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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 353.60 km 29 May 1953 Wanda Adamek (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4358
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 174.5 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9980
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 55 h 52 min 12 sec 22 Sep 1943 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4455
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 191,348 km 10 Jun 1938 Ilya Korotov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13603
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 72,20 km 25 Apr 1929 Johannes Nehring (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4434
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Gliding D13.5 Distance using up to 3 turn points 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18643
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 14 938 m 17 Feb 1986 Robert R. Harris (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 339
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 156,14 km/h 03 Jul 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record World 18182
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Gliding DU Free triangle distance 530,13 km 28 Jun 2009 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15501
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 127,5 km 06 Jan 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 12460
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 508.42 km 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8249
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 965,3 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - current record World 7595
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 771,74 km 22 Jul 2001 William B. Snead (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7056
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 43,98 km/h 11 Jun 2000 Vladimir Bessarabov (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6588
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - current record World 5886
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 180,33 km/h 05 Mar 1998 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5315
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5024
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 185,91 km 22 Aug 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5518
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Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,16 km 24 Dec 1992 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 404
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Schauble (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10196
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 170,06 km/h 09 Jan 1988 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 326
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 95,72 km/h 16 May 1986 Daina Vilne (LAT) ratified - superseded since approved World 10177
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 646,68 km 25 Apr 1983 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5427
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 949,70 km 20 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 352
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 731,27 km 07 Apr 1979 Doris F. Grove (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10091
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 152,16 km/h 29 Dec 1977 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10216
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 127.204 km/h 19 Aug 1975 Adele Orsi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10112
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 001.94 km 07 Sep 1972 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5396
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 135,32 km/h 28 Dec 1967 M Jackson (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10038
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 619,995 km 27 Jun 1964 Zinaida Solovey (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10151
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 621.785 km 23 Jun 1962 Alexandre Filiouchine (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10061
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 80,961 km/h 14 Jul 1959 Danuta Zachara (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12422
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 39,71 km/h 17 Aug 1955 Gabriel Margerit (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1193
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 636.877 km 06 Jun 1952 Viacheslav Efimenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13592
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Gliding D1 Duration 40 h 51 min 16 Mar 1949 Guy Marchand (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4450
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 223,63 km 23 Jul 1939 Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4328
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 652,256 km 27 May 1937 Viktor Rastorguev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13600
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Gliding D15 Straight Distance to a Goal 807 km _unknown (-) minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim World 15811
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Gliding D13.5 Free out-and-return distance 501,36 km 26 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18100
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 185,10 km/h 13 Nov 2015 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - current record World 17750
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 750,6 km 12 Jan 2011 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 16151
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Gliding DW Distance using up to 3 turn points 636,3 km 27 May 2007 Michael Noel Parker (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14670
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 160,03 km/h 24 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12233
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 249,09 km/h 01 Dec 2003 Horacio Miranda (ARG) ratified - superseded since approved World 8196
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 187,13 km/h 15 Nov 2002 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7554
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 535,92 km 21 Jun 2001 Thomas Wartha (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7017
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 116,10 km/h 01 Dec 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 6345
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 002,83 km 11 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5862
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 288,79 km 18 Apr 1997 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4440
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 705,04 km 15 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 4017
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