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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 767,02 km 03 Mar 1968 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4414
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 55 h 52 min 12 sec 22 Sep 1943 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) (4455) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4455
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 98,97 km 31 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10250) ratified - superseded since approved World 10250
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 049,44 km 05 Nov 1994 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (5006) ratified - superseded since approved World 5006
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 121,08 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) (17028) ratified - superseded since approved World 17028
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 188,42 km/h 05 Jan 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (12461) ratified - superseded since approved World 12461
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Gliding D13.5 Triangle Distance 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18641) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18641
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 540,4 km 08 Aug 1962 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10149) ratified - superseded since approved World 10149
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 143.17 km/h 06 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 373
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 517,38 km 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) (6646) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6646
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 2 589 m 30 Jul 1929 Robert Kronfeld (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 4430
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 762,72 km 28 Dec 1977 Conrad Meynell Greaves (GBR) (5501) ratified - superseded since approved World 5501
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 026,78 km 20 Dec 2013 Lisa Ellen Trotter (AUS) (17001) ratified - current record World 17001
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 129,9 km 25 Nov 2005 Thomas Gostner (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12270
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 102,68 km/h 24 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18656) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18656
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 6 933 m 16 Mar 1961 Vera Hudcova (TCH) (10141) ratified - superseded since approved World 10141
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 84,94 km/h 31 May 1991 Margit Pantenburg-Becker (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 417
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 87,75 km/h 16 May 2000 Adela Dankowska (POL) (6564) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6564
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 545 m 07 Feb 1923 Descamps (FRA) (13623) ratified - superseded since approved World 13623
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 135,51 km/h 16 Nov 1977 Edward Mouat-biggs (RSA) (5486) ratified - superseded since approved World 5486
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 50,33 km/h 16 Aug 1955 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) (5479) ratified - superseded since approved World 5479
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 211,50 km/h 24 Mar 1998 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) (5338) ratified - superseded since approved World 5338
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 500 km 122,8 km/h 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16139) ratified - current record World 16139
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Gliding D13.5 Free out-and-return distance 501,36 km 26 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) (18100) ratified - superseded since approved World 18100
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 141,6 km/h 26 Nov 2002 Gillian Spreckley (GBR) (7572) ratified - current record World 7572
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 129,987 km 27 Dec 1986 Erwin Müller (FRG) (10253) ratified - superseded since approved World 10253
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Gliding D1 Distance over a closed circuit without landing 151,105 km 27 Jun 1949 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) (10197) ratified - superseded since approved World 10197
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 114.45 km/h 11 Feb 1972 Susan Martin (AUS) (10124) ratified - superseded since approved World 10124
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 306,856 m 04 Jan 1981 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9983) ratified - superseded since approved World 9983
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 758,00 km 01 Jan 1996 Norifumi Morimoto (JPN) (3079) ratified - superseded since approved World 3079
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 149,2 km/h 12 Jul 2007 Steve Fossett (USA) (14732) ratified - superseded since approved World 14732
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 83,74 km/h 07 Jan 1964 Helmut Sorg (FRG) (5490) ratified - superseded since approved World 5490
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 1 039,87 km 25 Jan 1993 Karl A. Rabeder (AUT) (409) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 409
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 627,2 km 21 Jul 2001 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (7045) ratified - superseded since approved World 7045
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 3 304 m 18 Sep 1937 Erwin Ziller (GER) (13609) ratified - superseded since approved World 13609
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 161,816 km 03 Jan 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9989) ratified - superseded since approved World 9989
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 517,80 km 06 Jul 1959 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) (4606) ratified - superseded since approved World 4606
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 249,09 km/h 01 Dec 2003 Horacio Miranda (ARG) (8195) ratified - current record World 8195
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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 DO Free out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5888) ratified - superseded since approved World 5888
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Gliding D13 Triangle Distance 501,8 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (19463) ratified - current record World 19463
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 970,4 km 27 Jan 1975 Ingo Renner (AUS) (10049) ratified - superseded since approved World 10049
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Gliding D1 Duration 56 h 15 min 02 Apr 1952 Charles Atger (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4449
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 138,717 km/h 08 Dec 1984 Inge Müller (FRG) (10128) ratified - superseded since approved World 10128
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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 D1 Out-and-return distance 591,60 km 06 Jul 1967 Adela Dankowska (POL) (4390) ratified - superseded since approved World 4390
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 602.358 km 31 Jul 1939 P.I. Savtsov (URS) (13591) ratified - superseded since approved World 13591
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 86,8 km/h 09 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10266) ratified - superseded since approved World 10266
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 394,04 km 01 Jun 1993 Brian John Milner (CAN) ratified - superseded since approved World 50
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 11 680 m 05 Nov 1966 Stanislaw Jozefczak (POL) (364) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 364
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