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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 165,35 km/h 18 Jul 1974 Kenneth Bruce Briegleb (USA) (5433) ratified - superseded since approved World 5433
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 165,10 km/h 04 Jan 1999 Siegfried Baumgartl (dr.) (GER) (5933) ratified - superseded since approved World 5933
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 164.60 km 05 Jun 1952 Wanda Szemplinska (POL) (4385) ratified - superseded since approved World 4385
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 164,9 km/h 19 Dec 2013 Alberto Sironi (ITA) (17031) ratified - superseded since approved African 17031
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 164,88 km/h 09 Jan 1991 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 425
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 164,54 km/h 04 Nov 2019 John "Mannie" Mclauchlan (RSA) (19165) ratified - current record African 19165
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 164,51 km 24 Aug 1930 Robert Kronfeld (AUT) (4431) ratified - superseded since approved World 4431
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 164,28 km/h 12 Dec 2016 Johan Luyckx (BEL) (18094) ratified - current record African 18094
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 164,18 km/h 04 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (401) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 401
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 164,11 km/h 10 Dec 1986 Jean-Paul Castel (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 334
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 163,75 km/h 26 Jul 2001 Gerrit .J.J. Kurstjens (NED) (7066) ratified - superseded since approved World 7066
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 163,16 km/h 27 Jun 2015 Alan M. Polinsky (USA) (17579) ratified - superseded since approved North-American 17579
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,16 km/h 27 Jun 2015 Alan M. Polinsky (USA) (17578) ratified - superseded since approved North-American 17578
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 163,14 km/h 12 Jul 2007 Marta Najfeld (POL) (14717) ratified - current record World 14717
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 163,12 km/h 06 Jan 2018 Maxim H.S. Leenders (NED) (18403) ratified - current record African 18403
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (17874) ratified - current record North-American 17874
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (17873) ratified - current record World 17873
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (17872) ratified - current record North-American 17872
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,10 km/h 28 Jun 2016 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (17871) ratified - current record World 17871
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 163,03 km/h 20 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 356
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 162,8 km/h 14 Dec 2009 Johan Luyckx (BEL) (15691) ratified - superseded since approved World 15691
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 162,70 km/h 01 Aug 2017 Sibylle Andresen (GER) (18211) ratified - current record North-American 18211
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 162,3 km/h 28 Nov 2013 Makoto Ichikawa (JPN) (16984) ratified - superseded since approved African 16984
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 162,22 km/h 09 Dec 1984 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1194
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 162,21 km/h 01 Jul 2017 Marek Malolepszy (POL) (18181) ratified - current record North-American 18181
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 162,02 km/h 25 Jul 1984 Erwin Sommer (GER) (5475) ratified - superseded since approved World 5475
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 161,33 km/h 10 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5015) ratified - superseded since approved World 5015
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 161,33 km/h 10 Jan 1988 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 355
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 160,15 km/h 21 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12198
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 160,07 km/h 15 Nov 2018 Katrin Senne (GER) (18787) ratified - current record World 18787
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 160,03 km/h 24 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (12233) ratified - superseded since approved World 12233
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Gliding D2 Duration 16 h 3 min 43 sec 25 Mar 1947 Mrs Melk (FRA) (12418) ratified - superseded since approved World 12418
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 159,64 km/h 20 Dec 1983 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5439) ratified - superseded since approved World 5439
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,24 km/h 14 Aug 1974 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (5432) ratified - superseded since approved World 5432
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,17 km/h 30 Jul 2006 Marta Najfeld (POL) (14033) ratified - superseded since approved World 14033
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,06 km/h 14 Dec 2002 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7585) ratified - superseded since approved World 7585
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 158,84 km/h 13 Dec 2016 Johan Luyckx (BEL) (18093) ratified - superseded since approved African 18093
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 158,82 km/h 09 Jan 1987 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10225) ratified - superseded since approved World 10225
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 158,7 km/h 24 Dec 2011 Laszlo Hegedus (HUN) (16418) ratified - superseded since approved African 16418
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 158,67 km/h 24 Dec 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1184
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 158,47 km/h 21 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5489) ratified - superseded since approved World 5489
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 158,43 km/h 18 Oct 1998 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (5767) ratified - superseded since approved World 5767
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 158,41 km/h 08 Jan 1985 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 329
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 158,30 km/h 10 Dec 1981 Erwin Müller (FRG) (5474) ratified - superseded since approved World 5474
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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 DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 157,29 km/h 16 Jul 2017 Keith Essex (USA) (18187) ratified - current record North-American 18187
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 157,27 km/h 10 Jan 1991 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 418
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