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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 135,78 km/h 28 Dec 1977 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10215) ratified - superseded since approved World 10215
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Gliding D15 Free Distance 950 km 12 Dec 2025 _unknown (-) (15810) minimum performance to be exceeded by first claim World 15810
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 56,879 km/h 14 Jul 1955 Jerzy Wojnar (POL) (10032) ratified - superseded since approved World 10032
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 151,12 km/h 17 Jul 1997 Joann B. Shaw (USA) (5044) ratified - superseded since approved World 5044
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 14 938 m 17 Feb 1986 Robert R. Harris (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 339
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 089,987 km 16 Jan 1987 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10195) ratified - superseded since approved World 10195
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 586,2 km 25 Dec 2010 Jean-Marie Clement (FRA) (16143) ratified - superseded since approved World 16143
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 101,18 km/h 04 Aug 1972 Edward Makula (POL) (5492) ratified - superseded since approved World 5492
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Gliding D1 Duration 35 h 3 min 19 Nov 1948 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) (11677) ratified - superseded since approved World 11677
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Gliding D13 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 113,19 km/h 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19459) ratified - current record World 19459
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 993,76 km 31 Oct 1982 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) (5399) ratified - superseded since approved World 5399
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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 D1 Free out-and-return distance 519.41 km 15 Oct 1995 Walter Weir (CAN) (3006) ratified - superseded since approved World 3006
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Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 2 129,9 km 25 Nov 2005 Thomas Gostner (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12270
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 784,14 km 27 Aug 1963 Alvin Horne Parker (USA) (4405) ratified - superseded since approved World 4405
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 501,01 km 05 Jun 2001 Andrej Kolar (SLO) (6992) ratified - superseded since approved World 6992
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 2 970 m 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) (4422) ratified - superseded since approved World 4422
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 141,6 km/h 26 Nov 2002 Gillian Spreckley (GBR) (7572) ratified - current record World 7572
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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 D13.5 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 522,14 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (18647) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18647
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 1 019,598 km 04 Jan 1990 Morris William Walker (NZL) (10053) ratified - superseded since approved World 10053
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 76,42 km/h 11 Dec 1998 Allan Keith Willis (AUS) (5865) ratified - superseded since approved World 5865
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Gliding D15 Straight Distance to a Goal 1 401,4 km 20 Dec 2012 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (16721) ratified - current record World 16721
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 012,2 km 06 Jun 1975 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9991) ratified - superseded since approved World 9991
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Gliding D2-M Gain of height 5 700 m 28 Apr 1986 Helmut Koehler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 427
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 53 h 04 min 04 Feb 1952 Albert Carraz (FRA) (4461) ratified - superseded since approved World 4461
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 025,10 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3942) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3942
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 149,2 km/h 12 Jul 2007 Steve Fossett (USA) (14732) ratified - superseded since approved World 14732
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 83,47 km/h 19 Sep 1998 Cláudio Blois Duarte (BRA) (5742) ratified - superseded since approved World 5742
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 770,99 km 05 Jan 1975 Michael Carlton (GBR) (9984) ratified - superseded since approved World 9984
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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 D15 Free out-and-return distance 1713,1 km 07 Jan 2017 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (18110) ratified - current record World 18110
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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-M Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 135,38 km/h 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (10178) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10178
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 306,8 km/h 22 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14392) ratified - current record World 14392
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Gliding D13 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19446) ratified - current record World 19446
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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 DU Out-and-return distance 204,5 km 26 Aug 2001 Jana Koutna (CZE) (7096) ratified - current record World 7096
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 363,798 km 21 Apr 1939 Otto Braeutigam (GER) (13614) ratified - superseded since approved World 13614
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 118,8 km/h 15 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10256) ratified - superseded since approved World 10256
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 2 008,4 km 14 Nov 2003 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (8077) ratified - superseded since approved World 8077
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 256,20 km 14 Dec 1991 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 422
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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 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 Out-and-return distance 574,34 km 20 May 1977 Adela Dankowska (POL) (10157) ratified - superseded since approved World 10157
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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-M Out-and-return distance 757,18 km 18 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (4077) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4077
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 137,32 km/h 27 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (366) ratified - superseded since approved World 366
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