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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 617,95 km 29 Dec 1981 Luc De Preter (BEL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10249
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 112,62 km 28 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5505
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 161,816 km 03 Jan 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9989
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 135,51 km/h 16 Nov 1977 Edward Mouat-biggs (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5486
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 970,4 km 27 Jan 1975 Ingo Renner (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10049
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 114.45 km/h 11 Feb 1972 Susan Martin (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10124
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 864.86 km 03 Jun 1967 Tatiana D. Pavlova (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 381
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 784,14 km 27 Aug 1963 Alvin Horne Parker (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4405
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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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 82,35 km/h 13 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5481
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 379,71 km 16 Apr 1955 Francine Abadie (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4361
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 248,45 km 01 Jul 1951 Lucyna Wlazlo (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10084
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 8 050 m 12 Jul 1947 Per Axel Person (SWE) ratified - superseded since approved World 9982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 Straight distance to a declared goal 363,798 km 21 Apr 1939 Otto Braeutigam (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13614
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 375,00 km 27 Sep 1934 Heinrich Dittmar (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4498
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 166,00 km/h 06 Jan 2018 Pieter Nouwens (RSA) ratified - current record World 18371
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 144,51 km/h 11 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19311
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Gliding D13 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 113,19 km/h 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record World 19459
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 103,3 km/h 28 Jun 2009 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record World 15502
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 188,42 km/h 05 Jan 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 12461
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 500 km 119.11 km/h 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 8250
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 078,2 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - current record World 7596
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 603 km 21 Jul 2001 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7044
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 636,68 km 01 Jun 2000 Trevor Florence (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 6582
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - current record World 5887
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 767,45 km 13 Jan 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5275
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 796,21 km 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3962
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 809,49 km 15 Dec 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3062
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance 1 039,87 km 25 Jan 1993 Karl A. Rabeder (AUT) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 408
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 762,988 km 01 Oct 1991 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 10198
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 101.54 km 27 Oct 1988 Morris William Walker (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10079
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 095.69 km 27 Dec 1986 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 3296
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 110.53 km/h 17 Nov 1984 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10134
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 129,72 km/h 12 Dec 1980 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10259
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 892,49 km 26 Nov 1979 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5503
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 126,286 km/h 01 Aug 1978 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10162
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 107,5 km/h 03 Jul 1976 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10213
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 123.710 km/h 18 Jul 1974 Leila Claxton Tweed (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10113
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 656.04 km 06 Feb 1970 Susan Martin (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10088
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 88,64 km:h 19 Jul 1965 Wiera Kaminska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10166
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 875,99 km 02 Jun 1963 Otto Schauble (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5413
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 387.00 km 26 Jun 1960 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4397
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 518,59 km 10 Aug 1956 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10106
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 829,822 km 26 May 1953 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10054
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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 Duration without landing returning to the start point 45 h 28 min 51 sec 19 Nov 1942 Erich Vergens (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4456
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 191,348 km 10 Jun 1938 I.L. Kartachev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13618
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 209 m 25 Apr 1929 Johannes Nehring (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4435
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Gliding D13.5 Distance using up to 3 turn points 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18643
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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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