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Class Sub-Class Type of record Performance Date Claimant Status Regionsort descending ID
Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 129,987 km 27 Dec 1986 Erwin Müller (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10253
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 750 km 100,55 km/h 05 Aug 1984 Joann B. Shaw (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 342
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Gliding D1 Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 133,24 km/h 09 Dec 1980 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 330
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 893,51 km 26 Nov 1979 Karl Abhau (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10204
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 693,448 km 23 Jul 1978 Günter Cichon (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10207
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 67.62 km/h 06 Jun 1976 Werner Hoffmann (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10262
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 1 231,80 km 16 Apr 1974 Hans Werner Grosse (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5416
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 104,47 km/h 10 Jan 1970 Brian C Stevens (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5483
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 730,62 km 06 Jan 1965 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4413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Gliding D1 Straight distance 875,99 km 02 Jun 1963 Rudolf Lindner (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5414
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Gliding D1 Straight distance to a declared goal 714,02 km 18 Jun 1960 Mikhaïl Vieriestiennikov (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4418
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 64,18 km/h 07 Jun 1956 Zvonimir Rain (YUG) ratified - superseded since approved World 5480
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 290,198 km 12 May 1953 Marcelle Choisnet-gohard (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10104
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 4 963 m 22 Nov 1950 Irena Kempovna (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4344
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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 D2 Straight distance 552,100 km 15 May 1938 Viktor Iltchenko (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 13613
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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) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4436
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Gliding D13.5 Free triangle distance 506,7 km 12 Jul 2018 Ghislaine Facon (FRA) ratified - reclassified after changes in sporting code World 18645
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Gliding D13 Out-and-return distance 653,25 km 09 Jul 2020 Philippe N. Rose (USA) ratified - current record World 19446
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Gliding DU Out-and-return distance 622,44 km 18 May 2009 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - current record World 15452
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 000 km 199,79 km/h 03 Dec 2005 Stefano Ghiorzo (ITA) ratified - superseded since approved World 12272
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Gliding DO Speed over an out-and-return course of 1 500 km 177,3 km/h 11 Dec 2003 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 8251
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Gliding DO Free distance using up to 3 turn points 1 081,2 km 05 Jan 2003 Pamela Kurstjens-Hawkins (AUS) ratified - superseded since approved World 7597
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Gliding DU Free out-and-return distance 627,2 km 21 Jul 2001 Bostjan Pristavec (SLO) ratified - superseded since approved World 7045
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Gliding DW Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 87,75 km/h 16 May 2000 Adela Dankowska (POL) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 6564
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Gliding DO Free out-and-return distance 1 042,55 km 25 Dec 1998 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 5888
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Gliding D1-M Out-and-return distance 1 236,34 km 04 Apr 1997 Klaus Ohlmann (GER) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4325
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Gliding D2 Free distance using up to 3 turn points 518,06 km 02 Jan 1997 Hana Zejdova (CZE) ratified - superseded since approved World 3946
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Gliding DU Free distance using up to 3 turn points 382,12 km 15 Jul 1995 William G. Osoba (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 5515
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Gliding D1-M Speed over a triangular course of 1 250 km 127,17 km/h 21 Dec 1992 Klaus Holighaus (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4468
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Gliding D2-M Triangle Distance 1 140,426 km 22 Dec 1990 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10252
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Gliding D2-M Out-and-return distance 1 017.17 km 09 Jan 1988 Otto Wegscheider (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10241
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Gliding D1 Triangle Distance 1 362.68 km 02 May 1986 Leonard Royal McMaster (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 322
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Gliding D1-M Straight distance to a declared goal 414,801 km 11 Jan 1983 B.J. Willson (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 10200
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Gliding D2-M Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 128 km/h 15 Jan 1980 Willibald Collee (FRG) ratified - superseded since approved World 10254
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 12 637 m 14 Feb 1979 Sabrina P. Jackintell (USA) ratified - current record World 348
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Gliding D2 Triangle Distance 762,72 km 28 Dec 1977 Conrad Meynell Greaves (GBR) ratified - superseded since approved World 5501
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 751.3 km 26 Jul 1975 Edward Guy Minghelli (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10073
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 130,73 km/h 06 Aug 1972 Edward Makula (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5471
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 100 km 90,95 km/h 27 Dec 1967 A. A. Human (RSA) ratified - superseded since approved World 10165
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Gliding D2 Straight distance 575,643 km 14 Jun 1964 Olga Manafova (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 10143
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Gliding D1 Out-and-return distance 644,91 km 04 Jan 1962 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson (NZL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4410
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Gliding D2 Out-and-return distance 517,80 km 06 Jul 1959 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 4606
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Gliding D2 Speed over a triangular course of 300 km 50,33 km/h 16 Aug 1955 Henryk Zydorczak (POL) ratified - superseded since approved World 5479
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Gliding D1 Duration 56 h 15 min 02 Apr 1952 Charles Atger (FRA) ratified - retired by changes of the sporting code World 4449
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Gliding D1 Duration 35 h 3 min 19 Nov 1948 Marcelle Choisnet (FRA) ratified - superseded since approved World 11677
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Gliding D2 Gain of height 1 634 m 10 Jul 1939 Lioudmila Velikosseltzeva (URS) ratified - superseded since approved World 4320
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Gliding D1-M Gain of height 2 970 m 14 May 1937 Friedrich Aufermann (GER) ratified - superseded since approved World 4422
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 15 917 m 03 Sep 2017 Team/Crew ratified - superseded since approved World 18248
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Gliding DO Absolute altitude 18 503 m 26 Aug 2018 James M. Payne (USA) ratified - superseded since approved World 18679
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