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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 707,448 km 23 Dec 1978 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10208
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 6 660 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10183
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 122,06 km/h 24 Aug 1974 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5485
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 860,00 km 03 Aug 1970 Wallace A. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5421
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 127,56 km/h 28 Dec 1966 Patrick James Beatty (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1186
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 419,3 km 29 Jul 1963 Danuta Zachara (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10153
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 66.70 km/h 08 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10120
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 489,80 km 18 Jul 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4366
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 507,052 km 17 Apr 1954 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10105
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 11 675,4 m 05 Mar 1951 Robert F. Symons (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10055
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 106,430 km 25 Jul 1946 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10179
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
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Gliding D1 Duration 36 h 35 min 30 sec 03 Aug 1933 Kurt Schmidt (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4451
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 134,82 km/h 07 Jan 2017 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 18111
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 002,1 km 25 Apr 2009 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record World 15270
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 193,1 km 03 Dec 2005 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 12303
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 545,2 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8255
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 136,82 km/h 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7589
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Gliding DW Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 97,87 km/h 02 Jul 2001 Guenther Jacobs (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7023
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 110,14 km/h 17 Feb 2000 Pawel Frackowiak (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 6406
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 119,79 km/h 22 Dec 1998 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5897
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 179,30 km/h 17 Dec 1997 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5967
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3939
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 739,33 km 30 Oct 1995 Michael Oakley (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 3028
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 400,19 km 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 399
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 171,10 km/h 31 Dec 1990 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 424
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,03 km/h 20 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 356
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 601,789 km 24 Nov 1986 Karl Abhau (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10201
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 162,02 km/h 25 Jul 1984 Erwin Sommer (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5475
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Gliding D2-M Straight distance 952,53 km 16 May 1980 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10242
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 773,36 km 13 Nov 1979 Karl Abhau (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10191
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Gliding D2-M Gain of height 4 523 m 26 Mar 1978 Freidhelm Jung (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10239
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 546 km 27 Apr 1976 Adele Orsi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10156
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 672,2 km 29 May 1973 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10089
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 111,30 km/h 31 Jul 1969 William Ross Briegleb (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5468
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 92,56 km/h 01 Aug 1964 Vladimir Tchouvikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5482
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 84,55 km/h 17 Aug 1962 Daniel Barbera (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5464
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 111,39 km/h 06 May 1960 Mikhaïl Vieriestiennikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5435
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 341,90 km 23 May 1956 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4362
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 418,98 km 22 Aug 1952 William H. Coverdale (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9996
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 3 291 m 07 Apr 1950 Betsy Woodward (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4343
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 443,714 km 19 Jun 1940 Olga V. Klepikova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12415
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 19 h 08 min 09 Apr 1938 N. Makaroff (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4463
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 10,5 km 18 Dec 1926 Ettore Cattaneo (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13718
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 129,6 km/h 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 17024
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 600,97 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16137
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 375,2 km 23 Jan 2007 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 14445
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 355 km 20 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12196
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Gliding DO Free Distance 2 174,5 km 23 Nov 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8154
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 144,95 km/h 31 Jul 2002 Janusz Centka (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 7462
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