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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2 Straight distance 562,4 km 15 Jul 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10144
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 73.40 km/h 15 Jul 1960 Anna P. Samossadova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4402
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 76,193 km/h 13 Jun 1958 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10168
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 56 h 11 min 30 Dec 1953 Claude Fronteau (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4460
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 7 746 m 20 Jan 1951 Yvonne Gaudry (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4399
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 5 723 m 25 Sep 1945 Juez Gomez (ESP) ratified - superseded since approved World 10181
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 619,748 km 17 Jul 1938 I.L. Kartachev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12428
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 164,51 km 24 Aug 1930 Robert Kronfeld (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 4431
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Gliding D13 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 002,6 km 08 May 2016 Daniel Sazhin (USA) ratified - current record World 19465
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 15817
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 180,3 km/h 30 Nov 2009 John Williams (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 15666
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 159,17 km/h 30 Jul 2006 Marta Najfeld (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 14033
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Gliding DU Free Distance 627,60 km 09 Jul 2004 Leonardo R. Benetti-longhini (USA) ratified - current record World 9636
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Gliding DO Free Distance 1 501,9 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7603
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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) ratified - superseded since approved World 7066
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 205.4 km 29 Jun 2000 Nikolai Boldyrev (RUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 6625
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 036,56 km 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5878
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 508,10 km 21 Apr 1998 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5362
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 796,21 km 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3958
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 800,00 km 05 Jan 1996 Norifumi Morimoto (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 3080
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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-M Out-and-return distance 1 101.45 km 23 Dec 1991 Walter Eisele (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 423
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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 D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 170,8 km/h 03 Jan 1987 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10218
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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 D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 008,396 km 07 Jan 1981 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10211
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 551 km 10 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10247
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 119.1 km/h 12 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10229
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 134 km/h 15 Feb 1977 Robert John Rowe (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10042
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 142,92 km/h 15 Aug 1974 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5472
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 155,06 km/h 05 Jul 1970 Walter Neubert (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5431
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 69,598 km/h 29 May 1968 Tamara Zaiganova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10175
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 837,75 km 23 Jul 1964 Wallace A. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4406
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 540,4 km 08 Aug 1962 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10145
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 518,59 km 10 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10146
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 77,495 km/h 04 May 1956 Guy Rousselet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10031
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 64,285 km/h 30 Jul 1952 Anna P. Samossadova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10169
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 44,86 km/h 12 Aug 1949 William G. Briegleb (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5459
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 223,63 km 31 Jul 1939 Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4329
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 13 h 59 min 26 Nov 1937 Ernst Jachtmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4462
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 545 m 07 Feb 1923 Descamps (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13623
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Gliding D13.5 Out-and-return distance 626,3 km 17 May 2020 Rudolf Schlesinger (AUT) ratified - superseded since approved World 19283
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Gliding D13.5 Triangle Distance 555,7 km 29 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18106
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 107 km 31 Dec 2013 Susanne Schödel (GER) ratified - current record World 17026
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 814,71 km 11 Jul 2011 William B. Snead (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16271
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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) ratified - superseded since approved World 14903
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 851,6 km 25 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - current record World 12234
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 2 245,6 km 02 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 8199
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 153,8 km/h 06 Dec 2002 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7581
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 82,00 km/h 21 Jun 2001 Axel Reich (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 7014
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