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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performancesort descending Date Claimant Status Region ID
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 8,100 km 26 Aug 1923 Juste François Joseph Thoret (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13607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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 8 923 m 27 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 411
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Gliding D1 Duration 08 h 04 min 50 sec 29 Jan 1923 Alexis Maneyrol (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4454
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 8 050 m 12 Jul 1947 Per Axel Person (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 9982
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 8 162 m 01 Dec 1950 Andrzej Brzoska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10056
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 8 533 m 14 Apr 1955 Betsy Woodward (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4400
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 8 571 m 11 Dec 1961 Denise Trouillard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10139
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Gliding D2-M Absolute altitude 8 782 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 131
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 8 280 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 3297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-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-M Gain of height 9 935 m 25 Oct 1985 Malcolm D. Stevenson (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 405
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 174.5 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9980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 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 9 119 m 13 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4404
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 9 174 m 17 Oct 1967 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 376
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 665 m 20 Jun 1959 Karl Bauer (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9978
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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 D2 Gain of height 10 493 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 363
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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 D2 Absolute altitude 10 973 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10057
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Gliding D1 Duration 10 h 19 min 43 sec 26 Jul 1925 Albert Massaux (BEL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4453
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 349
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 10 408 m 27 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 410
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Gliding DO Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) ratified - current record World 5027
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 10 809 m 05 Mar 1975 Mary L. Nutt (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 378
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 10 211 m 01 Jan 1949 John Robinson (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9981
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 10 245 m 12 Jun 1988 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 413
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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 D2 Gain of height 11 680 m 05 Nov 1966 Stanislaw Jozefczak (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 364
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Gliding DO Gain of height 12 731 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew ratified - current record South-American 18250
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Gliding D2 Duration 12 h 53 min 6 sec 13 Jun 1946 Madeleine Renaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12419
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 338
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Gliding DO Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - current record World 5010
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 12 832 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9979
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Gliding D2 Duration 12 h 30 min 16 May 1939 E. Zelenkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 11679
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 12 637 m 14 Feb 1979 Sabrina P. Jackintell (USA) ratified - current record World 348
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 13 h 59 min 26 Nov 1937 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4462
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 13 489 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 362
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 14 938 m 17 Feb 1986 Robert R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5011
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 14 102 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5428
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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 D1 Duration 14 h 07 min 03 May 1927 Ferdinand Schulz (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4432
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 460 m 29 Aug 2006 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14043
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 917 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 18248
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 917 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved South-American 18249
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Gliding D2 Duration 16 h 3 min 43 sec 25 Mar 1947 Mrs Melk (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12418
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 18 503 m 26 Aug 2018 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18679
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 18 503 m 26 Aug 2018 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved South-American 18680
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 19 449 m 28 Aug 2018 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18698
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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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