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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 64,18 km/h 07 Jun 1956 Zvonimir Rain (YUG) (5480) ratified - superseded since approved World 5480
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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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 814,01 km 09 Jan 1980 Karla Elizabeth Karel (GBR) (10097) ratified - superseded since approved World 10097
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 877,90 km 08 Jan 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (2402) ratified - superseded since approved World 2402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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 160,03 km/h 24 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (12233) ratified - superseded since approved World 12233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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 152,16 km/h 29 Dec 1977 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10216) ratified - superseded since approved World 10216
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 4 963 m 22 Nov 1950 Irena Kempovna (POL) (4344) ratified - superseded since approved World 4344
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Schauble (FRG) (10196) ratified - superseded since approved World 10196
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 104,22 km/h 28 Jul 1964 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (5466) ratified - superseded since approved World 5466
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 30,97 km/h 12 Jun 2000 Tamara Sviridova (RUS) (6589) ratified - superseded since approved World 6589
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 305,624 km 07 Jul 1938 Bernhard Flinsch (GER) (13604) ratified - superseded since approved World 13604
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 187,13 km/h 15 Nov 2002 Steve Fossett (USA) (7554) ratified - superseded since approved World 7554
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 103,3 km/h 28 Jun 2009 James M. Payne (USA) (15502) ratified - current record World 15502
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 001.94 km 07 Sep 1972 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) (5396) ratified - superseded since approved World 5396
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 607.942 km 18 Jun 1960 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (10060) ratified - superseded since approved World 10060
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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-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 140,74 km/h 08 Jan 1983 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10221) ratified - superseded since approved World 10221
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3948) ratified - superseded since approved World 3948
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Gliding DW Distance using up to 3 turn points 636,3 km 27 May 2007 Michael Noel Parker (USA) (14670) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 14670
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 290,198 km 12 May 1953 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) (10104) ratified - superseded since approved World 10104
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Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,16 km 24 Dec 1992 Beat Bünzli (SUI) (404) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 404
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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 D2 Out-and-return distance 467,2 km 14 Jul 1968 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10154) ratified - superseded since approved World 10154
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Gliding DW Straight Distance to a Goal 602,26 km 22 Jul 2001 William B. Snead (USA) (7055) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7055
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 237,03 km 06 Aug 1945 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) (4382) ratified - superseded since approved World 4382
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 249,09 km/h 01 Dec 2003 Horacio Miranda (ARG) (8196) ratified - superseded since approved World 8196
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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 DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 383,00 km 17 Apr 1992 Gérard Herbaud (FRA) (5014) ratified - superseded since approved World 5014
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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 DW Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 82,00 km/h 21 Jun 2001 Axel Reich (GER) (7014) ratified - superseded since approved World 7014
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 416,070 km 12 Jun 1940 I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13621) ratified - superseded since approved World 13621
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 156,62 km/h 14 Nov 2003 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (8078) ratified - superseded since approved World 8078
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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 Absolute altitude 10 809 m 05 Mar 1975 Mary L. Nutt (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 378
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 655,07 km 08 May 1987 Franz Ott (GER) (10202) ratified - superseded since approved World 10202
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 176,99 km/h 14 Nov 1985 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 407
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 8 084 m 05 Dec 1961 Lidia Pazio (POL) (10138) ratified - superseded since approved World 10138
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 813,56 km 16 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5875) ratified - superseded since approved World 5875
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Gliding D1 Duration 10 h 19 min 43 sec 26 Jul 1925 Albert Massaux (BEL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4453
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 705,04 km 15 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (4019) ratified - superseded since approved World 4019
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 39,71 km/h 17 Aug 1955 Gabriel Margerit (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 1193
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 002,00 km 21 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5504) ratified - superseded since approved World 5504
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 539,87 km 14 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (136) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 136
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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 D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 147,19 km/h 21 Nov 1977 Edward Mouat-biggs (RSA) (5473) ratified - superseded since approved World 5473
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 092,25 km/h 14 Jan 1990 Wielfried Grosskinsky (FRG) (10052) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10052
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 702.744 km 24 Apr 1964 Pavel N. Antonov (URS) (10063) ratified - superseded since approved World 10063
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 153,83 km/h 03 Jan 2000 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (6351) ratified - superseded since approved World 6351
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 4 595 m 16 Feb 1938 Michal Offierski (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4420
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