Ashrita Furman

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Ashrita Furman, Italy, 2011
Fastest mile with a baseball bat on one finger (7 minutes 5 seconds)
Longest stand on an exercise ball (2 hours 16 minutes)

Ashrita Furman (* 16th September 1954 in Brooklyn , New York City as Keith Furman ) is an American record breaker. He has set over 600 Guinness World Records, of which over 200 are still valid, making him the person who holds the most Guinness World Records. Since he has set records in unrelated categories, he is also called Mr. Versatility (English "versatility" - versatility).

Life

Ashrita Furman grew up the son of a Jewish lawyer and was fascinated by the Guinness Book as a child, but never thought that he could break a record himself as he was very unsportsmanlike.

As a teenager he became interested in spirituality and studied Eastern philosophy and yoga . He later attended a meditation of Sri Chinmoy some who encouraged him in 1978, in a 24-hour bike race in Central Park of New York City to participate, where he was (652 km) Third 405 miles. So he got more self-confident and decided to break records. After a couple of failed record attempts, he thought he should maybe train for those records . He set his first record in August 1979 with 27,000 jumping jacks.

Sri Chinmoy gave him the Sanskrit name Ashrita - "protected by God".

On August 31, 2003, he set the most world records with his 81st world record, surpassing Vasily Ivanovich Alexejew . He ran the fastest marathon (26.2 miles) with "rope jumps without rope" in 5 hours 55 minutes and 13 seconds.

On April 14, 2009 he held 100 Guinness world records at the same time. On his 100th world record, he and over 100 members of the Sri Chinmoy Center recited the poem "Precious" by Sri Chinmoy in 111 languages, including Afrikaans , Dzongkha , Kabyle and Picardy .

He also runs a healthy food business.

"I'm trying to show others that our human capacity is unlimited if we can truly believe in ourselves."

"I try to show others that our human capabilities are unlimited if we can really believe in ourselves."

- Ashrita Furman

Records (extract)

Records that are still valid are marked in green. A record is not valid because it was broken by Ashrita or others, the category is no longer held, or the performance was subsequently revoked.

