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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 405,5 km 01 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14390) ratified - superseded since approved World 14390
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 1 261,65 km 18 Apr 1997 John F. Good (USA) (4439) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4439
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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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 62.29 km/h 14 Jul 1960 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10119) ratified - superseded since approved World 10119
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 72,20 km 25 Apr 1929 Johannes Nehring (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4434
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Walter Eisele (FRG) (10188) ratified - superseded since approved World 10188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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 67.62 km/h 06 Jun 1976 Werner Hoffmann (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10262
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 804,8 km 14 Nov 2003 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (8076) ratified - superseded since approved World 8076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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 341,90 km 23 May 1956 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (4362) ratified - superseded since approved World 4362
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Gliding DU Triangle Distance 214,08 km 22 Sep 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) (5517) ratified - superseded since approved World 5517
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 150,44 km/h 04 Jul 1970 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (5430) ratified - superseded since approved World 5430
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 619,60 km 05 Jun 2001 Andrej Kolar (SLO) (6994) ratified - superseded since approved World 6994
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 3 291 m 07 Apr 1950 Betsy Woodward (USA) (4343) ratified - superseded since approved World 4343
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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 DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 213,2 km/h 26 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (15694) ratified - superseded since approved World 15694
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 68.52 km/h 04 Jul 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10174) ratified - superseded since approved World 10174
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 513,25 km 11 Dec 1998 Allan Keith Willis (AUS) (6183) ratified - superseded since approved World 6183
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 191,348 km 10 Jun 1938 I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13618) ratified - superseded since approved World 13618
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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 D1-M Out-and-return distance 693,448 km 23 Jul 1978 Günter Cichon (FRG) (10207) ratified - superseded since approved World 10207
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 96,76 km/h 18 Oct 2005 Claudio Blois Duarte (BRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12016
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 562,60 km 30 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (4607) ratified - superseded since approved World 4607
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1025,10 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5023) ratified - superseded since approved World 5023
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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 D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 231,80 km 16 Apr 1974 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5416) ratified - superseded since approved World 5416
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 665 m 20 Jun 1959 Karl Bauer (FRG) (9978) ratified - superseded since approved World 9978
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 826,48 km 25 Dec 1996 Karl Abhau (FRG) (3922) ratified - superseded since approved World 3922
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Gliding D13.5 Distance using up to 3 turn points 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18643) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18643
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 220,1 km 26 Aug 2001 Jana Koutna (CZE) (7098) ratified - superseded since approved World 7098
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance 663,68 km 25 Jun 1987 Donald Aitken (USA) (10186) ratified - superseded since approved World 10186
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 001.94 km 07 Sep 1972 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) (5396) ratified - superseded since approved World 5396
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 13 489 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) (362) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 362
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 277,43 km 21 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (19288) ratified - superseded since approved World 19288
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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) (10221) ratified - superseded since approved World 10221
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 104,22 km/h 28 Jul 1964 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (5466) ratified - superseded since approved World 5466
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 151,37 km/h 04 Jan 1999 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5880) ratified - superseded since approved World 5880
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 342,370 km 25 Jul 1939 I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13620) ratified - superseded since approved World 13620
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 460 m 29 Aug 2006 Steve Fossett (USA) (14043) ratified - superseded since approved World 14043
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Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 757,18 km 18 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (4079) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4079
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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) (10125) ratified - superseded since approved World 10125
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Gliding D1 Duration 08 h 04 min 50 sec 29 Jan 1923 Alexis Maneyrol (FRA) (4454) ratified - superseded since approved World 4454
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 1 092,25 km 14 Jan 1990 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (10051) ratified - superseded since approved World 10051
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 127.204 km/h 19 Aug 1975 Adele Orsi (ITA) (10112) ratified - superseded since approved World 10112
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 799,5 km 22 May 2003 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (7786) ratified - superseded since approved World 7786
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 67,304 km/h 16 Aug 1955 Edward Makula (POL) (10000) ratified - superseded since approved World 10000
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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) (5009) ratified - current record World 5009
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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 D2 Out-and-return distance 467,2 km 14 Jul 1968 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10154) ratified - superseded since approved World 10154
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 260,87 km 15 Aug 2000 William G. Osoba (USA) (6765) ratified - superseded since approved World 6765
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 50 km/h 10 Jun 1949 Irena Kempovna (POL) (12420) ratified - superseded since approved World 12420
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