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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort ascending ID
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 141.13 km/h 07 Jan 1978 Georg Eckle (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10043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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 125,44 km/h 16 Oct 1975 Edward Mouat-biggs (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10041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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 025,02 km 07 Oct 1972 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5420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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 620,66 km 28 Dec 1967 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4389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Gliding D2 Straight distance 619,995 km 27 Jun 1964 Zinaida Solovey (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10148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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 543.5 km 29 Jul 1962 Stanislaw Ratusinski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10068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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 500,020 km 04 Sep 1955 Lyle A. Maxey (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9993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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 57.833 km/h 17 Jun 1952 Wanda Szemplinska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10170
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 368.844 km 16 Jul 1947 Paul B. Macready, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9998
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Gliding D2 Duration 12 h 30 min 16 May 1939 E. Zelenkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 11679
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 504,2 km 29 Jul 1935 Rudolf Oeltzschner (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13719
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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 D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 151 km/h 10 Jul 2024 Steve J. Koerner (USA) dossier under review World 20337
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 643,2 km 28 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 15695
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 176,5 km/h 21 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 14393
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 270,5 km 11 Jan 2005 Reiko Morinaka (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10391
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 243,40 km/h 09 Nov 2003 Tom K. Serkowski (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7983
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 204,5 km 26 Aug 2001 Jana Koutna (CZE) ratified - current record World 7096
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 84,32 km/h 17 Aug 2000 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6684
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 859,29 km 17 Jan 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5916
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 83,47 km/h 19 Sep 1998 Cláudio Blois Duarte (BRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5742
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Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 892,22 km 16 Feb 1997 Helmut H. Fischer (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4021
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 147,01 km/h 21 Dec 1996 Lydia Casper (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5030
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 049,44 km 05 Nov 1994 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5006
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 141.90 km/h 10 Jan 1992 Adele Orsi (ITA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 375
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 179,53 km/h 05 Jan 1990 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 429
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 158,47 km/h 21 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5489
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 156,725 km/h 09 Jan 1986 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10217
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 143,63 km/h 06 Jan 1982 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10044
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 98,97 km 31 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10250
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 145,33 km/h 03 Jan 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 332
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 140,07 km/h 17 Nov 1977 Edward Mouat-biggs (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5494
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 140,33 km/h 31 Jan 1975 Malcolm John Jinks (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10039
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 113.24 km/h 29 Feb 1972 Susan Martin (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10115
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 864,86 km 03 Jun 1967 Isabella Gorokhova (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 380
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 103.33 km/h 25 Dec 1963 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10133
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 14 102 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5428
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 87,51 km/h 14 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5462
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 444,615 km 11 Jun 1955 René Fonteilles (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 9995
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 511,51 km 19 Jul 1951 Alexader Pawlikiewicz (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 13617
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 55 h 52 min 12 sec 22 Sep 1943 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4455
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 191,348 km 10 Jun 1938 Ilya Korotov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13603
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 72,20 km 25 Apr 1929 Johannes Nehring (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4434
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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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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 156,14 km/h 03 Jul 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record World 18182
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Gliding DU Free triangle distance 530,13 km 28 Jun 2009 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15501
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