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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 14 102 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) (5428) ratified - superseded since approved World 5428
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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DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 180,3 km/h 30 Nov 2009 John Williams (AUS) (15666) ratified - superseded since approved World 15666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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 8 280 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) (3297) ratified - superseded since approved World 3297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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 545,2 km 11 Dec 2003 Diether Memmert (GER) (8255) ratified - superseded since approved World 8255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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 45,06 km/h 14 Jul 1955 Adam Brzoza (POL) (5469) ratified - superseded since approved World 5469
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 800,00 km 05 Jan 1996 Norifumi Morimoto (JPN) (3080) ratified - superseded since approved World 3080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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 98,97 km 31 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10250) ratified - superseded since approved World 10250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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 603 km 21 Jul 2001 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (7044) ratified - superseded since approved World 7044
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 10 211 m 01 Jan 1949 John Robinson (USA) (9981) ratified - superseded since approved World 9981
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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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 117,37 km/h 24 May 1971 Joseph C. Lincoln (USA) (5470) ratified - superseded since approved World 5470
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 103.33 km/h 25 Dec 1963 Anne Burns (GBR) (10133) ratified - superseded since approved World 10133
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5887) ratified - current record World 5887
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 407,660 km 27 May 1937 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (13612) ratified - superseded since approved World 13612
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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 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 D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 120.2 km/h 29 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10234) ratified - superseded since approved World 10234
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 193,1 km 03 Dec 2005 Diether Memmert (GER) (12303) ratified - superseded since approved World 12303
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 447.74 km 12 May 1959 Tadeusz Dabek (POL) (10065) ratified - superseded since approved World 10065
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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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 143,63 km/h 06 Jan 1982 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (10044) ratified - superseded since approved World 10044
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Gliding D13 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19446) ratified - current record World 19446
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 113.9 km/h 16 Oct 1974 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) (10131) ratified - superseded since approved World 10131
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 136,82 km/h 20 Dec 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7589) ratified - superseded since approved World 7589
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 436 km 09 Feb 1952 Evert Dommisse (RSA) (10064) ratified - superseded since approved World 10064
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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 D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 864,86 km 03 Jun 1967 Isabella Gorokhova (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 380
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 636,68 km 01 Jun 2000 Trevor Florence (CAN) (6582) ratified - superseded since approved World 6582
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 231,80 km 16 Apr 1974 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5416) ratified - superseded since approved World 5416
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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 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 65,98 km/h 05 May 1951 René Fonteilles (FRA) (5460) ratified - superseded since approved World 5460
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 255,03 km/h 05 Apr 2015 James M. Payne (USA) (17435) ratified - current record World 17435
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 110.19 km/h 04 Jan 1966 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) (10116) ratified - superseded since approved World 10116
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 1 012,33 km 01 Dec 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (6344) ratified - superseded since approved World 6344
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Gliding D2 Duration 12 h 30 min 16 May 1939 E. Zelenkova (URS) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 11679
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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 DW Free Distance 405,1 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (16823) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16823
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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 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 173.94 km/h 07 Nov 1997 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) (5057) ratified - superseded since approved World 5057
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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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 62.29 km/h 14 Jul 1960 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10119) ratified - superseded since approved World 10119
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 113,19 km/h 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19303) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19303
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 157,9 km/h 07 Jan 2009 Jenny Wilkinson (NZL) (15236) ratified - current record World 15236
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 67.62 km/h 06 Jun 1976 Werner Hoffmann (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10262
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 2 069,9 km 23 Nov 2003 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) (8143) ratified - superseded since approved World 8143
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 94,72 km/h 15 May 1954 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) (4359) ratified - superseded since approved World 4359
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Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 841,17 km 20 Oct 1995 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) (3018) ratified - superseded since approved World 3018
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