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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2 Gain of height 4 963 m 22 Nov 1950 Irena Kempovna (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4344
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 38 h 21 min 24 sec 18 Jun 1942 Eric Nessler (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4457
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 552,100 km 15 May 1938 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13613
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Gliding D1 Speed over a closed circuit without landing upper than one km 54,55 km/h 05 May 1927 Ferdinand Schulz (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4436
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Gliding D13.5 Free triangle distance 506,7 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18645
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Gliding D13 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record World 19446
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 413,50 km 30 Jul 2015 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17619
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 051,4 km 26 Dec 2010 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16142
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Gliding DW Distance using up to 3 turn points 597,1 km 15 Mar 2007 Murray Gordon Wardell (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 14508
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 227,8 km/h 22 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12204
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 2 000 km 141,07 km/h 23 Nov 2003 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8142
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Gliding DU Triangle Distance 501,69 km 05 Aug 2002 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7464
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Gliding DU Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 82,10 km/h 05 Jun 2001 Andrej Kolar (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 6993
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 429 km 29 Jul 1999 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 6218
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 513,25 km 11 Dec 1998 Allan Keith Willis (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6182
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 236,34 km 04 Apr 1997 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4325
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3946
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 382,12 km 15 Jul 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5515
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 127,17 km/h 21 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4468
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 140,426 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10252
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 017.17 km 09 Jan 1988 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10241
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362.68 km 02 May 1986 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 322
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 414,801 km 11 Jan 1983 B.J. Willson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10200
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 128 km/h 15 Jan 1980 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10254
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 12 637 m 14 Feb 1979 Sabrina P. Jackintell (USA) ratified - current record World 348
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 762,72 km 28 Dec 1977 Conrad Meynell Greaves (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5501
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 751.3 km 26 Jul 1975 Edward Guy Minghelli (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10073
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 130,73 km/h 06 Aug 1972 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5471
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 90,95 km/h 27 Dec 1967 A. A. Human (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10165
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 575,643 km 14 Jun 1964 Olga Manafova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10143
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 644,91 km 04 Jan 1962 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4410
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 517,80 km 06 Jul 1959 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4606
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 50,33 km/h 16 Aug 1955 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5479
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Gliding D1 Duration 56 h 15 min 02 Apr 1952 Charles Atger (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4449
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Gliding D1 Duration 35 h 3 min 19 Nov 1948 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11677
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 1 634 m 10 Jul 1939 Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4320
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 2 970 m 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4422
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 917 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 18248
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 18 503 m 26 Aug 2018 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18679
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Gliding D13 Distance using up to 3 turn points 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 19434
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record World 17871
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 102,09 km/h 30 Jun 2014 Morgan Sandercock (AUS) ratified - current record World 17245
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 511,1 km 13 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 15679
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 018,2 km 15 Dec 2006 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14371
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 079 km 17 Dec 2004 Manfred Albrecht (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10362
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 312,2 km 24 May 2003 Tanja Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record World 7789
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Gliding DU Free Distance 102,9 km 26 Aug 2001 Jana Koutna (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 7099
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Gliding DW Free out-and-return distance 591,12 km 30 Jul 2000 William B. Snead (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6658
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 152,74 km/h 04 Jan 1999 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5903
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Gliding DW Out-and-return distance 580,30 km 16 May 1998 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5393
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