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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D2 Absolute altitude 6 263 m 25 Sep 1945 Juez Gomez (ESP) (3299) ratified - superseded since approved World 3299
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 171,29 km/h 29 Jul 2003 Steve Fossett (USA) (7856) ratified - superseded since approved World 7856
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Gliding D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 877,90 km 08 Jan 1995 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (2402) ratified - superseded since approved World 2402
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 128 km/h 15 Jan 1980 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10254) ratified - superseded since approved World 10254
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 122,39 km/h 21 Nov 2000 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (6764) ratified - superseded since approved World 6764
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 84,55 km/h 17 Aug 1962 Daniel Barbera (FRA) (5464) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 5464
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 132,234 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Schauble (FRG) (10196) ratified - superseded since approved World 10196
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Gliding D1 Duration without landing returning to the start point 21 h 34 min 17 Dec 1931 William A. Cocke, Jr (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 4458
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 254.26 km 14 Jan 1978 Bruce Lindsey Drake (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 341
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 518.066 km 30 May 1957 Vladislas Zejda (TCH) (9992) ratified - superseded since approved World 9992
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 180,3 km/h 30 Nov 2009 John Williams (AUS) (15666) ratified - superseded since approved World 15666
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 216,42 km/h 18 Oct 1998 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) (5763) ratified - superseded since approved World 5763
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Gliding D15 Distance using up to 3 turn points 1 752.8 km 17 Dec 2004 Diether Memmert (GER) (10357) ratified - superseded since approved World 10357
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 1 056,64 km 09 Oct 1972 James G. Smiley (USA) (5419) ratified - superseded since approved World 5419
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3948) ratified - superseded since approved World 3948
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 9 174.5 m 30 Dec 1950 William S. Ivans, Jr (USA) (9980) ratified - superseded since approved World 9980
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 414,801 km 11 Jan 1983 B.J. Willson (GBR) (10200) ratified - superseded since approved World 10200
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 029,7 km 01 Jan 2002 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7187) ratified - superseded since approved World 7187
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 92,56 km/h 01 Aug 1964 Vladimir Tchouvikov (URS) (5482) ratified - superseded since approved World 5482
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Gliding D1-M Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 351,16 km 24 Dec 1992 Beat Bünzli (SUI) (404) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 404
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Gliding D1 Absolute altitude 6 687 m 05 Aug 1938 Walter Drechsel (GER) (13588) ratified - superseded since approved World 13588
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 12 637 m 14 Feb 1979 Sabrina P. Jackintell (USA) (348) ratified - current record World 348
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Gliding DO Free triangle distance 1 062,5 km 20 Dec 2011 Susanne Schödel (GER) (15817) ratified - superseded since approved World 15817
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Gliding DW Free distance using up to 3 turn points 591,2 km 05 May 1999 Sebastian Kawa (POL) (6072) ratified - superseded since approved World 6072
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 170,06 km/h 09 Jan 1988 Beat Bünzli (SUI) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 326
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 275,8 km/h 16 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14381) ratified - superseded since approved World 14381
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 042,114 km 06 Feb 1976 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (9986) ratified - superseded since approved World 9986
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 217,41 km/h 04 Mar 1997 James M. Payne (USA) (5008) ratified - superseded since approved World 5008
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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 Straight distance to a declared goal 353.60 km 29 May 1953 Wanda Adamek (POL) (4358) ratified - superseded since approved World 4358
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 122,42 km/h 25 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5877) ratified - superseded since approved World 5877
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 655,07 km 08 May 1987 Franz Ott (GER) (10202) ratified - superseded since approved World 10202
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Gliding D15 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 2 127,5 km 06 Jan 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (12460) ratified - superseded since approved World 12460
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 823,22 km 01 May 1975 Klaus Holighaus (GER) (9985) ratified - superseded since approved World 9985
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Gliding D2 Free out-and-return distance 705,04 km 15 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (4019) ratified - superseded since approved World 4019
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 274.10 km 11 Jul 1952 Betsy Woodward (USA) (4384) ratified - superseded since approved World 4384
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 1 028,584 km 06 Jan 1986 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) (10194) ratified - superseded since approved World 10194
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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 Absolute altitude 9 174 m 17 Oct 1967 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 376
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 443,714 km 19 Jun 1940 Olga V. Klepikova (URS) (12415) ratified - superseded since approved World 12415
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 965,3 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) (7595) ratified - current record World 7595
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 539,87 km 14 Jun 1993 Ingrid Köhler (FRG) (136) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 136
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 1 112,62 km 28 Dec 1979 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5505) ratified - superseded since approved World 5505
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Gliding DW Free Distance 405,1 km 03 Jun 2013 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) (16823) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 16823
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Gliding DW Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 68,82 km/h 14 Jul 2000 Kerrie Ann Claffey (AUS) (6649) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6649
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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 D2 Absolute altitude 8 571 m 11 Dec 1961 Denise Trouillard (FRA) (10139) ratified - superseded since approved World 10139
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 092,25 km/h 14 Jan 1990 Wielfried Grosskinsky (FRG) (10052) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 10052
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 455,80 km 03 May 1927 Ferdinand Schulz (GER) (4433) ratified - superseded since approved World 4433
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 114,75 km/h 17 Dec 1977 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10220) ratified - superseded since approved World 10220
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