Lilienthal medal
The Lilienthal Medal is the highest international award for performance in gliding . It has been published by the international air sports organization Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) since 1938 in honor of the aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal . It recognizes an outstanding achievement in the field of motorless flight . The winners are determined by the FAI's annual general conference.
The first prize winner was the Pole Tadeusz Góra for his record flight of 577.8 kilometers on May 18, 1938 from Bezmiechowa to Soleczniki (near Vilnius ).
Award winners
The award was not awarded in the years not listed.
| year | receiver | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 |
 Tadeusz Góra
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Cross-country flight over 557 km |
| 1948 |
 Axel Persson
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for reached flight altitude of 8050 meters |
| 1949 |
 John C. Robinson
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for a flight altitude of 10 210 meters |
| 1950 |
William S. Ivans
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for reached flight altitude of 12,882 meters |
| 1951 |
 Marcelle Choisnet-Gohard
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for a flight duration of 28 hours and 41 minutes |
| 1952 |
Charles Atger
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for a flight duration of 56 hours and 15 minutes |
| 1953 |
 Vladimir Ilchenko
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for a flight of 829.8 kilometers in a straight line |
| 1954 |
 Philip Wills
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| 1955 |
 Joachim Küttner
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| 1956 |
Paul MacCready
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| 1957 |
 Don Luis Vicente Juez Gomez
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| 1958 |
Wolf Hirth
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for personal contribution to the development of gliding |
| 1959 |
Richard Schreder
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| 1960 |
Pelagia Majewska
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| 1961 |
 Adolph Gehriger
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| 1962 |
Paul Bikle
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| 1963 |
Heinz Huth
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| 1964 |
Alvin H. Parker
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for flight over 1041.52 kilometers on July 31, 1964 from Odessa (Texas) to Kimball (Nebraska) |
| 1965 |
Edward Macula
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| 1966 |
Anne Burns
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| 1967 |
Lennart Stahlfors
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| 1968 |
 Alejo Williamson
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| 1969 |
Eric Nessler
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| 1970 |
Hans-Werner Grosse
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for the first 1000 km flight in Europe |
| 1971 |
Karl Striedieck (USA)
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| 1972 |
Jan Wróblewski
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| 1973 |
Ann Welch
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| 1974 |
August Hug
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for his personal contribution to the development of gliding in Switzerland |
| 1975 |
Adela Dankowska
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for world records and victory in the women's world championship |
| 1976 |
 Louis A. de Lange
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| 1977 |
George B. Moffat, Jr.
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| 1978 |
Helmut Reichmann
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| 1980 |
 Hans Wolf
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| 1981 |
George Lee
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for three consecutive world titles |
| 1982 |
Hans Nietlispach
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| 1984 |
 CE Wallington
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| 1985 |
 Sholto Hamilton Georgeson
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| 1986 |
Dick Johnson
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| 1987 |
 Juhani Horma
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| 1988 |
Ingo Renner
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| 1990 |
Fred Weinholtz
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| 1991 |
Raymond W. Lynskey
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| 1992 |
Franciszek Kępka
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| 1993 |
Bernald S. Smith
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| 1994 |
Terrence Delore
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| 1995 |
 Gate Johannessen
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| 1997 |
Manfred Reinhardt
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| 1998 |
Oran Nicks
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| 1999 |
 Hana Zejdova
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for setting 235 national and 52 world records |
| 2000 |
Klaus Ohlmann
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for services to gliding and flight over about 2500 km |
| 2001 |
James M. Payne
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| 2002 |
John Hamish Roake
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| 2003 |
 Piero Morelli
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| 2004 |
Janusz Centka
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| 2005 |
Ian Strachan
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| 2006 |
Alan Patching
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| 2007 |
Derek Piggott
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| 2008 |
Roland Stuck
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| 2009 |
Ross Macintyre
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| 2010 |
Pure rose
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| 2011 |
Giorgio Galetto
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| 2012 |
Bob Henderson
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| 2015 |
Loek Boermans
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| 2016 |
Rainer Wienzek
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| 2017 |
 Patrick Pauwels
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Web links
Commons : Lilienthal Gliding Medal - collection of images, videos and audio files
