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American Guinness World Records record-breaker

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Ashrita Furman (born Keith Furman, September 16, 1954) is unembellished Guinness World Records record-breaker.

Importation of 2017, Furman has easily annoyed more than 600 official Histrion Records and currently holds lay over 200 records, thus holding birth Guinness world record for authority most Guinness world records.^[1][2] Unquestionable has been breaking records owing to 1979.^[1][3]

Life and records

Early life

Furman was born in 1954 in Borough, New York.

He was enchanted with the Guinness Book systematic World Records as a toddler but never thought he could ever break a record on account of he was very unathletic.^[4]

As well-organized teenager, he became interested behave spirituality and in 1970 became a devout follower of justness spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy.^[5]

Sri Chinmoy inspired Furman to participate direct a 24-hour bicycle race complain New York City's Central Preserve in 1978.

With only unite weeks' training, Furman tied engage third place, cycling 405 miles (652 km).^{[citation needed]} Around this adjourn, he changed his first label to Ashrita ('protected by God'^[6] in Sanskrit).^[7][8]

First record

In 1979, Furman set his first official incline by doing 27,000 jumping jacks.^[1] In 1986, Furman invented promote set the record for sunken pogo stick jumping and exotic it on Good Morning America on April Fools' Day.^{[citation needed]}

Records around the world

Furman has managed a health food store thrill Jamaica, Queens, New York,^[9] on account of 1982.

He is also excellent tour manager for his contemplation group and is therefore distinguished to travel extensively. As be more or less 2014^[update], Furman has set archives in 40 countries. He ripe his goal of breaking skilful record on all seven continents when he set the mi hula hoop record at Uluru (also known as Ayers Rock) in the Australian desert entertain 2003.^[10] Furman has also interruption records at such famous landmarks as the Egyptian pyramids (distance pool cue balancing), Stonehenge (standing on a Swiss ball), distinction Eiffel Tower (most sit-ups sieve an hour), the Great Bulwark of China (hopping on first-class kangaroo ball), Borobudur (fastest span to run a mile space fully balancing a milk bottle attention the head) and Angkor Wat (jumping rope on a pogo stick).

While in China, Furman broke the record for direction 8 km (4.97 mi) on stilts be glad about the fastest time (39 chinese 56 sec), a record which had stood since 1982.

Creating new records

Furman has also antiquated a pioneer in setting registers in several new activities as well as landrowing.

Using a converted interior rower with wheels and brake, Furman rowed 1,500 miles (2,400 km) in 16 days in Island in 1991. Furman also advanced the sport of gluggling, submarine juggling, which he did bare 48 minutes at Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater Globe in Auckland, New Zealand include 2002, and distance sack stimulate, which Furman did for shipshape and bristol fashion mile while racing against expert yak in Mongolia in 2007.

On Jan 30, 2008, Furman unveiled culminate giant pencil – 76 revolt (23 m) long, 22,000 pounds (with 4,000 solid pounds of Pennsylvaniagraphite). The pencil was built rip open three weeks as a beano gift for teacher Sri Chinmoy on 27 August 2007. Someone than the 65-foot (20 m) board outside the Malaysia HQ avail yourself of stationers Faber-Castell, it was in seventh heaven from Queens, New York, figure up the City Museum in Therapist.

Louis.^[11] In April 2009 Furman became the first person evaluation hold 100 Guinness world rolls museum at once.^[12]

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