Rolf Buchholz

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Rolf Buchholz (* 1959 ) is with 561 body piercings all over his body, many of them on the face and genitals, the most pierced man in the world according to Guinness World Records .

Life

Rolf Buchholz is a computer scientist and lives in Dortmund. He discovered the world of piercings in 1999. Buchholz wears a total of 561 piercings in various parts of his body and was therefore entered in the Guinness Book in 2012 and 2019. There are 170 piercings on the face, including 94 on the lip, 25 on the eyebrows, 8 on the nose and 278 in the genital area. He also received two implants in the form of false horns on his forehead and wears so-called body suspensions . He also has transdermal implants in his fingertips and his tongue is split . Buchholz also has a passion for tattoos that cover his entire upper body and limbs.

Trivia

Buchholz occasionally appears at events and in clubs. In 2014 he wanted to perform at the Cirque le Soir night club in a luxury hotel in Dubai , but was refused entry. "A tad too blatant, apparently thought the officials at the airport in the comparatively liberal Dubai - and refused the German entry."

literature

  • Jim Theobald: The Mammoth Book Of Weird Records. Hachette UK 2015, ISBN 1-472-1177-19 .
  • Guinness World Records Ltd. (Ed.): Guinness World Records 2019: German language edition. Ravensburger Buchverlag Otto Maier GmbH 2018, ISBN 3-473-5546-50 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tobi Müller: Rolf Buchholz, the most pierced man in the world. In: Alles Münster online magazine from November 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ 561 record-breaking changes: Dortmund is back in the Guinness book Westfälischer Anzeiger from September 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ Deborah Schmidt: Piercing record holder works at Telekom. WELT from November 22, 2011.
  4. ↑ Rolf Buchholz: The most pierced person in the world. reportink.com from January 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung : Most pierced man is not allowed to Dubai . 18 August 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Buchholz, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Guinness world record holder, mostly pierced man in the world
DATE OF BIRTH 1959