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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 174.5 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) (9980) ratified - superseded since approved World 9980
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 9 174 m 17 Oct 1967 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 376
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 9 119 m 13 Jan 1961 Anne Burns (GBR) (4404) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4404
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 893,51 km 26 Nov 1979 Karl Abhau (FRG) (10204) ratified - superseded since approved World 10204
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 892,49 km 26 Nov 1979 Erwin Müller (FRG) (5503) ratified - superseded since approved World 5503
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Gliding D2-M Free out-and-return distance 892,22 km 16 Feb 1997 Helmut H. Fischer (GER) (4021) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4021
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Gliding DU Distance using up to 3 turn points 891,06 km 24 Apr 2005 Malcolm David Stevenson, Jr (USA) ratified - current record World 11488
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 887,25 km 16 Jul 1997 Gerald Kaufman (USA) (4716) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4716
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 884,67 km 10 Aug 1996 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3288
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 88,86 km/h 17 May 2020 Rudolf Schlesinger (AUT) (19285) ratified - superseded since approved European 19285
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 88,64 km:h 19 Jul 1965 Wiera Kaminska (POL) (10166) ratified - superseded since approved World 10166
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 88,54 km/h 18 Aug 1957 Paul F. Bikle (USA) (10034) ratified - superseded since approved World 10034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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 88,16 km/h 06 Jun 1975 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (10045) ratified - superseded since approved World 10045
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 877,90 km 08 Jan 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (2402) ratified - superseded since approved World 2402
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 877,90 km 08 Jan 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (2340) ratified - superseded since approved World 2340
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 875,99 km 02 Jun 1963 Rudolf Lindner (FRG) (5414) ratified - superseded since approved World 5414
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 875,99 km 02 Jun 1963 Otto Schauble (FRG) (5413) ratified - superseded since approved World 5413
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 875,99 km 02 Jun 1963 Karl Bezler (FRG) (5412) ratified - superseded since approved World 5412
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 87,75 km/h 16 May 2000 Adela Dankowska (POL) (6564) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6564
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 87,53 km/h 06 Jul 1989 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 416
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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 D2 Straight distance 864.86 km 03 Jun 1967 Tatiana D. Pavlova (URS) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 381
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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 D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 864,86 km 03 Jun 1967 Isabella Gorokhova (URS) (3294) ratified - superseded since approved World 3294
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 861,27 km 05 Aug 1951 Richard H. Johnson (USA) (5415) ratified - superseded since approved World 5415
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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-M Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3940) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3940
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3939) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3939
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3937) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3937
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3941) ratified - superseded since approved World 3941
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 860,29 km 16 Nov 1979 Karl Abhau (FRG) (10192) ratified - superseded since approved World 10192
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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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 86.66 km/h 05 Jan 1964 Anne Burns (GBR) (10123) ratified - superseded since approved World 10123
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 86,98 km/h 01 Jan 1972 Hugh G. Keartland (RSA) (5491) ratified - superseded since approved World 5491
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 86,8 km/h 09 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10266) ratified - superseded since approved World 10266
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Gliding D15 Triangle Distance 859,29 km 17 Jan 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5916) ratified - superseded since approved World 5916
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 857,14 km 15 Nov 1979 Erwin Müller (FRG) (5502) ratified - superseded since approved World 5502
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 85,420 km/h 09 Sep 1958 Cvetka Klancnik-belin (YUG) (10167) ratified - superseded since approved World 10167
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 85,00 km 19 Apr 1938 Heye Straatman (GER) (13602) ratified - superseded since approved World 13602
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 847,91 km 30 May 2022 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (19697) ratified - current record European 19697
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 847,27 km 05 Aug 1984 Joann B. Shaw (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 343
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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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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 84.11 km/h 26 Dec 1977 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10232) ratified - superseded since approved World 10232
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 84,94 km/h 31 May 1991 Margit Pantenburg-Becker (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 417
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 84,919 km/h 28 Aug 1952 Richard L. Johnson (USA) (10026) ratified - superseded since approved World 10026
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 84,55 km/h 17 Aug 1962 Daniel Barbera (FRA) (5464) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5464
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 84,32 km/h 17 Aug 2000 William G. Osoba (USA) (6684) ratified - superseded since approved World 6684
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 837,75 km 23 Jul 1964 Wallace A. Scott (USA) (4406) ratified - superseded since approved World 4406
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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 D1-M Out-and-return distance 835,826 km 23 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) (10210) ratified - superseded since approved World 10210
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