina, Russia 
(Madonna Gimotea - 21, Susan Cushman - 31)
Groups: Russia (no Canadians)
#17-1993 - Alicante

Petrova, Bulgaria
(Camille Martens - 24, Madonna Gimotea - 47, Lindsay Richards - 100, Erin Burkett - 104)
#18-1994 - Paris

Petrova, Bulgaria - Zaripova 2nd
(Camille Martens - 29)
Groups: Russia (Canada - 18
#19-1995 - Vienna

Petrova, Bulgaria - Serebrianskaya 2nd)
(Erika Leigh Stirton - 25, Lindsay Richards - 44, Gretchen McLennan - 94)
Groups: Bulgaria (no Canadians)
#20-1996 - Budapest

no individual all-around competition was held (winners in the four finals were Lukyanenko, Serebrianskaya, Zaripova and Vitrichenko)
Groups: Bulgaria (Canada - 10)
#21-1997 - Berlin

Vitrichenko, Ukraine
(Erika Leigh Stirton - 20, Julia Lombara - 40, Jodie Miller - 90)
#22-1998 - Sevilla

group competition only: Belarus 1st, Spain 2nd
(Canada - 23)
#23-1999 - Osaka

Kabaeva, Russia
(Emilie Livingston - 26, Erika Leigh Stirton - 30, Senka Kovacevic)
Groups: Greece
#25-2001 - Madrid

Yerofeeva, Ukraine
(Mary Sanders - 18, Irina Funtikova, Emilie Livingston, Kristi Clark (the three last ones did not do four routines each)
#26-2002 - New Orleans

no individual competition
Groups: Russia (Canada, with two Kalev members: Emilie & Irina- 12 )
#27-2003 - Budapest


Kabaeva, Russia
(Orlando - 16, Berecz - 86, Tsikaridze - 116, Hui - 117)
Groups: Russia (Canada, with two Kalev members: Emilie & Irina - 13)
#28-2005 - Baku


Kapranova, Russia
(Orlando - 18, Tsikaridze - 55, Orava - 56)
Groups: Russia (no Canadian group)
#29-2007 - Patras Bessonova, Ukraine
(Orlando - 9, Carew - 75, Martinchek - 96)
#30-2009 - Mie Kanaeva, Russia
(Martinchek - 65, Mantcheva - 73, Gouzenkova - 94)

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