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.
Year | Recipient | Country |
2016 | Margherita Acquaderni | Italy |
2015 | Ritz De Luy | Netherlands |
2014 | not awarded | |
2013 | not awarded | |
2012 | Maria Bolla | Hungary |
2011 | Gill Van Den Broeck | Belgium |
2010 | not awarded | |
2009 | Beryl Hartley | Australia |
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 |