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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D1 Straight distance 602,23 km 12 May 1937 Viktor Rastorguev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4508
Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 391,9 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15663
Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 460 m 29 Aug 2006 Steve Fossett (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 14043
Gliding DO Free Distance 2 192,9 km 04 Dec 2004 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10316
Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 799,5 km 22 May 2003 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7786
Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 63,10 km/h 27 Jul 2001 Boris Zorz (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7074
Gliding DW Free out-and-return distance 507,97 km 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6648
Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 133,66 km/h 31 Dec 1998 David Graham Jansen (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5881
Gliding DU Free Distance 508,10 km 21 Apr 1998 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5360
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 928,29 km 20 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5022
Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 884,67 km 10 Aug 1996 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3288
Gliding D2-M Gain of height 6 550 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 133
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 121,02 km/h 05 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 372
Gliding D2-M Straight distance to a declared goal 777,81 km 07 Jul 1989 Jerry W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 431
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 158,82 km/h 09 Jan 1987 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10225
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 158,41 km/h 08 Jan 1985 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 329
Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 000.88 km 28 Sep 1981 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10077
Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 118,8 km/h 15 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10256
Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 757,048 km 18 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10190
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
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
Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 153,82 km 26 Jul 1970 Benjamin Wayne Greene (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5408
Gliding D2 Gain of height 11 680 m 05 Nov 1966 Stanislaw Jozefczak (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 364
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 678,90 km 28 Jul 1963 Jan Wroblewski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4411
Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 0483 m 16 Dec 1960 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5397
Gliding D2 Straight distance 489,8 km 18 Jul 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10147
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
Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 7 042 m 18 Jan 1951 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4367
Gliding D2 Duration 12 h 53 min 6 sec 13 Jun 1946 Madeleine Renaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12419
Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 258,830 km 10 Aug 1938 Heinrich Huth (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13619
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
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 191,19 km/h 29 Dec 1987 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 406
Gliding D13 Triangle Distance 555,7 km 29 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) ratified - current record World 19462
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
Gliding DW Free Distance 405,1 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16823
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
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 220,6 km 28 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12268
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 841,17 km 20 Oct 1995 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 3018
Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 400,19 km 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5012
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
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
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
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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