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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding DO Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 137,3 km 17 Dec 2016 Anja Kohlrausch (GER) (18097) ratified - current record World 18097
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 550,20 km 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6761) ratified - superseded since approved World 6761
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Gliding D2-M Absolute altitude 8 782 m 10 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (132) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 132
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 7 746 m 20 Jan 1951 Yvonne Gaudry (FRA) (4399) ratified - superseded since approved World 4399
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Gliding D15 Free triangle distance 1 409,2 km 30 Nov 2009 Diether Memmert (GER) (15662) ratified - current record World 15662
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 1 019,598 km 04 Jan 1990 Morris William Walker (NZL) (10053) ratified - superseded since approved World 10053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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 777.95 km 01 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5854) ratified - superseded since approved World 5854
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 730,62 km 06 Jan 1965 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4413
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 012,2 km 06 Jun 1975 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9991) ratified - superseded since approved World 9991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 Duration without landing returning to the start point 40 h 38 min 08 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) (4466) ratified - superseded since approved World 4466
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Gliding DW Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 67,70 km/h 16 May 1998 Diether Memmert (GER) (5395) ratified - superseded since approved World 5395
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Gliding D13 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 002,6 km 08 May 2016 Daniel Sazhin (USA) (19465) ratified - current record World 19465
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Gliding DO Out-and-return distance 1 187 km 30 Dec 2004 Reiko Morinaka (JPN) (10367) ratified - current record World 10367
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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 DW Triangle Distance 551.6 km 14 Jun 2002 Diether Memmert (GER) (7375) ratified - superseded since approved World 7375
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Gliding D2-M Gain of height 7 241 m 24 Oct 1996 Ralph Jones (GBR) (3691) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 3691
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 756.00 km 31 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (3295) ratified - superseded since approved World 3295
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 56 h 11 min 30 Dec 1953 Claude Fronteau (FRA) (4460) ratified - superseded since approved World 4460
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 144,67 km/h 10 Jan 1992 Hans-Werner Grosse (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 428
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 591,2 km 05 May 1999 Zbigniew Nieradka (POL) (6071) ratified - superseded since approved World 6071
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 104,47 km/h 10 Jan 1970 Brian C Stevens (RSA) (5483) ratified - superseded since approved World 5483
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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 D1 Gain of height 2 612 m 12 Mar 1947 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) (12414) ratified - superseded since approved World 12414
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 289,4 km/h 18 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14380) ratified - current record World 14380
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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 D15 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 133,66 km/h 31 Dec 1998 David Graham Jansen (AUS) (5881) ratified - superseded since approved World 5881
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 135,32 km/h 28 Dec 1967 M Jackson (RSA) (10038) ratified - superseded since approved World 10038
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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 Duration without landing returning to the start point 38 h 21 min 24 sec 18 Jun 1942 Eric Nessler (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4457
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Gliding D15 Free out-and-return distance 1 559,6 km 06 Jan 2006 Jean-Marc Perrin (SUI) (12459) ratified - superseded since approved World 12459
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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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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 621.785 km 23 Jun 1962 Alexandre Filiouchine (URS) (10061) ratified - superseded since approved World 10061
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 86,98 km/h 01 Jan 1972 Hugh G. Keartland (RSA) (5491) ratified - superseded since approved World 5491
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 1 209 m 25 Apr 1929 Johannes Nehring (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4435
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 131.39 km/h 05 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5029) ratified - superseded since approved World 5029
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 133,89 km/h 07 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7599) ratified - current record World 7599
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 1 000.88 km 28 Sep 1981 Thomas L. Knauff (USA) (10077) ratified - superseded since approved World 10077
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 341,9 km 23 May 1956 Barbara Dankowska (POL) (10086) ratified - superseded since approved World 10086
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Gliding DW Free out-and-return distance 507,97 km 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) (6648) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6648
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 114,262 km 30 Dec 1978 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9988) ratified - superseded since approved World 9988
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Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 10 973 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) (10057) ratified - superseded since approved World 10057
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Gliding DU Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 91,95 km/h 18 May 2009 James M. Payne (USA) (15453) ratified - current record World 15453
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 531,11 km 01 Jul 1989 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 412
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 619,995 km 27 Jun 1964 Zinaida Solovey (URS) (10151) ratified - superseded since approved World 10151
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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 D2 Straight distance 552,100 km 15 May 1938 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) (13613) ratified - superseded since approved World 13613
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 767,45 km 13 Jan 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (5277) ratified - superseded since approved World 5277
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Gliding DO Triangle Distance 1 502.55 km 13 Dec 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) (8248) ratified - superseded since approved World 8248
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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 D1 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 107,04 km/h 11 Aug 1959 Richard E. Schreder (USA) (4318) ratified - superseded since approved World 4318
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