The 1st Extreme Ironing World Championships was the inaugural championship for the quirky British sport of extreme ironing.
This year's event, held in mid-September 2002 in Valley, a small village near Munich in the district Miesbach, was host to competitors from ten nations, comprising 12 teams (three were from England).
Competing countries
* Austria
* Australia
* Chile
* Croatia
* Great Britain; three teams called GB1, GB2, GB3
* Germany
Ironing championship sections
* Urban- Involved ironing in/on/around a broken down car.
* Water- A fast flowing river was the location for this station. Competitors could use surfboards, canoes or rubber rings to help them.
* Forest- Ironing at the top of a tree did not suit all the competitors.
* Rocky- A purpose built climbing wall, which ironists had to climb and iron a t-shirt.
* Freestyle- The section where "anything goes".