page_title: Sebastian Kawa
section_title: Sport biography
hierarchical_section_title: Sebastian Kawa / Sport biography
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: PZL PW-5 Segelflugzeug im Landung, EFNU, 1997, GFDL; de:fi:Kuva:Purjekone PW-5 laskussa.jpg English: Sailplane PW-5 landing on Nummela airfield Suomi: Purjekone PW-5 laskeutumassa Nummelan lentokentälle
context_page_description: Sebastian Kawa is a Polish glider pilot, thirteen-time World Champion, world leading glider competition pilot and the current World Champion in 15m Class and European gliding champion in 18m Class.
  Sebastian Kawa is a second-generation glider pilot, together with his father Tomasz Kawa associated with the Mountain Gliding School "Żar" in southern Poland. In his youth, before becoming a pilot, Sebastian Kawa was a competitive sailor in Cadet, Optimist and 420 class, with multiple titles in national championships and participation in top level European and world events. He is also a qualified physician, working at the General Hospital in Bielsko-Biała.
  Sebastian is also known in the Polish gliding community for numerous Web writings and films popularizing the sport.
  His autobiography and advanced gliding tutorial Sky Full of Heat was published in December 2012.
caption: PW-5, first bronze medal World Championship win for Sebastian Kawa (1999)
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