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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 84.11 km/h 26 Dec 1977 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10232
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 73,627 km/h 02 Jun 1975 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10136
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 136,66 km/h 30 Jul 1967 Hannes M. Linke (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5429
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 699,04 km 08 Jan 1964 M. Jackson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4412
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 7 748 m 16 Mar 1961 Vera Hudcova (TCH) ratified - superseded since approved World 10137
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 488.4 km 12 May 1959 Zbigniew Kirakowski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10066
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 56,879 km/h 14 Jul 1955 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10032
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 53 h 04 min 04 Feb 1952 Albert Carraz (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4461
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 6 263 m 25 Sep 1945 Juez Gomez (ESP) ratified - superseded since approved World 3299
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 6 687 m 05 Aug 1938 Walter Drechsel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13588
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 220,270 km 25 Jul 1931 Günter Groenhoff (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13595
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Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 110,20 km/h 20 Nov 2016 Stefano Ghiorzo (ITA) ratified - current record World 19457
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Gliding D13.5 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 002,6 km 08 May 2016 Daniel Sazhin (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 17836
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 15813
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 118,75 km/h 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15664
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 567,51 km 19 Aug 2006 William B. Snead (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14037
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Gliding DU Straight Distance to a Goal 560,07 km 09 Jul 2004 Leonardo R. Benetti-longhini (USA) ratified - current record World 9635
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 3 009 km 21 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 7605
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 150,75 km/h 26 Jul 2001 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 7065
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Gliding DW Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 68,82 km/h 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6649
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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
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Gliding DU Straight Distance to a Goal 508,10 km 21 Apr 1998 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5361
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Gliding D2-M Straight distance 969,75 km 07 Jul 1989 Jerry W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10243
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 113.23 km/h 18 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10233
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Gliding D2-M Gain of height 3 428 m 22 Mar 1977 Dieter Mayr (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10240
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 101,758 km/h 17 Aug 1974 Adele Orsi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10164
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 153,82 km 26 Jul 1970 Wallace A. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5409
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 731.595 km 29 Jul 1966 Tamara Zaiganova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10110
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 100,32 km/h 27 Jul 1963 Arkady Kovchirko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5465
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 546,94 km 04 Aug 1960 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4416
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 79,36 km/h 14 Jun 1958 Komac Bozidar (YUG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1188
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Gliding D2 Duration 38 h 41 min 12 Jan 1954 Jacqueline Mathe (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12417
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 8 334 m 20 Jan 1951 Yvonne Gaudry (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4398
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 7 407 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10058
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 416,070 km 12 Jun 1940 I.L. Kartachev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13621
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 4 595 m 16 Feb 1938 Michal Offierski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4420
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 8,100 km 26 Aug 1923 Juste François Joseph Thoret (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13607
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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
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 731,4 km 02 Feb 2020 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - current record World 19230
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Gliding D13 Free out-and-return distance 654,1 km 17 May 2020 Rudolf Schlesinger (AUT) ratified - current record World 19440
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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
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