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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding DO Free Distance 1 501,9 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7603) ratified - superseded since approved World 7603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 DU Free Distance 627,60 km 09 Jul 2004 Leonardo R. Benetti-longhini (USA) (9636) ratified - current record World 9636
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 078,2 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7596) ratified - current record World 7596
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 196,02 km 17 Jan 2014 Christopher John Ndrilo Woolley (AUS) (17037) ratified - superseded since approved Oceanian 17037
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Gliding DW Free Distance 405,1 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (16824) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code European 16824
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Gliding DU Free Distance 102,9 km 26 Aug 2001 Jana Koutna (CZE) (7099) ratified - superseded since approved World 7099
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 690,00 km 19 Dec 2025 Gordon R. Boettger (USA) preliminary record claim received North-American 21204
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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 D1 Distance in a straight line 837 km 19 Apr 1977 Adela Dankowska (POL) (6977) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6977
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 143,46 km/h 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (365) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 365
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 139,96 km/h 07 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (398) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 398
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 127,17 km/h 21 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (4468) ratified - superseded since approved World 4468
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 118,75 km/h 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) (15664) ratified - current record World 15664
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 132,73 km/h 03 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (19193) ratified - superseded since approved World 19193
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 137,32 km/h 27 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (366) ratified - superseded since approved World 366
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 166,00 km/h 06 Jan 2018 Pieter Nouwens (RSA) (18372) ratified - current record African 18372
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 128,04 km/h 14 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 421
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 143,46 km/h 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5016) ratified - superseded since approved World 5016
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 151,5 km/h 19 Dec 2007 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (14903) ratified - superseded since approved World 14903
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 166,00 km/h 06 Jan 2018 Pieter Nouwens (RSA) (18371) ratified - current record World 18371
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 109,5 km/h 23 Jan 2007 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14444) ratified - superseded since approved World 14444
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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 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 D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 21 h 34 min 17 Dec 1931 William A. Cocke, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4458
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 19 h 08 min 09 Apr 1938 N. Makaroff (URS) (4463) ratified - superseded since approved World 4463
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 57 h 10 min 06 Apr 1954 Bertrand Dauvin (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4459
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 50 h 26 min 09 Dec 1938 August Boedecker (GER) (4467) ratified - superseded since approved World 4467
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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 Duration without landing returning to the start point 53 h 04 min 04 Feb 1952 Albert Carraz (FRA) (4461) ratified - superseded since approved World 4461
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 13 h 59 min 26 Nov 1937 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) (4462) ratified - superseded since approved World 4462
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 56 h 11 min 30 Dec 1953 Claude Fronteau (FRA) (4460) ratified - superseded since approved World 4460
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 40 h 38 min 08 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) (4466) ratified - superseded since approved World 4466
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 38 h 21 min 24 sec 18 Jun 1942 Eric Nessler (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4457
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 45 h 28 min 51 sec 19 Nov 1942 Erich Vergens (GER) (4456) ratified - superseded since approved World 4456
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Gliding D1 Speed over a closed circuit without landing upper than one km 54,55 km/h 05 May 1927 Ferdinand Schulz (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4436
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Gliding D2-M Absolute altitude 6 408 m 26 Sep 1982 Max-Ludwig Niebler (FRG) (10237) ratified - superseded since approved World 10237
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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 DO Absolute altitude 14 938 m 17 Feb 1986 Robert R. Harris (USA) (5011) ratified - superseded since approved World 5011
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 2 276 m 03 May 1937 Werner Spilger (GER) (13608) ratified - superseded since approved World 13608
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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 Absolute altitude 6 263 m 25 Sep 1945 Juez Gomez (ESP) (3299) ratified - superseded since approved World 3299
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 22 657 m 02 Sep 2018 James M. Payne (USA) (18705) ratified - current record South-American 18705
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 6 687 m 05 Aug 1938 Walter Drechsel (GER) (13588) ratified - superseded since approved World 13588
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 18 503 m 26 Aug 2018 James M. Payne (USA) (18679) ratified - superseded since approved World 18679
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 7 042 m 18 Jan 1951 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) (4367) ratified - superseded since approved World 4367
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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 Absolute altitude 545 m 07 Feb 1923 Descamps (FRA) (13623) ratified - superseded since approved World 13623
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 22 657 m 02 Sep 2018 James M. Payne (USA) (18704) ratified - current record World 18704
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