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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 151,28 km/h 10 Dec 1979 Georg Eckle (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5438
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 113.23 km/h 18 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10233
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Gliding D2-M Gain of height 3 428 m 22 Mar 1977 Dieter Mayr (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10240
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 101,758 km/h 17 Aug 1974 Adele Orsi (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10164
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 1 153,82 km 26 Jul 1970 Wallace A. Scott (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5409
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 731.595 km 29 Jul 1966 Tamara Zaiganova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10110
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 100,32 km/h 27 Jul 1963 Arkady Kovchirko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5465
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 546,94 km 04 Aug 1960 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4416
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 79,36 km/h 14 Jun 1958 Komac Bozidar (YUG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1188
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Gliding D2 Duration 38 h 41 min 12 Jan 1954 Jacqueline Mathe (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12417
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 8 334 m 20 Jan 1951 Yvonne Gaudry (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4398
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 6 263 m 25 Sep 1945 Juez Gomez (ESP) ratified - superseded since approved World 3299
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 6 687 m 05 Aug 1938 Walter Drechsel (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13588
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Gliding D1 Straight distance 220,270 km 25 Jul 1931 Günter Groenhoff (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 13595
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Gliding D13 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 110,20 km/h 20 Nov 2016 Stefano Ghiorzo (ITA) ratified - current record World 19457
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 149,06 km/h 05 Dec 2015 Johan Luyckx (BEL) ratified - current record World 17757
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 138,1 km/h 31 Dec 2013 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record World 17025
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Gliding DW Free triangle distance 419,5 km 07 Aug 2011 Valeria Paget (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 15816
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 121,5 km/h 28 Dec 2007 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) ratified - current record World 14905
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 136,92 km/h 28 Nov 2005 Osvaldo M. Ferraro (ARG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 12269
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 2 247,6 km 02 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - current record World 8198
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 166,53 km/h 12 Dec 2002 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 7584
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 108,53 km/h 21 Jun 2001 Guenther Jacobs (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 7013
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 205.52 km/h 12 Jan 2000 Martin J. Eiler (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 6367
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Gliding D15 Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 136,59 km/h 18 Dec 1998 Angelika Machinek (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 5896
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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) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4820
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3941
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 546.57 km 16 Oct 1995 Kai Gertsen (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 3012
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 155,82 km/h 06 Jan 1993 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 400
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 143,90 km/h 26 Dec 1990 Susan Patricia Beatty (RSA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 346
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Gliding DO Gain of height 10 212 m 12 Jan 1988 Yvonne Margaret Loader (NZL) ratified - current record World 5027
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 135,51 km/h 13 Jul 1986 Walter Binder (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10255
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 052.744 km 26 Dec 1983 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10078
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 93,7 km/h 04 May 1980 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10176
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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 D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 254,26 km 14 Jan 1978 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 335
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 298,97 km 17 Mar 1976 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5425
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 108.94 km/H 18 Dec 1972 Angela Smith (-) ratified - superseded since approved World 10132
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 467,2 km 14 Jul 1968 Pelagia Majewska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10154
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 104,22 km/h 28 Jul 1964 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 5466
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 636.6 km 08 Aug 1962 Franciszek Kepka (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 10062
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 107,04 km/h 11 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4318
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 677,61 km 13 May 1956 René Fonteilles (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4417
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 53,665 km/h 05 Aug 1952 Anna P. Samossadova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 12424
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 7 407 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10058
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 416,070 km 12 Jun 1940 I.L. Kartachev (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13621
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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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Gliding D1 Straight distance 8,100 km 26 Aug 1923 Juste François Joseph Thoret (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 13607
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 102,68 km/h 24 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18656
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 731,4 km 02 Feb 2020 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) ratified - current record World 19230
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