number category record date place
1 Most jumping jacks 27,000  Aug 1979 New York City , New York
3 Longest hand clapping 50 h 17 min Aug 10, 1981 Jamaica , New York City , New York
10 Longest Forward Rolling Distance
Most consecutive forward rolls 		12 mi 390 yd
8,341 (in 10 h 30 min) 		Apr 30, 1986 Lexington to Charleston , Massachusetts
24 Longest yodelling 27 h May 21, 1989 San Francisco , California
54 Most hopscotch games in 24 hours 434 Jan. 12, 1998 Cancun , Mexico
56 Longest distance with a milk bottle on your head ? 80.95 mi / 80.96 mi Apr 22, 1998 New York City , New York
60 Fastest jump up of the CN Tower 57 min 51 s July 23, 1999 Toronto , Canada
63 Fastest mile with forward rolling 19 min 11 s Nov 25, 2000 Queens , New York City , New York
68 Fastest 10-kilometer sack race 1 h 22 min 2 s ? 23 Aug 2001/23 Apr 2001 Montauk , New York
69 Most underwater rope jumps in an hour 900 23 Aug 2001 Montauk , New York
81 Fastest marathon with jumping rope without rope 5 h 55 min 13 s Aug 31, 2003 Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
84 Fastest mile with a milk bottle on your head 7 min 47 s Feb 12, 2004 Yogyakarta , Indonesia
91 Fastest 100 meters on a jumping ball (male, general) 30.2 s Nov 16, 2004 new York
92 Fastest 8-kilometer stilt run 39 min 56 s Dec 17, 2004 Xiamen , People's Republic of China
100 Largest hula hoop (at least three turns) 16 ft in diameter   2005 London , England
118 Fastest 10 kilometers with a hula hoop (male, general) 1 h 25 min 9 s June 12, 2006 Huntington , New York
122 Fastest mile on a pogo ball 43 min 9 s July 11, 2006 Fujinomiya , Japan
135 Most of the cigar boxes balanced on the chin 223 New York City , New York
137 Longest spinning top of a top 7 h 1 m 14 s Nov 18, 2006 Brooklyn , New York City , New York
141 Most forward rolling in an hour 1,330 0Jan. 8, 2007 Kaliakra , Bulgaria
148 Fastest egg run mile with a spoon in your mouth 9 min 29 s ?  May 2007 / April 27, 2007 Jamaica , New York City , New York
151 Fastest sack hopping mile 16 min 41 s May 19, 2007 Baruun Salaa , Mongolia
161 Longest underwater hula hooping 2 min 38 s 0Aug 1, 2007 East Meadow , New York
162 Longest underwater pogo stick jumping 1,680 ft 0Aug 1, 2007 East Meadow , New York
166 Most of the pint glasses balanced on the chin 81 Aug 12, 2007 Jamaica , New York City , New York
170 Fastest mile on a pogo stick while juggling three balls 23 min 28 s 26 Sep 2007 Brooklyn , New York City , New York
172 Fastest pushing an orange over a mile with your nose 22 min 41 s 0Nov 2, 2007 Valley Stream , New York
174 Fastest 10-meter frog jumping 8.22 s 0Nov 7, 2007 Jamaica , New York City , New York
180 Fastest flea play mile 23 min 22 s Dec 17, 2007 Punta Cana , Dominican Republic
197 Fastest mile on jump stilts 7 min 13 s 30th Mar 2008 Dachau , Germany
200 Most catches hanging upside down when juggling three balls 601  May 2008 Jamaica , New York City , New York
203 Most pogo stick rope jumps in one minute (male, general) 178 May 18, 2008 Queens , New York City , New York
206 Longest stretch with a pool cue on your chin 5,472 ft 9 in 0July 6, 2008 Jamaica , New York City , New York
211 Fastest mile on stilts 12 min 23 s Aug 29, 2008 Flushing , Queens , New York City , New York
218 Most rope jumps on jump stilts in one minute 145 Nov 13, 2008 Orlando , Florida
222 Fastest peeling and eating of a kiwi fruit 5.35 s Dec 10, 2008 Jamaica , New York City , New York
236 Poem performed in most languages Precious in 111 languages  Apr. 2009 new York
238 Fastest mile with a baseball bat on one finger 7 min 5 s June 20, 2009 Jamaica , New York City , New York
241 Fastest mile with a pool cue on one finger 6 min 55 s July 19, 2009 Queens , New York City , New York
242 Fastest mile with a book on your head 8 min 27 s July 29, 2009 Queens , New York City , New York
249 Fastest 10 meters with a pool cue on the chin 3.02 s Aug 30, 2009 Jamaica , New York City , New York
259 Most pancakes caught in a minute 46 (cast by Bipin Larkin) 26 Sep 2009 Jamaica , New York City , New York
270 Most of the stairs climbed in a minute with books on my head 122 Oct 25, 2009 Jamaica , New York City , New York
273 Longest balance of a pool cue on one finger 4 h 7 min Nov 18, 2009 Jamaica , New York City , New York
275 Most catches hanging upside down when juggling three balls 781  Nov 2009 new York
279 Most heaven and hell games in an hour 33 Dec 25, 2009 New York City , New York
281 Longest control of a golf ball with a club 1 h 20 min 42 s 0Jan. 7, 2010 New York City , New York
288 Longest underwater juggling ("gluggling") with three objects 1 h 19 min 58 s  March 2010 new York
300 Most raw eggs caught in a minute 75 (thrown by Bipin Larkin)  May 2010 Budapest , Hungary
316 Largest hula hoop (at least three turns) 16 ft 6.7 in 0Sep 9 2010 new York
333 Longest stand on a 75-centimeter exercise ball 5 h 7 min 6 s Dec 31, 2010 new York
345 Fastest 100-meter egg run 19.39 s Feb. 24, 2011 Queens , New York
356 Longest standing on a balance board 1 h 57 min  Apr. 2011 new York
367 Most raw eggs caught in a minute 82 (cast by Bipin Larkin)  July 2011 Vermont
403 Fastest mile with a hula hoop and a milk bottle on your head 13 min 37.35 s  March 2012 new York
410 Fastest time to balance a dozen eggs 1 min 15.72 s  Apr. 2012 new York
433 Biggest tennis racket 50 ft 3.07 in long, 16 ft 8.6 in wide  Aug 2012 new York

