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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 256,20 km 14 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 422
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 531,11 km 01 Jul 1989 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 412
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 137,32 km/h 27 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 366
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 145 km/h 08 Dec 1984 Karl Abhau (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10222
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 158,67 km/h 24 Dec 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1184
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 109 km/h 06 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10261
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 783.03 km 04 Dec 1978 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10074
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 98,54 km/h 18 Jan 1977 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10046
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 114,86 km/h 20 Jul 1974 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5493
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 032,20 km 04 Jun 1970 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5417
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 93,62 km/h 31 Dec 1965 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10180
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 457,00 km 03 Jul 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4392
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 96,12 km/h 13 Jul 1960 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5463
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 59.930 km/h 14 Jun 1957 Wanda Szemplinska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12425
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 59.17 km/h 21 Jun 1953 Ewa Nechay (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12423
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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 D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 253.017 km 20 Jul 1945 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10100
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 152.64 km 10 Jun 1938 Olga V. Klepikova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4321
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 589 m 30 Jul 1929 Robert Kronfeld (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 4430
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Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 144,51 km/h 11 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record World 19449
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 967,44 km 09 Jul 2021 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record World 19499
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 104,2 km/h 26 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18099
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 110,4 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17029
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 121,9 km/h 02 Apr 2011 Robert W. Spielman (USA) ratified - current record World 16212
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 149,2 km/h 12 Jul 2007 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14732
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 129,9 km 25 Nov 2005 Thomas Gostner (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12270
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 249,09 km/h 01 Dec 2003 Horacio Miranda (ARG) ratified - current record World 8195
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 141,6 km/h 26 Nov 2002 Gillian Spreckley (GBR) ratified - current record World 7572
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 535,92 km 21 Jun 2001 Axel Reich (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7016
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 012,33 km 01 Dec 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 6344
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 116,27 km/h 11 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5861
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 1 261,65 km 18 Apr 1997 John F. Good (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4439
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1025,10 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5023
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Gliding DU Triangle Distance 214,08 km 22 Sep 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5517
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 155,00 km/h 02 Jan 1993 Tilo Holighaus (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 402
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Walter Eisele (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10188
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 161,33 km/h 10 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5015
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 649,634 km 24 May 1986 Tamara Sviridova (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10160
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 646,68 km 25 Apr 1983 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5005
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 125,87 km/h 12 Feb 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10126
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 829.7 km 07 Apr 1979 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10075
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 141.13 km/h 07 Jan 1978 Georg Eckle (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10043
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 125,44 km/h 16 Oct 1975 Edward Mouat-biggs (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10041
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 025,02 km 07 Oct 1972 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5420
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 620,66 km 28 Dec 1967 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4389
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 619,995 km 27 Jun 1964 Zinaida Solovey (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10148
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 543.5 km 29 Jul 1962 Stanislaw Ratusinski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10068
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 107,83 km/h 06 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4605
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 500,020 km 04 Sep 1955 Lyle A. Maxey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9993
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 57.833 km/h 17 Jun 1952 Wanda Szemplinska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10170
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