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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 12 832 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) (9979) ratified - superseded since approved World 9979
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Gliding DO Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) (5010) ratified - current record World 5010
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 338
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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Gliding D2 Duration 12 h 53 min 6 sec 13 Jun 1946 Madeleine Renaud (FRA) (12419) ratified - superseded since approved World 12419
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 120.153 km/h 17 Aug 1973 Adele Orsi (ITA) (10114) ratified - superseded since approved World 10114
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 120.2 km/h 29 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10234) ratified - superseded since approved World 10234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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 121,02 km/h 05 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 372
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 121,485 km/h 19 Aug 1967 Elemer A. Katinszky (USA) (10037) ratified - superseded since approved World 10037
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 121,5 km/h 28 Dec 2007 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (14905) ratified - current record World 14905
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 121,88 km/h 30 Jan 1979 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (10125) ratified - superseded since approved World 10125
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 121,9 km/h 02 Apr 2011 Robert W. Spielman (USA) (16212) ratified - current record World 16212
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 122,06 km/h 24 Aug 1974 Edward Makula (POL) (5485) ratified - superseded since approved World 5485
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 122,26 km/h 26 Nov 1978 Erwin Müller (FRG) (5497) ratified - superseded since approved World 5497
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 122,39 km/h 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6764) ratified - superseded since approved World 6764
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 122,42 km/h 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5877) ratified - superseded since approved World 5877
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 122,775 km/h 05 Jan 1975 Georg Eckle (FRG) (10040) ratified - superseded since approved World 10040
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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 D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 123.334 km/h 07 Dec 1984 Inge Müller (FRG) (10172) ratified - superseded since approved World 10172
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 123.710 km/h 18 Jul 1974 Leila Claxton Tweed (USA) (10113) ratified - superseded since approved World 10113
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 125,218 km/h 30 Dec 1978 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (10048) ratified - superseded since approved World 10048
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 125,44 km/h 16 Oct 1975 Edward Mouat-biggs (RSA) (10041) ratified - superseded since approved World 10041
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 125,87 km/h 12 Feb 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (10126) ratified - superseded since approved World 10126
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 125.6 km/h 08 Jan 1980 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10228) ratified - superseded since approved World 10228
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 125.71 km/h 13 Nov 1995 Katrin Keim (GER) (3031) ratified - superseded since approved World 3031
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 126,09 km/h 05 Jan 1999 Angelika Machinek (GER) (5894) ratified - superseded since approved World 5894
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 126,1 km/h 30 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) (16425) ratified - current record African 16425
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 126,1 km/h 30 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) (16426) ratified - superseded since approved African 16426
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 126,286 km/h 01 Aug 1978 Adela Dankowska (POL) (10162) ratified - superseded since approved World 10162
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1261,65 km 18 Apr 1997 John F. Good (USA) (5007) ratified - superseded since approved World 5007
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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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 127,29 km/h 21 Dec 1990 Susan Patricia Beatty (RSA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 345
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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-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 127,52 km/h 16 Dec 1977 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10214) ratified - superseded since approved World 10214
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 127,56 km/h 28 Dec 1966 Patrick James Beatty (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1186
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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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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 127.204 km/h 19 Aug 1975 Adele Orsi (ITA) (10112) ratified - superseded since approved World 10112
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 127.51 km/h 24 Dec 1980 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10227) ratified - superseded since approved World 10227
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Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1275,7 km 30 Mar 2024 Benjamin Bachmaier (GER) (20199) ratified - current record European 20199
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 128 km/h 15 Jan 1980 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10254) ratified - superseded since approved World 10254
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 128 km/h 31 Jul 2014 Guy Bechtold (LUX) (17274) ratified - superseded since approved European 17274
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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 500 km 128,19 km/h 12 Dec 2013 Margherita Acquaderni (ITA) (16997) ratified - superseded since approved African 16997
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 128,38 km/h 16 Aug 1962 George B. Moffat, Jr (USA) (5434) ratified - superseded since approved World 5434
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 129,43 km/h 15 Dec 1996 Angelika Machinek (GER) (3907) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3907
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 129,52 km/h 08 Feb 1981 Susan Martin (AUS) (10127) ratified - superseded since approved World 10127
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 129,53 km/h 04 Jul 2015 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (17589) ratified - current record European 17589
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 129,54 km/h 21 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5500) ratified - superseded since approved World 5500
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