Meet the 2016 World Barista Championship Competitors, Part 1

The 2016 National Barista Champions are headed for Ireland and the World Barista Championship, which begins on Wednesday

There will be 61 countries represented at the 2016 World Barista Championship (WBC) in Dublin, Ireland, starting Wednesday. Here, meet the champions from Austria through Italy. We’ll post photos of the champions from Japan through Zambia tomorrow!

Not in Ireland, but you want to watch this year’s exciting competition? Just tune into the Livestream! Remember, all times are Irish Standard Time (IST), which is UTC/GMT +1 hour.

First round of the 2016 WBC.

 

HUGH KELLY
National Barista Champion of Australia

CHRISTIAN ARAMBURO
National Barista Champion of Austria

EVGENI PINCHUKOV
National Barista Champion of Belarus

PANUWAT YOOSAKDA
National Barista Champion of Belgium

LEONARDO MOCO
National Barista Champion of Brazil

BEN PUT
National Barista Champion of Canada

YING HU
National Barista Champion of China

MAURICIO ROMERO
National Barista Champion of Colombia

RICARDO AVENDANO
National Barista Champion of Costa Rica

ONDREJ HURTIK
National Barista Champion of Czech Republic

MADS MARK-ERIKSEN
National Barista Champion of Denmark

DIEGO MEJIA
National Barista Champion of Ecuador

VICTOR FLORES MENENDEZ
National Barista Champion of El Salvador

JARNO PERAKYLA
National Barista Champion of Finland

CHARLOTTE MALAVAL
National Barista Champion of France

ERNA TOSBERG
National Barista Champion of Germany

STEFANOS PATERAKIS
National Barista Champion of Greece

JOSE DE LA PENA
National Barista Champion of Guatemala

MARY PORTILLO
National Barista Champion of Honduras

DAWN CHAN
National Barista Champion of Hong Kong

JOCI DEAK
National Barista Champion of Hungary

TRYGGVI POR SKARPHEDINSSON
National Barista Champion of Iceland

PARAS BINDRA
National Barista Champion of India

YOSHUA TANU
National Barista Champion of Indonesia

MANSOUR EHSANI
National Barista Champion of Iran

NATALIA PIOTROWSKA
National Barista Champion of Ireland

ANGELO SEGONI
National Barista Champion of Italy

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