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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 409,2 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) (15662) ratified - current record World 15662
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 412,22 km 29 Dec 1999 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6358) ratified - superseded since approved World 6358
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 434,99 km 12 May 1994 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1466
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 449,3 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7604) ratified - superseded since approved World 7604
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5004) ratified - superseded since approved World 5004
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 501,5 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) (8254) ratified - superseded since approved World 8254
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 501,9 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7603) ratified - superseded since approved World 7603
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 502.55 km 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) (8248) ratified - superseded since approved World 8248
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 508.42 km 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) (8249) ratified - superseded since approved World 8249
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 511 km 24 Dec 2001 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7186) ratified - superseded since approved World 7186
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 545,2 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) (8255) ratified - superseded since approved World 8255
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 550,20 km 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6761) ratified - superseded since approved World 6761
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 556,3 km 23 Nov 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14352) ratified - superseded since approved World 14352
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 559,6 km 06 Jan 2006 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (12459) ratified - superseded since approved World 12459
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 559,9 km 16 May 2013 Mathias Schunk (GER) (16803) ratified - superseded since approved European 16803
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 582,8 km 09 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14403) ratified - superseded since approved World 14403
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 586,2 km 25 Dec 2010 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) (16143) ratified - superseded since approved World 16143
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 588,0 km 25 Apr 2019 Mathias Schunk (GER) (18925) ratified - current record European 18925
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 591,8 km 25 Apr 2019 Mathias Schunk (GER) (18924) ratified - superseded since approved European 18924
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 600,97 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16137) ratified - superseded since approved World 16137
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 608,2 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16138) ratified - superseded since approved World 16138
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 615,2 km 25 Dec 2010 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) (16144) ratified - superseded since approved World 16144
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 1 634 m 10 Jul 1939 Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) (4320) ratified - superseded since approved World 4320
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 634,70 km 09 May 1977 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) (5424) ratified - superseded since approved World 5424
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 646,68 km 25 Apr 1983 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) (5427) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5427
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 646,68 km 25 Apr 1983 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) (5005) ratified - superseded since approved World 5005
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 655,8 km 10 Apr 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (20208) ratified - superseded since approved European 20208
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 664,00 km 19 Dec 2025 Gordon R. Boettger (USA) preliminary record claim received North-American 21203
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 665,8 km 08 Jan 2006 Diether Memmert (GER) (12457) ratified - superseded since approved World 12457
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 687 km 21 Nov 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (8152) ratified - superseded since approved World 8152
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 690,00 km 19 Dec 2025 Gordon R. Boettger (USA) preliminary record claim received North-American 21204
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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 DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 709,9 km 16 Apr 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (20209) ratified - current record European 20209
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 715,5 km 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7588) ratified - superseded since approved World 7588
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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 DO Triangle Distance 1 750,6 km 12 Jan 2011 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16151) ratified - current record World 16151
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Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 752.8 km 17 Dec 2004 Diether Memmert (GER) (10357) ratified - superseded since approved World 10357
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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 DO Out-and-return distance 1 804,8 km 14 Nov 2003 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (8076) ratified - superseded since approved World 8076
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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 D1 Absolute altitude 10 211 m 01 Jan 1949 John Robinson (USA) (9981) ratified - superseded since approved World 9981
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) (349) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 349
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