2008 Winners
35th International
Whistlers Convention
Japan

International Male Grand Champions

• 1st Place:  Geert Chatrou, Mierlo, The Netherlands
• 2nd Place:  Terry Rappold, Harahan, LA, USA
• 3rd Place:  Cao Qing Yao, China

International Female Grand Champions

• 1st Place:  Carole Anne Kaufman, Monrovia, CA, USA
• 2nd Place:  Akiko Komano, Japan
• 3rd Place:  Linda Schiffman, Lexington, MA, USA

Senior Citizens (new group)

• 1st Place:  Norihiro Okuba, Japan
• 2nd Place:  Masanobu Shiraiwa, Japan
• 3rd Place:  Kuniko Fukai, Japan

Teenage Grand Champions

• 1st Place:  Narumi Nakata, Japan
• 2nd Place:  Ario Nozawa, Japan
• 3rd Place:  Wakako Uchikura, Japan

Grand Children's Champions

• 1st Place:  Chihaya Kosugiyama, Japan
• 2nd Place:  Yuudai Takenaka, Japan
• 3rd Place:  Hayate Yamadori, Japan

Allied Arts Champions

• 1st Place:  Cao Qing Yao, China
• 2nd Place:  Mitsuhiro Mori. Japan
• 3rd Place:  Tormod Borgen Rogne, Norway

Entertainer of the Year (Lillian Williams Entertainment Awards)

• Male:  Geert Chatrou, Mierlo, Netherlands
• Female:  Kimiko Wakiyama, Tokyo, Japan

2008 Whistlers' Hall of Fame

• Bobbejaan Schoepen, Belgium