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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 851,6 km 25 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12234
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 2 245,6 km 02 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 8199
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 153,8 km/h 06 Dec 2002 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7581
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 82,00 km/h 21 Jun 2001 Axel Reich (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7014
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 153,83 km/h 03 Jan 2000 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6351
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 813,56 km 16 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5875
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 151,12 km/h 17 Jul 1997 Joann B. Shaw (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5044
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 025,10 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3942
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 519.41 km 15 Oct 1995 Walter Weir (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 3006
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 164,18 km/h 04 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 401
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 143,90 km/h 26 Dec 1990 Susan Patricia Beatty (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5025
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 157,25 km/h 11 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 354
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 119,83 km/h 11 Jul 1986 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10269
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 159,64 km/h 20 Dec 1983 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5439
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 025,02 km 05 Apr 1980 Cornelia Yoder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10094
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 835,826 km 23 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10210
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 254.26 km 14 Jan 1978 David Napier Speight (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 340
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5426
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 098,54 km 15 Oct 1972 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5418
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 69,598 km/h 29 May 1968 Tamara Zaiganova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10175
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 837,75 km 23 Jul 1964 Wallace A. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4406
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 540,4 km 08 Aug 1962 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10145
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 518,59 km 10 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10146
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 77,495 km/h 04 May 1956 Guy Rousselet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10031
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 64,285 km/h 30 Jul 1952 Anna P. Samossadova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10169
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 44,86 km/h 12 Aug 1949 William G. Briegleb (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5459
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 223,63 km 31 Jul 1939 Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4329
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 13 h 59 min 26 Nov 1937 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4462
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 545 m 07 Feb 1923 Descamps (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13623
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Gliding D13.5 Out-and-return distance 626,3 km 17 May 2020 Rudolf Schlesinger (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 19283
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Gliding D13.5 Triangle Distance 555,7 km 29 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18106
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 107 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17026
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Gliding DW Distance using up to 3 turn points 450,2 km 19 Jul 2010 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16050
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 306,8 km/h 22 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 14392
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 154,05 km/h 05 Jul 2005 Marta Najfeld (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 11787
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 2 008,4 km 14 Nov 2003 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 8077
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 029,7 km 01 Jan 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7187
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 122,39 km/h 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 6764
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 591,2 km 05 May 1999 Sebastian Kawa (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 6072
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 216,42 km/h 18 Oct 1998 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5763
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Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 757,18 km 18 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4079
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 826,48 km 25 Dec 1996 Karl Abhau (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 3922
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 169,72 km/h 05 Jan 1995 Helmut H. Fischer (GER) ratified - current record World 5009
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 360
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 1 092,25 km 14 Jan 1990 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10051
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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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