Gliding |
DO |
Gain of height |
10 212 m |
12 Jan 1988 |
Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) |
ratified - current record |
World |
5027 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
6 933 m |
16 Mar 1961 |
Vera Hudcova (TCH) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10141 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
4 880 m |
06 Apr 1948 |
Elisabeth Boselli (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10080 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2-M |
Gain of height |
5 700 m |
28 Apr 1986 |
Helmut Koehler (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
427 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
7 746 m |
20 Jan 1951 |
Yvonne Gaudry (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4399 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
5 723 m |
25 Sep 1945 |
Juez Gomez (ESP) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10181 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
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 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
2 883 m |
21 Jan 1948 |
Jacqueline Mathe (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4341 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
6 072 m |
18 Jan 1951 |
Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10130 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Gain of height |
12 894 m |
25 Feb 1961 |
Paul F. Bikle (USA) |
ratified - current record |
World |
5010 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
3 973 m |
22 Dec 1947 |
Elisabeth Boselli (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4340 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2-M |
Gain of height |
5 044 m |
26 Sep 1982 |
Max-Ludwig Niebler (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10238 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
2 589 m |
30 Jul 1929 |
Robert Kronfeld (AUT) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4430 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
9 174.5 m |
30 Dec 1950 |
William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
9980 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
8 162 m |
01 Dec 1950 |
Andrzej Brzoska (POL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10056 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
1 209 m |
25 Apr 1929 |
Johannes Nehring (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4435 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
8 533 m |
14 Apr 1955 |
Betsy Woodward (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4400 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
2 083 m |
25 Mar 1947 |
Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4336 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
4 963 m |
22 Nov 1950 |
Irena Kempovna (POL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4344 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
1 634 m |
10 Jul 1939 |
Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4320 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Gain of height |
2 970 m |
14 May 1937 |
Friedrich Aufermann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4422 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
3 385 m |
26 Jun 1940 |
Evguenia Prokhorova (URS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4331 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
9 665 m |
20 Jun 1959 |
Karl Bauer (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
9978 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
2 071 m |
10 Jul 1939 |
E. Zelenkova (URS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
12413 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
2 612 m |
12 Mar 1947 |
Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
12414 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Gain of height |
1 184 m |
18 Apr 1938 |
Edmée Jarlaud (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
12412 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
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 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
8 430 m |
17 Oct 1967 |
Adela Dankowska (POL) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
377 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
7 256 m |
11 Dec 1961 |
Denise Trouillard (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10142 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
10 493 m |
19 Mar 1952 |
Laurence E. Edgar (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
363 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
6 780 m |
21 Sep 1948 |
Guy Rousselet (FRA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10059 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Gain of height |
12 731 m |
03 Sep 2017 |
Team/Crew |
ratified - current record |
South-American |
18250 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Gain of height |
6 660 m |
04 May 1977 |
Helmut Lehmann (GER) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10183 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2-M |
Gain of height |
7 241 m |
24 Oct 1996 |
Ralph Jones (GBR) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
World |
3691 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
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 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2-M |
Gain of height |
4 523 m |
26 Mar 1978 |
Freidhelm Jung (FRG) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
10239 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D2 |
Gain of height |
3 291 m |
07 Apr 1950 |
Betsy Woodward (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
4343 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
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 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D13.5 |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
607,3 km |
24 Jul 2018 |
Rudolf Schlesinger (AUT) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
European |
18655 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
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 |
D15 |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
1 295,3 km |
30 Mar 2024 |
Benjamin Bachmaier (GER) |
ratified - current record |
European |
20200 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
1 020,6 km |
25 Nov 2012 |
Allan John Barnes (AUS) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
Oceanian |
16711 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
3 009 km |
21 Jan 2003 |
Klaus Ohlmann (GER) |
ratified - current record |
World |
7605 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1 |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
971,17 km |
06 Jan 1996 |
Hana Zejdova (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
3712 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DO |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
1 710,1 km |
16 Apr 2024 |
Baptiste Innocent (FRA) |
preliminary record claim received |
European |
20209 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
487,38 km |
23 Jul 2015 |
Ghislaine Facon (FRA) |
ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code |
European |
17608 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DW |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
591,2 km |
05 May 1999 |
Zbigniew Nieradka (POL) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
6071 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D15 |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
777.95 km |
01 Dec 1998 |
Hana Zejdova (CZE) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5854 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
D1-M |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
504,72 km |
26 Dec 1996 |
Ms. Reiko Sakurai Morinaka (JPN) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
3919 |
|
→ |
⌄ |
Gliding |
DU |
Free distance using up to 3 turn points |
508,10 km |
21 Apr 1998 |
William G. Osoba (USA) |
ratified - superseded since approved |
World |
5362 |
|
→ |
⌄ |