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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D2 Straight distance 407,660 km 27 May 1937 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (13612) ratified - superseded since approved World 13612
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 708,4 km 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7587) ratified - superseded since approved World 7587
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 79.01 km/h 11 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) (4403) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4403
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 30,97 km/h 12 Jun 2000 Tamara Sviridova (RUS) (6589) ratified - superseded since approved World 6589
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 447.74 km 12 May 1959 Tadeusz Dabek (POL) (10065) ratified - superseded since approved World 10065
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 149,06 km/h 05 Dec 2015 Johan Luyckx (BEL) (17757) ratified - superseded since approved World 17757
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Gliding D13.5 Free triangle distance 506,7 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18645) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18645
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Gliding D1 Distance in a straight line 837 km 19 Apr 1977 Adela Dankowska (POL) (6977) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6977
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 101.54 km 27 Oct 1988 Morris William Walker (NZL) (10079) ratified - superseded since approved World 10079
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Gliding DU Free Distance 508,10 km 21 Apr 1998 William G. Osoba (USA) (5360) ratified - superseded since approved World 5360
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 436 km 09 Feb 1952 Evert Dommisse (RSA) (10064) ratified - superseded since approved World 10064
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 162,22 km/h 09 Dec 1984 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1194
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 884,67 km 10 Aug 1996 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3288
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 342,370 km 23 Jul 1939 Boris Kimelman (GER) (13605) ratified - superseded since approved World 13605
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 130,71 km/h 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) (8252) ratified - superseded since approved World 8252
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 651.126 km 23 May 1970 Joseph C. Lincoln (USA) (10071) ratified - superseded since approved World 10071
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 138 km/h 13 Jan 1984 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10226) ratified - superseded since approved World 10226
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 739,33 km 30 Oct 1995 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (3027) ratified - superseded since approved World 3027
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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 DO Out-and-return distance 2 025,2 km 23 Nov 2003 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) (8141) ratified - superseded since approved World 8141
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 875,99 km 02 Jun 1963 Karl Bezler (FRG) (5412) ratified - superseded since approved World 5412
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 82,00 km/h 21 Jun 2001 Axel Reich (GER) (7014) ratified - superseded since approved World 7014
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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 DO Absolute altitude 15 917 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew (18248) ratified - superseded since approved World 18248
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 714,7 km 03 Jun 1978 Hanna Reitsch (GER) (10090) ratified - superseded since approved World 10090
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Walter Eisele (FRG) (10188) ratified - superseded since approved World 10188
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 813,56 km 16 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5875) ratified - superseded since approved World 5875
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 94,72 km/h 15 May 1954 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) (4359) ratified - superseded since approved World 4359
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 731,4 km 02 Feb 2020 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (19230) ratified - current record World 19230
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 515,822 km 03 Jun 1973 Isabella Gorokhova (URS) (10155) ratified - superseded since approved World 10155
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3937) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3937
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 368.844 km 16 Jul 1947 Paul B. Macready, Jr (USA) (9998) ratified - superseded since approved World 9998
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 194,79 km/h 23 Nov 2005 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (12237) ratified - current record World 12237
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 98.94 km/h 26 Oct 1965 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) (10117) ratified - superseded since approved World 10117
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 617,43 km 14 May 1980 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10159) ratified - superseded since approved World 10159
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 155,00 km/h 02 Jan 1993 Tilo Holighaus (GER) (402) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 402
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 133,470 km 21 Oct 1936 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (13610) ratified - superseded since approved World 13610
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 624,1 km 12 Nov 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7555) ratified - superseded since approved World 7555
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 93.103 km/h 27 Jun 1960 Anna P. Samossadova (URS) (10118) ratified - superseded since approved World 10118
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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) (6351) ratified - superseded since approved World 6351
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 50.032 km/h 10 Aug 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) (12427) ratified - superseded since approved World 12427
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 756,1 km 12 Jan 2011 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16152) ratified - current record World 16152
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Gliding D2-M Straight distance to a declared goal 646.42 km 28 Apr 1976 Guenther Jacobs (GER) (10245) ratified - superseded since approved World 10245
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 161,33 km/h 10 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5015) ratified - superseded since approved World 5015
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 179,30 km/h 17 Dec 1997 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (5244) ratified - superseded since approved World 5244
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Gliding DW Free triangle distance 563,4 km 20 May 2007 Michael Noel Parker (USA) (14657) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14657
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 65,98 km/h 05 May 1951 René Fonteilles (FRA) (5460) ratified - superseded since approved World 5460
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 160,07 km/h 15 Nov 2018 Katrin Senne (GER) (18787) ratified - current record World 18787
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 643,2 km 28 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (15695) ratified - current record World 15695
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 751.3 km 26 Jul 1975 Edward Guy Minghelli (USA) (10073) ratified - superseded since approved World 10073
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