World Records in Sports and their holders
If you like sports and want to reach on top of them, then you must know that there is no shortcut for it. It takes consistency, hard work, dedication, and most of all motivation to get to the top.
But to make a world record, surely a mix of dedication and genetics is needed. The genes of that 1 on a million, such as Usain Bolt or LeBron James. Check out this video to see some of the most incredible world records made in sports from famous sportsmen.
Yelena Isinbayeva
In 2005, Yelena Isinbayeva became the first woman to break the five-meter barrier. Her current outdoor world record is 5.06 m, which she set in August 2009 in Zurich. For just over a year, her 5.01 m indoors was the world record. The latter was Isinbayeva’s twenty-eighth world record in the pole vault.
Usain Bolt
Usain St Leo Bolt was born 21 August 1986. He is a retired Jamaican sprinter widely regarded as the greatest sprinter of all time. He holds world records in the 100 meters, 200 meters, and four hundred meter sprint.
Florence Griffith Joyner
Florence Delores Griffith Joyner was born on December 21, 1959, and died on September 21, 1998. She was an American track and field athlete. She was also known as Flo-Jo. She is the fastest woman of all time; her world records in the 100 m and 200 m from 1988 still stand.
Mike Powell
Michael Anthony Powell was born November 10, 1963, and is a former American track and field athlete who holds the world record for the long jump. He is a two-time world champion and a two-time Olympic silver medalist in this event, with a world record of 8.95m.
Klay Thompson
Klay Alexander Thompson, born February 8, 1990, is an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association’s Golden State Warriors. He is widely regarded as one of the best shooters in NBA history.
Aries Merritt
Aries Merritt is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 110-meter hurdles. On September 7, 2012, he set the world record in that event with a time of 12.80 seconds. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he won gold in the 110-meter hurdles.
Armand Duplantis
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis (born 10 November 1999) is a Swedish pole vaulter of American descent who holds the current world record with a height of 6.18 meters. Duplantis won gold in the boys’ pole vault as a 15-year-old at the 2015 World Youth Championships and has several age-group world records.
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan David Edwards is a former triple jumper from the United Kingdom. He is an Olympic, World, Commonwealth, and European champion, as well as the holder of the world record in the event since 1995. Edwards has worked as a sports commentator and presenter for BBC television since his retirement as an athlete.
Inessa Kravets
Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets ( born October 5, 1966) is a former Ukrainian triple jumper and long jumper. When the triple jump was added to competition programs, she was one of the most prominent female triple jumpers.
Robert Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski, born August 21, 1988, is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and is the captain of Poland’s national team and holds the insane record of 5 goals in 9 minutes .
Stefan Kraft
Stefan Kraft is an Austrian ski jumper. He is one of the most successful contemporary ski jumpers, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup and Ski Flying World Cup overall titles twice each, the Four Hills Tournament and the Raw Air Tournament once each, and two individual gold medals at the World Championships.
Anita Włodarczyk
Anita Wodarczyk is a hammer thrower from Poland. She is the Olympic champion in 2012 and 2016, as well as the first and only woman in history to throw the hammer over 80 meters; she currently holds the women’s world record of 82.98 meters. She is regarded as the greatest female hammer thrower of all time.