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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 550,20 km 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6761) ratified - superseded since approved World 6761
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 545,2 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) (8255) ratified - superseded since approved World 8255
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 511 km 24 Dec 2001 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7186) ratified - superseded since approved World 7186
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 508.42 km 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) (8249) ratified - superseded since approved World 8249
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 502.55 km 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) (8248) ratified - superseded since approved World 8248
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 501,9 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7603) ratified - superseded since approved World 7603
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 501,5 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) (8254) ratified - superseded since approved World 8254
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5004) ratified - superseded since approved World 5004
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 460,80 km 25 Apr 1972 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 8
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 449,3 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7604) ratified - superseded since approved World 7604
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 434,99 km 12 May 1994 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1466
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 412,22 km 29 Dec 1999 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6358) ratified - superseded since approved World 6358
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 409,2 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) (15662) ratified - current record World 15662
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 407,06 km 25 Apr 2023 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (19940) ratified - current record European 19940
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 405,2 km 27 Feb 2024 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (20170) ratified - current record European 20170
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Gliding D15 Free Distance 1 401,4 km 20 Dec 2012 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (16722) ratified - current record World 16722
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Gliding D15 Straight Distance to a Goal 1 401,4 km 20 Dec 2012 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (16721) ratified - current record World 16721
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 400,19 km 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (399) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 399
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 400,19 km 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (5012) ratified - superseded since approved World 5012
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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 D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 394,04 km 01 Jun 1993 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 49
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 391,9 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) (15663) ratified - current record World 15663
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 385.53 km 03 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (4470) ratified - superseded since approved World 4470
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 360
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 359
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) (5014) ratified - superseded since approved World 5014
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 379,35 km 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (369) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 369
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 377,7 km 23 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14443) ratified - superseded since approved World 14443
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 375,2 km 23 Jan 2007 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (14445) ratified - superseded since approved World 14445
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 367,2 km 10 Dec 2017 Alexander Müller (GER) (18359) ratified - current record African 18359
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362.68 km 02 May 1986 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 322
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362.68 km 02 May 1986 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 321
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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 Triangle Distance 1 362,68 km 02 May 1986 Robert L. Robertson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 323
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362,68 km 02 May 1986 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 325
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 361,8 km 10 Dec 2017 Alexander Müller (GER) (18358) ratified - current record African 18358
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 355 km 20 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12196
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 353.28 km 12 Jan 1993 Raymond William Linskey (NZL) (320) ratified - superseded since approved World 320
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Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,16 km 24 Dec 1992 Beat Bünzli (SUI) (404) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 404
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,14 km 17 Dec 1996 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (3918) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3918
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 349,4 km 18 Dec 2014 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (17396) ratified - superseded since approved African 17396
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 342,8 km 18 Dec 2014 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (17395) ratified - current record African 17395
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 328,00 km 17 Dec 2014 Guy Bechtold (LUX) (17397) ratified - superseded since approved African 17397
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 311,00 km 21 Jul 2025 Jim Lee (USA) dossier under review North-American 20880
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 308,1 km 02 Jan 2015 David Graham Jansen (AUS) (16723) ratified - current record Oceanian 16723
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 308,00 km 05 Aug 2021 Baptiste Innocent (FRA) (19522) ratified - superseded since approved European 19522
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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 DO Out-and-return distance 1 301,00 km 30 Apr 2024 Wolfgang Janowitsch (AUT) (20254) ratified - current record European 20254
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 300,6 km 17 Dec 2016 Valentin Mäder (SUI) (18098) ratified - superseded since approved African 18098
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Karl Heinrich Striedieck (USA) (5426) ratified - superseded since approved World 5426
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