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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 8 280 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 3297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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 113.9 km/h 16 Oct 1974 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10131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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 117,37 km/h 24 May 1971 Joseph C. Lincoln (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5470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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 9 519 m 05 Jan 1967 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10140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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 75.69 km/h 03 Aug 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10122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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 436.44 km 09 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 4396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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 50.032 km/h 10 Aug 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12427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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 94,72 km/h 15 May 1954 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4359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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 65,98 km/h 05 May 1951 René Fonteilles (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5460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Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 612 m 12 Mar 1947 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12414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D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 40 h 38 min 08 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4466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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 4 325 m 17 Feb 1934 Heinrich Dittmar (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13587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 D15 Free out-and-return distance 1713,1 km 07 Jan 2017 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 18110
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Gliding DW Straight Distance to a Goal 402,00 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16821
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 632,33 km 18 May 2009 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record World 15454
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 089,8 km 03 Dec 2005 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 12275
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 501,5 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8254
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 715,5 km 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7588
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 156,91 km/h 20 Jul 2001 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 7047
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 234,95 km/h 07 May 2000 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6557
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5890
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 179,30 km/h 17 Dec 1997 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5244
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3937
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 739,33 km 30 Oct 1995 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 3027
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 139,96 km/h 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 398
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 164,88 km/h 09 Jan 1991 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 425
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 8 444 m 12 Jun 1988 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 414
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 164,11 km/h 10 Dec 1986 Jean-Paul Castel (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 334
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 177.26 km/h 26 Jul 1984 Erwin Sommer (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 358
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 109,969 km/h 05 Dec 1980 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10264
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 857,14 km 15 Nov 1979 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5502
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 714,7 km 03 Jun 1978 Hanna Reitsch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10090
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Gliding D2-M Straight distance to a declared goal 646.42 km 28 Apr 1976 Guenther Jacobs (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10245
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 515,822 km 03 Jun 1973 Isabella Gorokhova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10155
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 922,59 km 08 Aug 1969 Alvin Horne Parker (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4407
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 119,87 km/h 06 Aug 1964 George B. Moffat, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1187
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 108,12 km/h 19 Aug 1962 George B. Moffat, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1189
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 67.56 km/h 06 May 1960 Maksymiliana Paszyc (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4401
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 66,55 km/h 24 May 1956 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4387
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 84,919 km/h 28 Aug 1952 Richard L. Johnson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10026
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 390 km 07 Jul 1950 Sixteen Rudolf Laroy Mansson (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 9997
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 343.018 km 19 Jun 1940 Evguenia Prokhorova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10101
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 184 m 18 Apr 1938 Edmée Jarlaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12412
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 455,80 km 03 May 1927 Ferdinand Schulz (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4433
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Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 107,15 km/h 08 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record World 19453
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 137,3 km 17 Dec 2016 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record World 18097
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Gliding DW Free triangle distance 429,8 km 30 Jul 2015 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17621
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 075,3 km 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 17023
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