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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 757,048 km 18 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10190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 D1 Distance in a straight line 837 km 19 Apr 1977 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6977
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 97.741 km/h 18 Aug 1974 Adele Orsi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10171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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 153,82 km 26 Jul 1970 Benjamin Wayne Greene (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5408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 D2 Gain of height 11 680 m 05 Nov 1966 Stanislaw Jozefczak (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 364
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 678,90 km 28 Jul 1963 Jan Wroblewski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4411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Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 0483 m 16 Dec 1960 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5397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Gliding D2 Straight distance 489.8 km 18 Jul 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10147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 Duration without landing returning to the start point 57 h 10 min 06 Apr 1954 Bertrand Dauvin (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4459
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 7 042 m 18 Jan 1951 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4367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Gliding D2 Duration 12 h 53 min 6 sec 13 Jun 1946 Madeleine Renaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12419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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 258.830 km 10 Aug 1938 Heinrich Huth (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13619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 D1-M Triangle Distance 1 277,43 km 21 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 19288
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 198,11 km/h 01 Jan 2017 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - current record World 18108
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Gliding DW Free Distance 405,1 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16823
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 157,9 km/h 07 Jan 2009 Jenny Wilkinson (NZL) ratified - current record World 15236
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 220,6 km 28 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12268
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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 DW Out-and-return distance 591,8 km 24 Jun 2001 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7022
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 132,5 km/h 17 Feb 2000 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - current record World 6408
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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 D1-M Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3940
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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 Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 349
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 169,50 km/h 15 Nov 1986 Jean-Paul Castel (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 333
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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-M Absolute altitude 10 408 m 27 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 410
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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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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 341,9 km 23 May 1956 Barbara Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10086
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 80,34 km/h 13 Aug 1952 Ernst-Günter Haase (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5461
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 10 973 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10057
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 495.020 km 19 Jun 1940 I.L. Kartachev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13622
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Gliding D1-M Duration 05 h 24 min 19 sec 23 Feb 1938 Michal Offierski (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4421
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Gliding D1 Duration 10 h 19 min 43 sec 26 Jul 1925 Albert Massaux (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4453
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Gliding D13.5 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18647
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 224,11 km/h 29 Dec 2013 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 17009
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 608,2 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 16138
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 582,8 km 09 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14403
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