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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Statussort ascending Region ID
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 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
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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
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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
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record European 19438
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 178,42 km/h 17 Dec 2013 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved African 17000
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 158,7 km/h 24 Dec 2011 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) ratified - superseded since approved African 16418
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 460 m 29 Aug 2006 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14043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Gliding DO Free Distance 2 192,9 km 04 Dec 2004 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10316
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 799,5 km 22 May 2003 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7786
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 63,10 km/h 27 Jul 2001 Boris Zorz (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7074
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 133,66 km/h 31 Dec 1998 David Graham Jansen (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5881
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Gliding DU Free Distance 508,10 km 21 Apr 1998 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5360
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 928,29 km 20 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5022
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 884,67 km 10 Aug 1996 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3288
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Gliding D2-M Gain of height 6 550 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 133
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 121,02 km/h 05 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 372
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Gliding D2-M Straight distance to a declared goal 777,81 km 07 Jul 1989 Jerry W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 431
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 158,82 km/h 09 Jan 1987 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10225
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 000.88 km 28 Sep 1981 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10077
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 118,8 km/h 15 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10256
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 757,048 km 18 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10190
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 97.741 km/h 18 Aug 1974 Adele Orsi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10171
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 153,82 km 26 Jul 1970 Benjamin Wayne Greene (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5408
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 678,90 km 28 Jul 1963 Jan Wroblewski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4411
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 0483 m 16 Dec 1960 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5397
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 489,8 km 18 Jul 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10147
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 7 042 m 18 Jan 1951 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4367
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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 D2 Free out-and-return distance 258,830 km 10 Aug 1938 Heinrich Huth (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13619
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 21 h 34 min 17 Dec 1931 William A. Cocke, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4458
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 170,91 km/h 18 Dec 2015 Philip Jeffery (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved African 17790
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 205,89 km/h 06 Jan 2015 Tiji Schmelzer (BEL) ratified - superseded since approved African 16564
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 167,2 km/h 02 Dec 2011 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) ratified - superseded since approved African 16391
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 172,2 km/h 06 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8207
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,06 km/h 14 Dec 2002 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 7585
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 110,33 km/h 19 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5876
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 173.94 km/h 07 Nov 1997 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5057
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Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 841,17 km 20 Oct 1995 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 3018
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 400,19 km 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5012
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 171,10 km/h 31 Dec 1990 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5018
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 138 km/h 13 Jan 1984 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10226
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 617,43 km 14 May 1980 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10159
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 109,71 km/h 17 Feb 1978 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10047
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 73,82 km/h 19 Apr 1976 Friedrich Kensche (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10257
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 260,44 km 15 May 1973 William C. Holbrook (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5423
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 785,80 km 01 Jan 1969 Robert R. Clifford (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4415
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 041,52 km 31 Jul 1964 Alvin Horne Parker (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5411
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 128,38 km/h 16 Aug 1962 George B. Moffat, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5434
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 562,60 km 30 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4607
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