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Pelagia Majewska Medal

Pelagia Majewska

Pelagia Majewska Medal

This Medal was created by the FAI in 1989, following a proposal by the Aero Club of Poland, in memory of Madame Pelagia Majewska, eminent Polish glider pilot awarded the Lilienthal Medal for 1960, and holder of 17 world gliding records, who lost her life in an air accident in 1988. The Medal is offered to the FAI by the Aero Club of Poland. It may be awarded annually, on recommendation by the FAI Gliding Commission, to a female glider pilot to reward: a particularly remarkable performance in gliding during the past year, or eminent services to gliding over a long period of time.

Pelagia Majewska Medal

 

Year

Recipient

Country
2008 Doris GROVES USA
2007 Maksymiliana CZMIEL-PASZYC Poland
2008 Ghislaine FACON France
2002-2005 Not Awarded  
2001 Carol CLIFFORD South Africa
2000  Angelika MACHINEK Germany
1998-1999 Not Awarded  
1997 Hana ZEJDOVA Czech Republic
1996 Bertha RYAN USA
1995 Adele MAZZUCCHELLI ORSI Italy
1994 Marie KYZIVATOVA Czech Republic
1993 Not Awarded  
1992 Georgette LITT-GABRIEL Belgium
1991 Gisela WEINREICH Germany
1990 Not Awarded  
1989 Ann WELCH United Kingdom
     

 

 

 
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