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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Gliding D1-M Straight distance 663,68 km 25 Jun 1987 Donald Aitken (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10186
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 14 938 m 17 Feb 1986 Robert R. Harris (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5011
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Gliding D2-M Absolute altitude 6 408 m 26 Sep 1982 Max-Ludwig Niebler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10237
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 013,21 km 31 Dec 1979 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10193
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 801.77 km 10 Jan 1979 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 7374
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 127,52 km/h 16 Dec 1977 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10214
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 531 km 01 May 1975 Kurt Heimann (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10205
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 150,44 km/h 04 Jul 1970 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5430
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 110.19 km/h 04 Jan 1966 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10116
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 68.52 km/h 04 Jul 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10174
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 62.29 km/h 14 Jul 1960 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10119
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 88,54 km/h 18 Aug 1957 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10034
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 541,3 km 20 Jul 1953 Jerzy Popiel (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 13616
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 6 072 m 18 Jan 1951 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10130
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 237,03 km 06 Aug 1945 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4382
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 305,624 km 07 Jul 1938 Bernhard Flinsch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13604
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 149,42 km 30 Jul 1929 Robert Kronfeld (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 4429
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Gliding D13.5 Triangle Distance 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18641
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Gliding D13 Free triangle distance 506,7 km 12 Dec 2020 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 19443
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 066,1 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 16416
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Gliding DW Distance using up to 3 turn points 432,8 km 08 Aug 2009 Valeria Paget (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15527
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 665,8 km 08 Jan 2006 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 12457
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 223.09 km/h 05 Jan 2004 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 8324
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 449,3 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7604
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Gliding DW Free Distance 741,57 km 22 Jul 2001 William B. Snead (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7054
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 199.97 km 29 Jun 2000 Nikolai Boldyrev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6626
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 037,29 km 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5879
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 211,50 km/h 24 Mar 1998 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5338
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 796,21 km 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3959
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 758,00 km 01 Jan 1996 Norifumi Morimoto (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 3079
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 394,04 km 01 Jun 1993 Brian John Milner (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 50
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 128,04 km/h 14 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 421
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 127,49 km/h 04 Jul 1989 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 415
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 152,53 km/h 02 Jan 1987 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10258
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 138,717 km/h 08 Dec 1984 Inge Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10128
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 306,856 m 04 Jan 1981 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9983
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 86,8 km/h 09 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10266
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 114.96 km/h 07 Dec 1978 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10230
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 063,53 km 18 Jan 1977 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 9987
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,24 km/h 14 Aug 1974 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5432
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 767,02 km 03 Mar 1968 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4414
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 630 km 07 Jul 1964 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10109
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 540,4 km 08 Aug 1962 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10149
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 96,84 km/h 07 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1192
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 76,64 km/h 09 Jan 1956 G.A.J. Goodhart (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 1191
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 274.10 km 11 Jul 1952 Betsy Woodward (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4384
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Gliding D1 Distance over a closed circuit without landing 151,105 km 27 Jun 1949 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10197
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 602.358 km 31 Jul 1939 P.I. Savtsov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13591
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 3 304 m 18 Sep 1937 Erwin Ziller (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13609
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Gliding D1 Duration 08 h 04 min 50 sec 29 Jan 1923 Alexis Maneyrol (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4454
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