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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 113,72 km/h 31 Jul 1972 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5484
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 8 430 m 17 Oct 1967 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 377
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 74.314 km/h 12 Jun 1964 Olga Manafova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10173
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 7 256 m 11 Dec 1961 Denise Trouillard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10142
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 368 km 20 Jun 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10087
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 66,05 km/h 14 Aug 1955 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5458
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 10 493 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 363
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 6 780 m 21 Sep 1948 Guy Rousselet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10059
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 749,20 km 06 Jul 1939 Olga V. Klepikova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4386
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Gliding D1 Duration 24 h 14 min 14 May 1937 Wanda Modlibowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 11675
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 19 449 m 28 Aug 2018 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18698
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 113,19 km/h 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19303
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 19437
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 137,3 km 17 Dec 2016 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record World 18097
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Gliding DW Free triangle distance 429,8 km 30 Jul 2015 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 17621
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 075,3 km 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 17023
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Gliding D15 Free Distance 1 401,4 km 20 Dec 2012 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) ratified - current record World 16722
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 615,2 km 25 Dec 2010 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 16144
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 109,5 km/h 23 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 14444
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 225,69 km/h 21 Nov 2005 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 12232
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 2 123 km 23 Nov 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 8153
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 149.71 km/h 01 Aug 2002 Philippe Athuil (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 7460
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 511,60 km 05 Jun 2001 Andrej Kolar (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 6995
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 181,54 km/h 06 Jul 1999 Mihael Thaler (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 6193
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 783.83 km 10 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5857
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 217,41 km/h 04 Mar 1997 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5008
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3948
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 877,90 km 08 Jan 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 2402
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Gliding D2-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 196,11 km 30 Nov 1992 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 419
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 951,43 km 02 Jul 1990 Joann B. Shaw (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 351
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 156.93 km/h 02 Jan 1988 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10223
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362,68 km 02 May 1986 John C. Seymour (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 324
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 140,74 km/h 08 Jan 1983 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10221
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 814,01 km 09 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10097
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 121,88 km/h 30 Jan 1979 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10125
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 90.41 km/h 28 Dec 1977 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10231
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 88,16 km/h 06 Jun 1975 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10045
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 860,00 km 03 Aug 1970 Wallace A. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5421
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 127,56 km/h 28 Dec 1966 Patrick James Beatty (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1186
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 419,3 km 29 Jul 1963 Danuta Zachara (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10153
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 66.70 km/h 08 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10120
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 489,80 km 18 Jul 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4366
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 507,052 km 17 Apr 1954 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10105
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 11 675,4 m 05 Mar 1951 Robert F. Symons (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10055
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 106,430 km 25 Jul 1946 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10179
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
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Gliding D1 Duration 36 h 35 min 30 sec 03 Aug 1933 Kurt Schmidt (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4451
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) ratified - current record World 17873
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 255,03 km/h 05 Apr 2015 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record World 17435
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 409,2 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) ratified - current record World 15662
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