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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 9 174 m 17 Oct 1967 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 376
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 575,643 km 14 Jun 1964 Olga Manafova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10150
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 8 571 m 11 Dec 1961 Denise Trouillard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10139
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 665 m 20 Jun 1959 Karl Bauer (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9978
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 67,304 km/h 16 Aug 1955 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10000
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 13 489 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 362
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Gliding D1 Duration 28 h 2 min 20 Oct 1948 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11676
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 071 m 10 Jul 1939 E. Zelenkova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12413
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Gliding D1-M Duration 03 h 36 min 36 sec 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4423
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Gliding D13.5 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19301
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 075,3 km 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 17022
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Gliding D15 Straight Distance to a Goal 1 401,4 km 20 Dec 2012 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 16721
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 586,2 km 25 Dec 2010 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16143
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 377,7 km 23 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14443
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 160,15 km/h 21 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12198
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 2 069,9 km 23 Nov 2003 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8143
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 79.74 km/h 05 Aug 2002 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7466
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 619,60 km 05 Jun 2001 Andrej Kolar (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 6994
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 73,22 km/h 28 Jul 1999 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6209
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 513,25 km 11 Dec 1998 Allan Keith Willis (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6183
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 217,41 km/h 04 Mar 1997 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4253
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Gliding D2-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3947
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 877,90 km 08 Jan 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 2340
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Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 043.48 km 01 Dec 1992 Hans Binder (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 4469
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 127,29 km/h 21 Dec 1990 Susan Patricia Beatty (RSA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 345
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 170,90 km/h 08 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 357
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362,68 km 02 May 1986 Robert L. Robertson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 323
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance 652,681 km 10 Jan 1983 B.J. Willson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10185
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 131,84 km/h 14 Jan 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5498
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 139.45 km/h 02 Feb 1979 Susan Martin (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10111
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 135,78 km/h 28 Dec 1977 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10215
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 8 280 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 3297
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 113.9 km/h 16 Oct 1974 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10131
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 117,37 km/h 24 May 1971 Joseph C. Lincoln (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5470
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 9 519 m 05 Jan 1967 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10140
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 75.69 km/h 03 Aug 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10122
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 436.44 km 09 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 4396
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 50.032 km/h 10 Aug 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12427
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 94,72 km/h 15 May 1954 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4359
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 65,98 km/h 05 May 1951 René Fonteilles (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5460
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 612 m 12 Mar 1947 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12414
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 40 h 38 min 08 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4466
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 4 325 m 17 Feb 1934 Heinrich Dittmar (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13587
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 255,13 km/h 16 Feb 2018 Keith Essex (USA) ratified - current record World 18387
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Gliding D13 Triangle Distance 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 19463
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 198,0 km/h 13 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 15680
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 155,7 km/h 13 Dec 2006 Siegfried Baumgartl (dr.) (GER) ratified - current record World 14365
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 177,56 km/h 17 Dec 2004 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 10363
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 357,4 km 24 May 2003 Tanja Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record World 7790
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 76,90 km/h 08 Aug 2001 Tanja Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record World 7085
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