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Ashrita Furman (born Keith Furman, September 16, 1954) is a Guinness World Records record-breaker. As of 2017, Furman has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and currently holds over 200 records, thus holding the Guinness world record for the most Guinness world records. [1] [2] He has been breaking records since 1979. [1] [3]
Guinness World Records bestowed the record of "Person with the most records" on Ashrita Furman of Queens, New York, in April 2009; at that time, he held 100 records. [ 33 ] In 2005, Guinness designated 9 November as International Guinness World Records Day to encourage breaking of world records. [ 34 ]
On 21 April 2014, Reffet and Fugen broke the Guinness World Record for highest BASE jump from a building, jumping 828 metres (2,717 ft) from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [9] [10] Reffet and Fugen conducted the jump with permission from the authorities and support from several sponsors. The two men jumped from a specially ...
Bella, a cat from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, broke the Guinness World Record for the loudest purr in October. Measuring 54.6 decibels, the purr was equivalent to the volume of a boiling kettle.
An octogenarian flying trapeze artist, the owner of the world's fastest jet-propelled go-kart and a dog named Feather with a flair for jumping are among the record-breaking stars to win a place in ...
Schoolchildren in the US performing jumping jacks. A jumping jack, also known as a star jump and called a side-straddle hop in the US military, is a physical jumping exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands going overhead, sometimes in a clap, and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.
On 12 April 2012, Quaas received an entry in the Guinness World Records [13] as the world's oldest active competitive gymnast. [16] She was invited by the International Gymnastics Training Camp and the American Turners New York to perform her bars routine on the latter's float in the 57th German-American Steuben Parade on 20 September 2014.
Dugas set the record in 2010, 2021 and 2023, her most recent afro clocking in at 5.4 feet in circumference, 9.8 inches tall and 10.4 inches wide. In 2020, the title was held by Brooklynite Simone ...