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Record Breakers was a British children's TV show, themed around world records and produced by the BBC. It was broadcast on BBC1 from 15 December 1972 to 21 December 2001. [1] It was originally presented by Roy Castle with Guinness World Records founders twin brothers Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter.
Roy Castle OBE (31 August 1932 [1] – 2 September 1994) [2] was an English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician. In addition to being an accomplished jazz trumpet player, he could play many other instruments.
Alan Ross McWhirter (12 August 1925 – 27 November 1975) was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 Guinness Book of Records (known since 2000 as Guinness World Records) and a contributor to the television programme Record Breakers. He was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1975. [2]
In his career, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson of Iceland set more than 100 world records and numerous other feats of strength across all notable strongman events, making him the most prolific record breaker of all time, in all of strength sports. Below list is a summary of his most notable world records and personal bests.
A deep secondary was full of ball hawks and sticky cover men. John Glenn's Andrew Glaub grabbed a school-record nine interceptions and broke up six other passes for a Muskie defense that forced 27 ...
Kelvin de Ruiter is a competitive strongman from the Netherlands [1] and is a four-time Strongest Man of the Netherlands champion. [2] Having competed in 38 International strongman competitions and winning 8 of them, de Ruiter is among the 50 most decorated strongmen of all time.
Ted Arcidi bench pressed 705.5 pounds (320 kg) on March 3, 1985 at Gus Rethwisch's Budweiser World Record Breakers in Honolulu, Hawaii for an APF & USPF world record, to become the first man to bench 700 pounds in an officially recognized powerlifting competition.
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