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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 8 571 m 11 Dec 1961 Denise Trouillard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10139
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 665 m 20 Jun 1959 Karl Bauer (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9978
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 67,304 km/h 16 Aug 1955 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10000
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 13 489 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 362
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Gliding D1 Duration 28 h 2 min 20 Oct 1948 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11676
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 071 m 10 Jul 1939 E. Zelenkova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12413
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Gliding D1-M Duration 03 h 36 min 36 sec 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4423
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Gliding D13.5 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19301
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 198,0 km/h 13 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 15680
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 155,7 km/h 13 Dec 2006 Siegfried Baumgartl (dr.) (GER) ratified - current record World 14365
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 177,56 km/h 17 Dec 2004 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 10363
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 357,4 km 24 May 2003 Tanja Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record World 7790
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 76,90 km/h 08 Aug 2001 Tanja Pristavec (SLO) ratified - current record World 7085
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 517,38 km 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6646
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 165,10 km/h 04 Jan 1999 Siegfried Baumgartl (dr.) (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5933
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Gliding DW Free out-and-return distance 580,30 km 16 May 1998 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5394
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Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 705,04 km 15 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 4020
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 139,97 km/h 14 Dec 1996 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3905
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Gliding D2-M Absolute altitude 8 782 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 131
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 143.17 km/h 06 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 373
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 261.36 km 01 Dec 1989 Morris William Walker (NZL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 361
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 143,46 km/h 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5016
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 176,99 km/h 14 Nov 1985 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 5013
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 127,68 km 28 Sep 1981 Doris F. Grove (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 350
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 106,7 km/h 20 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10265
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 120.2 km/h 29 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10234
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 8 280 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 3297
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 113.9 km/h 16 Oct 1974 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10131
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 117,37 km/h 24 May 1971 Joseph C. Lincoln (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5470
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 9 519 m 05 Jan 1967 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10140
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 75.69 km/h 03 Aug 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10122
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 436.44 km 09 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 4396
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 50.032 km/h 10 Aug 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 12427
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 94,72 km/h 15 May 1954 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4359
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 65,98 km/h 05 May 1951 René Fonteilles (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5460
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 612 m 12 Mar 1947 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12414
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 40 h 38 min 08 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4466
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 4 325 m 17 Feb 1934 Heinrich Dittmar (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13587
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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 World 18387
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Gliding D13 Triangle Distance 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 19463
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1713,1 km 07 Jan 2017 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 18110
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Gliding DW Straight Distance to a Goal 402,00 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16821
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 632,33 km 18 May 2009 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record World 15454
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 089,8 km 03 Dec 2005 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - superseded since approved World 12275
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 501,5 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8254
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 715,5 km 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7588
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 156,91 km/h 20 Jul 2001 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 7047
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 234,95 km/h 07 May 2000 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6557
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5890
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 179,30 km/h 17 Dec 1997 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5244
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