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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding DO Free Distance 2 174,5 km 23 Nov 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (8154) ratified - superseded since approved World 8154
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 673.50 km 07 Jan 1992 Katrin Keim (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 379
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 131,75 km/h 27 Dec 1977 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10219) ratified - superseded since approved World 10219
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 3 291 m 07 Apr 1950 Betsy Woodward (USA) (4343) ratified - superseded since approved World 4343
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 771,74 km 22 Jul 2001 William B. Snead (USA) (7056) ratified - superseded since approved World 7056
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 619,995 km 27 Jun 1964 Zinaida Solovey (URS) (10148) ratified - superseded since approved World 10148
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 191,348 km 10 Jun 1938 I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13618) ratified - superseded since approved World 13618
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 379,35 km 10 Jan 1987 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (369) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 369
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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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 684.458 lm 15 Jul 1972 Edward Guy Minghelli (USA) (10072) ratified - superseded since approved World 10072
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 562,60 km 30 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (4607) ratified - superseded since approved World 4607
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Gliding D2-M Gain of height 5 044 m 26 Sep 1982 Max-Ludwig Niebler (FRG) (10238) ratified - superseded since approved World 10238
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5886) ratified - current record World 5886
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 355 km 20 Nov 2005 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12196
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 129,6 km/h 30 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (17024) ratified - superseded since approved World 17024
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 418,98 km 22 Aug 1952 William H. Coverdale (USA) (9996) ratified - superseded since approved World 9996
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 144,95 km/h 31 Jul 2002 Janusz Centka (POL) (7462) ratified - superseded since approved World 7462
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 620,66 km 28 Dec 1967 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) (4389) ratified - superseded since approved World 4389
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 45 h 28 min 51 sec 19 Nov 1942 Erich Vergens (GER) (4456) ratified - superseded since approved World 4456
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 600,97 km 08 Dec 2010 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (16137) ratified - superseded since approved World 16137
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 113,19 km/h 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) (19303) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 19303
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 120.2 km/h 29 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10234) ratified - superseded since approved World 10234
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 13 489 m 19 Mar 1952 Laurence E. Edgar (USA) (362) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 362
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 590.42 km 26 Jun 1967 Edward Guy Minghelli (USA) (10069) ratified - superseded since approved World 10069
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 342,370 km 25 Jul 1939 I.L. Kartachev (URS) (13620) ratified - superseded since approved World 13620
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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 Out-and-return distance 1 101.54 km 27 Oct 1988 Morris William Walker (NZL) (10079) ratified - superseded since approved World 10079
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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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 113.9 km/h 16 Oct 1974 Yvonne Leemann (RSA) (10131) ratified - superseded since approved World 10131
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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 DO Free out-and-return distance 1 412,22 km 29 Dec 1999 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6358) ratified - superseded since approved World 6358
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 12 894 m 25 Feb 1961 Paul F. Bikle (USA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 338
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 155,7 km/h 13 Dec 2006 Siegfried Baumgartl (dr.) (GER) (14365) ratified - current record World 14365
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Gliding D1 Duration 08 h 04 min 50 sec 29 Jan 1923 Alexis Maneyrol (FRA) (4454) ratified - superseded since approved World 4454
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 169,72 km/h 05 Jan 1995 Helmut H. Fischer (GER) (2338) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2338
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 67,304 km/h 16 Aug 1955 Edward Makula (POL) (10000) ratified - superseded since approved World 10000
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 551 km 10 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10247) ratified - superseded since approved World 10247
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 357,4 km 24 May 2003 Tanja Pristavec (SLO) (7790) ratified - current record World 7790
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 50 km/h 10 Jun 1949 Irena Kempovna (POL) (12420) ratified - superseded since approved World 12420
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 762,988 km 01 Oct 1991 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (10198) ratified - superseded since approved World 10198
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Gliding D1-M Absolute altitude 8 280 m 04 May 1977 Helmut Lehmann (GER) (3297) ratified - superseded since approved World 3297
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 82,00 km/h 21 Jun 2001 Thomas Wartha (GER) (7015) ratified - superseded since approved World 7015
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 86.66 km/h 05 Jan 1964 Anne Burns (GBR) (10123) ratified - superseded since approved World 10123
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 349 km 04 Jul 1937 Hanna Reitsch (GER) (13593) ratified - superseded since approved World 13593
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 095.69 km 27 Dec 1986 Erwin Müller (FRG) (3296) ratified - superseded since approved World 3296
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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 D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 117,37 km/h 24 May 1971 Joseph C. Lincoln (USA) (5470) ratified - superseded since approved World 5470
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 665 m 20 Jun 1959 Karl Bauer (FRG) (9978) ratified - superseded since approved World 9978
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 008,396 km 07 Jan 1981 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10211) ratified - superseded since approved World 10211
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