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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Region ID
Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 200 km 88,54 km/h 18 Aug 1957 Paul F. Bikle (USA) (10034) ratified - superseded since approved World 10034
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 176,5 km/h 21 Dec 2006 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (14393) ratified - current record World 14393
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 546.57 km 16 Oct 1995 Kai Gertsen (USA) (3012) ratified - superseded since approved World 3012
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 109 km/h 06 Dec 1979 Willibald Collee (FRG) (10261) ratified - superseded since approved World 10261
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Gliding D13.5 Out-and-return distance 500,8 km 26 Dec 2016 Mauro Brunazzo (ITA) (18101) ratified - superseded since approved World 18101
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 6 072 m 18 Jan 1951 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) (10130) ratified - superseded since approved World 10130
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Gliding DW Triangle Distance 535,92 km 21 Jun 2001 Thomas Wartha (GER) (7017) ratified - superseded since approved World 7017
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 157,27 km/h 10 Jan 1991 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 418
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 107,78 km/h 02 Sep 1964 Stanislaw Kluk (POL) (5467) ratified - superseded since approved World 5467
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Gliding D1 Distance in a straight line 837 km 19 Apr 1977 Adela Dankowska (POL) (6977) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6977
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Gliding D2 Duration without landing returning to the start point 23 h 41 min 05 Sep 1938 Toni Kahlbacher (GER) (4465) ratified - superseded since approved World 4465
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 243,40 km/h 09 Nov 2003 Tom K. Serkowski (USA) (7983) ratified - superseded since approved World 7983
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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 DO Free out-and-return distance 1 002,83 km 11 Dec 1998 Pamela Hawkins (GBR) (5862) ratified - superseded since approved World 5862
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 141,80 km/h 26 Dec 1986 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (367) ratified - superseded since approved World 367
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Gliding D1-M Free out-and-return distance 860,46 km 04 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (3941) ratified - superseded since approved World 3941
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 158,67 km/h 24 Dec 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 1184
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Gliding D2 Straight distance to a declared goal 541,3 km 20 Jul 1953 Jerzy Popiel (POL) (13616) ratified - superseded since approved World 13616
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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 D1 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 353.28 km 12 Jan 1993 Raymond William Linskey (NZL) (320) ratified - superseded since approved World 320
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 974,04 km 22 Aug 1969 Wallace A. Scott (USA) (4408) ratified - superseded since approved World 4408
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Gliding D1-M Triangle Distance 757,048 km 18 Dec 1978 Fritz Rueb (FRG) (10190) ratified - superseded since approved World 10190
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 106,430 km 25 Jul 1946 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) (10179) ratified - superseded since approved World 10179
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 270,5 km 11 Jan 2005 Reiko Morinaka (JPN) ratified - superseded since approved World 10391
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 185,10 km/h 13 Nov 2015 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (17750) ratified - current record World 17750
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 1 000 km 116,10 km/h 01 Dec 1999 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (6345) ratified - superseded since approved World 6345
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 714,7 km 03 Jun 1978 Hanna Reitsch (GER) (10090) ratified - superseded since approved World 10090
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Gliding D1 Gain of height 3 385 m 26 Jun 1940 Evguenia Prokhorova (URS) (4331) ratified - superseded since approved World 4331
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Gliding DO Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 223.09 km/h 05 Jan 2004 Theo Roger Newfield (NZL) (8324) ratified - superseded since approved World 8324
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 500 km 247,49 km/h 03 Mar 1999 James M. Payne (USA) (5951) ratified - superseded since approved World 5951
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 084,94 km 09 Jan 1988 Otto Schauble (FRG) (10212) ratified - superseded since approved World 10212
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 373,6 km 13 Jun 1962 Hanna Badura (POL) (10152) ratified - superseded since approved World 10152
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 515,822 km 03 Jun 1973 Isabella Gorokhova (URS) (10155) ratified - superseded since approved World 10155
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Gliding D1 Speed over a closed circuit without landing upper than one km 54,55 km/h 05 May 1927 Ferdinand Schulz (GER) (4436) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4436
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 757,18 km 18 Feb 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) (4076) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4076
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 159,64 km/h 20 Dec 1983 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) (5439) ratified - superseded since approved World 5439
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 677,61 km 13 May 1956 René Fonteilles (FRA) (4417) ratified - superseded since approved World 4417
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Gliding D15 Out-and-return distance 1 665,8 km 08 Jan 2006 Diether Memmert (GER) (12457) ratified - superseded since approved World 12457
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 220,44 km 06 Jan 1995 Walter Eisele (FRG) (2342) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 2342
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 835,826 km 23 May 1979 Günter Cichon (FRG) (10210) ratified - superseded since approved World 10210
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Gliding D13.5 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 110,20 km/h 20 Nov 2016 Stefano Ghiorzo (ITA) (18082) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18082
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 7 407 m 27 Jan 1950 Harland C. Ross (USA) (10058) ratified - superseded since approved World 10058
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Gliding DU Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 118,2 km/h 22 Aug 2000 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) (6692) ratified - superseded since approved World 6692
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 140,426 km 22 Dec 1990 Walter Binder (FRG) (10251) ratified - superseded since approved World 10251
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 609.033 km 14 Jun 1964 Marina Afrikanova (URS) (10108) ratified - superseded since approved World 10108
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Gliding D2-M Straight distance to a declared goal 646.42 km 28 Apr 1976 Guenther Jacobs (GER) (10245) ratified - superseded since approved World 10245
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Gliding D1 Free out-and-return distance 85,00 km 19 Apr 1938 Heye Straatman (GER) (13602) ratified - superseded since approved World 13602
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Gliding DO Straight Distance to a Goal 1 449,3 km 09 Jan 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) (7604) ratified - superseded since approved World 7604
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 518,59 km 10 Aug 1959 Pelagia Majewska (POL) (10146) ratified - superseded since approved World 10146
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Gliding D15 Speed over a triangular course of 500 km 158,43 km/h 18 Oct 1998 Terrence Raymond Delore (NZL) (5767) ratified - superseded since approved World 5767
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