See also

media

literature
Movie

Web links

Commons : Ashrita Furman  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ashrita Furman on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 31, 2012 .
  2. ^ Wit / dpa: World record in New York: The giant incense stick , In: Spiegel Online , August 28, 2013, accessed on January 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ youtube.com: Man With The Most Guinness World Records - Record Holder Profile , In: Guinness World Records , June 27, 2012, Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  4. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Guinness World Records' most prolific record-breaker , In: Guinness World Records , June 27, 2012, accessed April 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b Gisela Ostwald: Ashrita Furman, the man with the 424 world records , In: Die Welt , August 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Guinness World Records 2015 / Pages Eng: 88-89; DE: 88-89 on September 10, 2014, Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  7. ↑ a b dpa: Giant bat: Champion of the records is full of ideas , In: Focus Online , August 28, 2008, accessed on February 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ a b c d e Olaf Kuchenbecker: Guinness Book of Records 2011 , Bibliographisches Institut & Brockhaus, ISBN 978-3411141715 , pp. 84–85
  9. ↑ a b Jilian Mincer: The Ultimate Guinness Record Is the Record for Records , In: The Wall Street Journal , November 18, 2010, accessed January 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ a b GMT: World champion record breaker Ashrita Furman aims to set another best in Brazil , In: The Telegraph , March 12, 2012, accessed January 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ han / dpa: Der Welt-Rekord-Meister , In: Spiegel Online , April 16, 2009, accessed on January 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ Corey Kilgannon: For a Record Seeker, No Idle Day , In: The New York Times , July 3, 2009, accessed January 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ a b c All Records ( Memento from November 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), In: ashrita.com February 12, 2013, accessed on January 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most consecutive forward rolls , April 30, 1986, accessed January 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most hopscotch games in 24 hrs , January 1, 1998, accessed on January 21, 2015.
  16. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Greatest distance walked with a milk bottle balanced on the head , April 23, 1998, accessed January 22, 2015.
  17. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Forward rolls, Mile (Gym) , November 25, 2000, accessed January 22, 2015.
  18. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Sack race - fastest 10km , April 23, 2001, accessed January 22, 2015.
  19. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest time to run a mile while balancing a milk bottle on the head , February 12, 2004, accessed January 23, 2015.
  20. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest 100 m on a space hopper - male , November 16, 2004, accessed January 23, 2015.
  21. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest stilt walker - 8km , December 17, 2004, accessed January 23, 2015.
  22. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest time to hula hoop 10 km (male) , June 12, 2006, accessed on January 23, 2015.
  23. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest mile jumping on a pogo ball , July 11, 2006, accessed January 23, 2015.
  24. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most cigar boxes balanced on chin ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.guinnessworldrecords.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , November 12, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
  25. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Spinning top-duration , November 18, 2006, accessed on January 23, 2015.
  26. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest mile carrying an egg on a spoon in the mouth , April 27, 2007, accessed January 24, 2015.
  27. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Longest time to hula hoop underwater , August 1, 2007, accessed January 24, 2015.
  28. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Farthest distance jumped underwater on pogo stick , August 1, 2007, accessed January 24, 2015.
  29. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most pint glasses balanced on the chin , August 12, 2007, accessed January 24, 2015.
  30. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest mile on pogo stick while juggling three balls , September 26, 2007, accessed January 24, 2015.
  31. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest 10 meters frog jumping , November 7, 2007, accessed January 24, 2015.
  32. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Tiddlywinks - fastest mile (Individual) , December 17, 2007, accessed January 24, 2015.
  33. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest mile on spring loaded stilts , March 30, 2008, accessed January 25, 2015.
  34. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most skips on a pogo stick in one minute (male) , May 18, 2008, accessed January 25, 2015.
  35. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest stilt walker - mile , 29. August 2008, Retrieved January 25, 2015.
  36. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest time to peel and eat a kiwi fruit , November 13, 2008, accessed January 25, 2015.
  37. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Fastest mile balancing a book on head , July 29, 2009, accessed January 25, 2015.
  38. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most pancakes thrown and caught in one minute - team of two , September 26, 2009, accessed January 25, 2015.
  39. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most stairs climbed whilst balancing books on the head in one minute , October 25, 2009, accessed January 26, 2015.
  40. ↑ guinnessworldrecords.com: Most games of hopscotch played in one hour , December 25, 2009, accessed January 26, 2015.
  41. ↑ Time Online: network movie of the week: "The Record Breaker" , Eike cooling, November 17, 2013, Accessed November 17, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Furman, Ashrita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Furman, Keith (maiden name); Mr. Versatility (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American record breaker
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York