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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 063,53 km 18 Jan 1977 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9987) ratified - superseded since approved World 9987
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 444,615 km 11 Jun 1955 René Fonteilles (FRA) (9995) ratified - superseded since approved World 9995
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 860,00 km 03 Aug 1970 Wallace A. Scott (USA) (5421) ratified - superseded since approved World 5421
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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 DO Free Distance 2 256,9 km 12 Jan 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (15702) ratified - current record World 15702
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 132,5 km/h 17 Feb 2000 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (6408) ratified - current record World 6408
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 127,49 km/h 04 Jul 1989 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 415
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 133,24 km/h 09 Dec 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 330
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 419,3 km 29 Jul 1963 Danuta Zachara (POL) (10153) ratified - superseded since approved World 10153
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 149,2 km/h 12 Jul 2007 Steve Fossett (USA) (14732) ratified - superseded since approved World 14732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Gliding D2 Straight distance 619,748 km 17 Jul 1938 I.L. Kartachev (URS) (12428) ratified - superseded since approved World 12428
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 767,45 km 13 Jan 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5276) ratified - superseded since approved World 5276
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 114.96 km/h 07 Dec 1978 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10230) ratified - superseded since approved World 10230
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 87,51 km/h 14 Aug 1958 Harland C. Ross (USA) (5462) ratified - superseded since approved World 5462
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Gliding D1-M Duration 05 h 24 min 19 sec 23 Feb 1938 Michal Offierski (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4421
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 288,79 km 18 Apr 1997 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) (4440) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4440
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 254,26 km 14 Jan 1978 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 335
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 88,54 km/h 18 Aug 1957 Paul F. Bikle (USA) (10034) ratified - superseded since approved World 10034
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 2 008,4 km 14 Nov 2003 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (8077) ratified - superseded since approved World 8077
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) (15817) ratified - superseded since approved World 15817
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 185,91 km 22 Aug 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) (5518) ratified - superseded since approved World 5518
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 108.94 km/H 18 Dec 1972 Angela Smith (-) (10132) ratified - superseded since approved World 10132
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 6 072 m 18 Jan 1951 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) (10130) ratified - superseded since approved World 10130
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 511,60 km 05 Jun 2001 Andrej Kolar (SLO) (6995) ratified - superseded since approved World 6995
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 143,90 km/h 26 Dec 1990 Susan Patricia Beatty (RSA) (346) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 346
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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 D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 107,78 km/h 02 Sep 1964 Stanislaw Kluk (POL) (5467) ratified - superseded since approved World 5467
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 495,020 km 19 Jun 1940 I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13622) ratified - superseded since approved World 13622
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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 D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 135,51 km/h 13 Jul 1986 Walter Binder (FRG) (10255) ratified - superseded since approved World 10255
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 731,27 km 07 Apr 1979 Doris F. Grove (USA) (10091) ratified - superseded since approved World 10091
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 154,05 km/h 05 Jul 2005 Marta Najfeld (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 11787
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 10,5 km 18 Dec 1926 Ettore Cattaneo (ITA) (13718) ratified - superseded since approved World 13718
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5024) ratified - superseded since approved World 5024
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) (5425) ratified - superseded since approved World 5425
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 541,3 km 20 Jul 1953 Jerzy Popiel (POL) (13616) ratified - superseded since approved World 13616
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 191,19 km/h 29 Dec 1987 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 406
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 155,82 km/h 06 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (400) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 400
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 95,72 km/h 16 May 1986 Daina Vilne (LAT) (10177) ratified - superseded since approved World 10177
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 974,04 km 22 Aug 1969 Wallace A. Scott (USA) (4408) ratified - superseded since approved World 4408
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 180,3 km/h 30 Nov 2009 John Williams (AUS) (15666) ratified - superseded since approved World 15666
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 156,14 km/h 03 Jul 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (18182) ratified - current record World 18182
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 181,54 km/h 06 Jul 1999 Mihael Thaler (SLO) (6193) ratified - superseded since approved World 6193
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Gliding DO Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) (5027) ratified - current record World 5027
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 949,70 km 20 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (352) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 352
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 71,39 km/h 04 Jan 1963 Robert R. Clifford (RSA) (10035) ratified - superseded since approved World 10035
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 306,8 km/h 22 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14392) ratified - current record World 14392
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 152,74 km/h 04 Jan 1999 Walter Binder (FRG) (5903) ratified - superseded since approved World 5903
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 127,57 km/h 25 Dec 1987 Walter Binder (FRG) (10268) ratified - superseded since approved World 10268
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