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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 122,42 km/h 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5877
Gliding DU Straight Distance to a Goal 508,10 km 21 Apr 1998 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5361
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 131,15 km/h 07 Jan 1997 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3966
Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 971,17 km 06 Jan 1996 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3712
Gliding D2-M Gain of height 6 550 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 134
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 113.87 km/h 03 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 374
Gliding D2-M Straight distance 969,75 km 07 Jul 1989 Jerry W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10243
Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 140,95 km/h 09 Jan 1987 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10263
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 142,399 km/h 21 Dec 1984 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10224
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 129,52 km/h 08 Feb 1981 Susan Martin (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10127
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 151,28 km/h 10 Dec 1979 Georg Eckle (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5438
Gliding D1-M Gain of height 8 923 m 27 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 411
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 254,26 km 14 Jan 1978 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 335
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5425
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 108.94 km/H 18 Dec 1972 Angela Smith (-) ratified - superseded since approved World 10132
Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 467,2 km 14 Jul 1968 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10154
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 104,22 km/h 28 Jul 1964 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5466
Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 636.6 km 08 Aug 1962 Franciszek Kepka (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10062
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 107,04 km/h 11 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4318
Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 677,61 km 13 May 1956 René Fonteilles (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4417
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 53,665 km/h 05 Aug 1952 Anna P. Samossadova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12424
Gliding D2 Gain of height 7 407 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10058
Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 416,070 km 12 Jun 1940 I.L. Kartachev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13621
Gliding D1-M Gain of height 4 595 m 16 Feb 1938 Michal Offierski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4420
Gliding D1 Straight distance 8,100 km 26 Aug 1923 Juste François Joseph Thoret (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13607
Gliding D13.5 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 102,68 km/h 24 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18656
Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 731,4 km 02 Feb 2020 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - current record World 19230
Gliding D13 Free out-and-return distance 654,1 km 17 May 2020 Rudolf Schlesinger (AUT) ratified - current record World 19440
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 149,06 km/h 05 Dec 2015 Johan Luyckx (BEL) ratified - current record World 17757
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 138,1 km/h 31 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record World 17025
Gliding DW Free triangle distance 419,5 km 07 Aug 2011 Valeria Paget (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15816
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 121,5 km/h 28 Dec 2007 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record World 14905
Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 136,92 km/h 28 Nov 2005 Osvaldo M. Ferraro (ARG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12269
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 2 247,6 km 02 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 8198
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 166,53 km/h 12 Dec 2002 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 7584
Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 108,53 km/h 21 Jun 2001 Guenther Jacobs (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7013
Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 205.52 km/h 12 Jan 2000 Martin J. Eiler (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6367
Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 136,59 km/h 18 Dec 1998 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5896
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 151,12 km/h 17 Jul 1997 Joann B. Shaw (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4820
Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3941
Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 546.57 km 16 Oct 1995 Kai Gertsen (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3012
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 155,82 km/h 06 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 400
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 143,90 km/h 26 Dec 1990 Susan Patricia Beatty (RSA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 346
Gliding DO Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) ratified - current record World 5027
Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 135,51 km/h 13 Jul 1986 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10255
Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 052.744 km 26 Dec 1983 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10078
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 93,7 km/h 04 May 1980 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10176
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 95,42 km/h 24 Jan 1979 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10135
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 114,75 km/h 17 Dec 1977 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10220
Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 823,22 km 01 May 1975 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 9985

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