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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Statussort descending Region ID
Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 11 675,4 m 05 Mar 1951 Robert F. Symons (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10055
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 106,430 km 25 Jul 1946 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10179
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D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
Gliding D1 Duration 36 h 35 min 30 sec 03 Aug 1933 Kurt Schmidt (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4451
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 167,17 km/h 08 Jan 2019 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved European 18830
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 152,02 km/h 16 Aug 2020 Riccardo Brigliadori (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved European 19339
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 164,9 km/h 19 Dec 2013 Alberto Sironi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved African 17031
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 126,1 km/h 30 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved African 16426
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 556,3 km 23 Nov 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14352
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 177,56 km/h 17 Dec 2004 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 10364
Gliding DU Triangle Distance 413,8 km 27 Jul 2001 Boris Zorz (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7073
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 136,34 km/h 03 Jan 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5891
Gliding DW Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 67,70 km/h 16 May 1998 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5395
Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 760,40 km 05 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 371
Gliding D2-M Straight distance 969,75 km 07 Jul 1989 Jerry W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 430
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 155,14 km/h 09 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 368
Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 127,68 km 28 Sep 1981 Doris F. Grove (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5021
Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 115,1 km/!h 16 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10260
Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 707,448 km 23 Dec 1978 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10208
Gliding D1-M Gain of height 6 660 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10183
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 164,54 km/h 04 Nov 2019 John "Mannie" Mclauchlan (RSA) ratified - current record African 19165
Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 107,15 km/h 08 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record North-American 19454
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
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 170,91 km/h 18 Dec 2015 Philip Jeffery (GBR) ratified - current record African 17789
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 156,66 km/h 07 Jan 2015 Johan Luyckx (BEL) ratified - current record African 17400
Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record African 17016
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
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 155,34 km/h 10 Dec 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record African 18356
Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record European 19438
Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1275,7 km 30 Mar 2024 Benjamin Bachmaier (GER) ratified - current record European 20199
Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 255,13 km/h 16 Feb 2018 Keith Essex (USA) ratified - current record Oceanian 18389
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 183,46 km/h 15 Aug 2020 Riccardo Brigliadori (ITA) ratified - current record European 19338
Gliding D13 Triangle Distance 555,7 km 29 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) ratified - current record World 19462
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 162,70 km/h 01 Aug 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record North-American 18211
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record North-American 17874
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 255,03 km/h 05 Apr 2015 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record North-American 17436
Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 117,61 km/h 13 Jun 2014 Pilar Muñoz Lopez (ESP) ratified - current record European 17232
Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 391,9 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15663
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 190,5 km 18 Dec 2019 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 19207
Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 104,5 km/h 24 Jun 2020 Hannu Nurmiranta (FIN) ratified - current record European 19455
Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 153,14 km/h 10 Nov 2021 Margherita Acquaderni (ITA) ratified - current record African 19607
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 198,11 km/h 01 Jan 2017 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - current record World 18108
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 138,1 km/h 31 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record African 17018
Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 157,9 km/h 07 Jan 2009 Jenny Wilkinson (NZL) ratified - current record World 15236
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 220,6 km 28 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12268
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 132,5 km/h 17 Feb 2000 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - current record World 6408
Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 155,34 km/h 10 Dec 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record African 18357
Gliding DO Absolute altitude 22 657 m 02 Sep 2018 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record World 18704
Gliding D13 Free triangle distance 506,7 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record European 19444
Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 295,3 km 30 Mar 2024 Benjamin Bachmaier (GER) ratified - current record European 20200

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