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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 488.4 km 12 May 1959 Zbigniew Kirakowski (POL) (10066) ratified - superseded since approved World 10066
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Gliding D2-M Straight distance 969,75 km 07 Jul 1989 Jerry W. Wenger (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 430
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 211,50 km/h 24 Mar 1998 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) (5338) ratified - superseded since approved World 5338
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 489,80 km 18 Jul 1958 Lucyna Bajewska (POL) (4366) ratified - superseded since approved World 4366
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 10 245 m 12 Jun 1988 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 413
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 151,12 km/h 17 Jul 1997 Joann B. Shaw (USA) (4820) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4820
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 120.153 km/h 17 Aug 1973 Adele Orsi (ITA) (10114) ratified - superseded since approved World 10114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 DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 198,0 km/h 13 Dec 2009 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (15680) ratified - current record World 15680
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 11 675,4 m 05 Mar 1951 Robert F. Symons (USA) (10055) ratified - superseded since approved World 10055
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 052.744 km 26 Dec 1983 Erwin Müller (FRG) (10078) ratified - superseded since approved World 10078
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 93,62 km/h 31 Dec 1965 Anne Burns (GBR) (10180) ratified - superseded since approved World 10180
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 546.57 km 16 Oct 1995 Kai Gertsen (USA) (3012) ratified - superseded since approved World 3012
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 270,5 km 11 Jan 2005 Reiko Morinaka (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10391
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 106,430 km 25 Jul 1946 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) (10179) ratified - superseded since approved World 10179
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 535,92 km 21 Jun 2001 Thomas Wartha (GER) (7017) ratified - superseded since approved World 7017
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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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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 8 923 m 27 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 411
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 96,12 km/h 13 Jul 1960 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (5463) ratified - superseded since approved World 5463
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 4 325 m 17 Feb 1934 Heinrich Dittmar (GER) (13587) ratified - superseded since approved World 13587
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 603,81 km 28 Apr 1976 Kurt Heimann (FRG) (10206) ratified - superseded since approved World 10206
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 002,83 km 11 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5862) ratified - superseded since approved World 5862
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 507,052 km 17 Apr 1954 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) (10105) ratified - superseded since approved World 10105
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 141,80 km/h 26 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (367) ratified - superseded since approved World 367
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 032,20 km 04 Jun 1970 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5417) ratified - superseded since approved World 5417
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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 DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 176,5 km/h 21 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14393) ratified - current record World 14393
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 353.28 km 12 Jan 1993 Raymond William Linskey (NZL) (320) ratified - superseded since approved World 320
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 93,7 km/h 04 May 1980 Adela Dankowska (POL) (10176) ratified - superseded since approved World 10176
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 457,00 km 03 Jul 1963 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (4392) ratified - superseded since approved World 4392
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 243,40 km/h 09 Nov 2003 Tom K. Serkowski (USA) (7983) ratified - superseded since approved World 7983
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) (4465) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 258,00 km/h 26 Nov 2025 Dane Dickinson (NZL) (21194) preliminary record claim received World 21194
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 593 km 18 Jun 1978 Adele Orsi (ITA) (10158) ratified - superseded since approved World 10158
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 116,10 km/h 01 Dec 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (6345) ratified - superseded since approved World 6345
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 220,44 km 23 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (403) ratified - superseded since approved World 403
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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 D2 Straight distance 540,4 km 08 Aug 1962 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10145) ratified - superseded since approved World 10145
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 449,3 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7604) ratified - superseded since approved World 7604
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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 D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 104,00 km/h 28 Dec 1977 Conrad Meynell Greaves (GBR) (5496) ratified - superseded since approved World 5496
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 247,49 km/h 03 Mar 1999 James M. Payne (USA) (5951) ratified - superseded since approved World 5951
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 53.859 km/h 06 Jun 1956 Cvetka Klancnik-belin (YUG) (12426) ratified - superseded since approved World 12426
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 084,94 km 09 Jan 1988 Otto Schauble (FRG) (10212) ratified - superseded since approved World 10212
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 255,13 km/h 16 Feb 2018 Keith Essex (USA) (18387) ratified - current record World 18387
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 757,18 km 18 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (4076) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4076
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 718,2 km 08 Aug 1972 Edward Makula (POL) (10001) ratified - superseded since approved World 10001
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 622,44 km 18 May 2009 James M. Payne (USA) (15452) ratified - current record World 15452
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 203.150 km 20 Jul 1950 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) (10082) ratified - superseded since approved World 10082
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 107,15 km/h 08 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19307) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19307
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 195,30 km/h 14 Dec 1982 Ingo Renner (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 336
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