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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 778,71 km 11 Jul 1986 Walter Binder (FRG) (10270) ratified - superseded since approved World 10270
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 779,68 km 24 Jan 1979 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (10096) ratified - superseded since approved World 10096
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Gliding D13.5 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 781,7 km 14 Aug 2019 Christoph Matkowski (POL) (19036) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code European 19036
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Gliding D13 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 781,7 km 14 Aug 2019 Christoph Matkowski (POL) (19439) ratified - current record European 19439
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 783.03 km 04 Dec 1978 Erwin Müller (FRG) (10074) ratified - superseded since approved World 10074
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 783.83 km 10 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5857) ratified - superseded since approved World 5857
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 784,14 km 27 Aug 1963 Alvin Horne Parker (USA) (4405) ratified - superseded since approved World 4405
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 785,80 km 01 Jan 1969 Robert Roland Clifford (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4415
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance 788,34 km 10 Jul 1988 Donald J. Hurd (USA) (10187) ratified - superseded since approved World 10187
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 79,36 km/h 14 Jun 1958 Komac Bozidar (YUG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1188
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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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 79.74 km/h 05 Aug 2002 William G. Osoba (USA) (7466) ratified - superseded since approved World 7466
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 792.26 km 19 Dec 1987 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) (10246) ratified - superseded since approved World 10246
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Gliding DW Free Distance 793,72 km 11 Jul 2011 William B. Snead (USA) (16272) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16272
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 796,21 km 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3962) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3962
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 796,21 km 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3959) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3959
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Gliding D2-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 796,21 km 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3963) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3963
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 796,21 km 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3958) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3958
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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 D2-M Absolute altitude 8 040 m 28 Apr 1986 Helmut Koehler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 426
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 8 050 m 12 Jul 1947 Per Axel Person (SWE) (9982) ratified - superseded since approved World 9982
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 8 084 m 05 Dec 1961 Lidia Pazio (POL) (10138) ratified - superseded since approved World 10138
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 8 162 m 01 Dec 1950 Andrzej Brzoska (POL) (10056) ratified - superseded since approved World 10056
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 8 280 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) (3297) ratified - superseded since approved World 3297
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 8 334 m 20 Jan 1951 Yvonne Gaudry (FRA) (4398) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4398
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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 D1-M Gain of height 8 444 m 12 Jun 1988 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 414
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 8 533 m 14 Apr 1955 Betsy Woodward (USA) (4400) ratified - superseded since approved World 4400
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 8 571 m 11 Dec 1961 Denise Trouillard (FRA) (10139) ratified - superseded since approved World 10139
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Gliding D2-M Absolute altitude 8 782 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (132) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 132
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Gliding D2-M Absolute altitude 8 782 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (131) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 131
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 8 923 m 27 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 411
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 8,100 km 26 Aug 1923 Juste François Joseph Thoret (FRA) (13607) ratified - superseded since approved World 13607
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 80,34 km/h 13 Aug 1952 Ernst-Günter Haase (GER) (5461) ratified - superseded since approved World 5461
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 80,961 km/h 14 Jul 1959 Danuta Zachara (POL) (12422) ratified - superseded since approved World 12422
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 800,00 km 05 Jan 1996 Norifumi Morimoto (JPN) (3080) ratified - superseded since approved World 3080
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 801,50 km 01 Aug 1992 Franz Ott (GER) (10203) ratified - superseded since approved World 10203
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 801,7 km 07 Apr 1979 Hanna Reitsch (GER) (10092) ratified - superseded since approved World 10092
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 801.77 km 10 Jan 1979 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) (7374) ratified - superseded since approved World 7374
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Gliding D15 Straight Distance to a Goal 807 km 15 Jan 2026 _unknown (-) (15811) minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim World 15811
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 809,49 km 15 Dec 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3062) ratified - superseded since approved World 3062
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 809,49 km 15 Dec 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3063) ratified - superseded since approved World 3063
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 809,923 km 17 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) (10209) ratified - superseded since approved World 10209
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 81,35 km/h 12 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) (5457) ratified - superseded since approved World 5457
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 81,47 km/h 15 Jul 1998 Patrick L. Tuckey (USA) (5603) ratified - superseded since approved World 5603
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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 Triangle Distance 814,01 km 09 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (10097) ratified - superseded since approved World 10097
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 814,71 km 11 Jul 2011 William B. Snead (USA) (16271) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16271
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 818.84 km 11 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5858) ratified - superseded since approved World 5858
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