The Guinness Book of Records continues to amaze people with its achievements. More than sixty years have passed since the first publication. Every year on the pages of the directory you can see unique records of people. Top 10 record-breaking people who will blow your mind and make you believe in the impossible.
Fastest man in the world
Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world and has broken the world record eight times. The guy is called "lightning" for his supernatural speed. Bolt was able to run one hundred meters in 9.5 seconds, and two hundred in 19.1. The guy will be thirty years old this summer; he is originally from Jamaica. Lightning is a six-time Olympic champion.
The oldest person on the planet
The oldest person on the planet is Carmelo Flores Laura, a resident of a mountain village near Lake Titicaca (Bolivia). The centenarian's everyday life is quite simple: he lived in a small hut with earth floors and a thatched roof, he does not know Spanish, did not go to school and has almost no teeth. It is interesting that the centenarian walked and saw without problems until his death. According to Carmelo, the secret of his long life lies in walking in the fresh air and the absence of sweets and pasta in his diet. Carmelo Flores does not know what chewing gum is; he chewed coca leaves almost all the time - “a stimulant of vital energy.” The man is listed in the Guinness Book of Records and died at the age of 125.
Tallest man
Currently, thirty-year-old Sultan Kesen is recognized as the tallest man in the world, his height is 2.73 meters. Unfortunately, this anomaly was caused by a disease - a pituitary tumor. The guy's arms span reaches three meters. The guy cannot move without crutches and needs constant assistance. The parents of the Turkish farmer are of normal height and consider their son a gift from God.
The strongest man in the world
Vasily Virastyuk is the strongest man on the planet. The hero was involved in sports - athletics and shot put. Vasily Virastyuk is not only a famous athlete, but also an actor, border guard worker, and coach.
The most pierced woman in the world
Elaine Davidson recently turned 44 years old and there is no living space on her skin. She is the most pierced woman in the world. There are 463 piercings recorded on Elaine's body in the Book, 193 of which are on the face. Interestingly, the woman’s husband has neither piercings nor tattoos. The jewelry on her body weighs more than three kilograms, but Davidson claims she never took it off.
The man with the most elastic skin
Harry Turner has the most elastic skin. This physiological abnormality is caused by Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The lack of collagen allows Harry to bury his face in the skin of his neck. Having this ability, the guy worked in a horror circus for a long time.
The most tattooed woman in the world
Julia Gnuse from America is the most tattooed woman. A woman has been diagnosed with a serious disease - porphyria (sun rays cause blisters to appear on the skin). Due to the illness, Julia had scars all over her body. The girl wanted to hide her “shortcomings”, which is why 96% of her skin is covered with tattoos. Unfortunately, tattoos cannot cure a specific disease.
The girl with the longest hair
Xie Quipingt from China was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the girl with the longest hair on the planet. Xie's hair length reaches five and a half meters. For almost 14 years, the girl has not visited a hairdresser and carefully takes care of her gorgeous hair. Interesting fact: scientists have proven that human hair stops growing when it reaches sixty centimeters, so this phenomenon can be called anomalous.
The most flexible woman
Julia Guntel is the most flexible woman in the world. The plasticity of Zlata (the pseudonym under which the girl tours) shows the incredible capabilities of our body. At the age of six, the girl was already performing as a circus acrobat and performing the most difficult tricks. Now Julia is a famous fashion model, actress and gymnast.
Fastest blind racer
Turkish singer Metin Şentürk has been blind almost his entire life, but this did not stop him from becoming the fastest blind racer in the world. Without knowing it, the man broke the world record and drove at a maximum speed of 292 km/h. In an interview, Metin said that it was very difficult and felt like he was playing a dangerous game with death. But the man not only defeated death, but also broke the previous record in the Guinness Book of 284 km/h.
There are many types of sports, and running is one of them. How much adrenaline splashes out while you are running, when you know that everything is decided in a split second. Any sport requires concentration and willpower, but running clearly shows the desire to win. Athletes are faced with a difficult task - to overtake other athletes, leaving them behind. Some people succeed easily, but others simply cannot cope with the physical and moral stress.
Today we will talk about the fastest record holders in running over various distances. As usual, we have compiled a rating that includes both sprinters, marathon runners, and middle-distance athletes - Top 10 fastest people in the world in 2017.
10.
- A country: Kenya
- Was born: 2.03.1985
- Height: 171 cm
- Weight: 51 kg
Let's start with Kenyan runner Patrick Makau. He is the one who reveals the ten fastest people in the world. Patrick grew up with his brothers and sisters in a poor family, in a small village. When Patrick went to school, he covered a distance of eight kilometers - that’s how long it took to get from home to school. He walked and ran. Sometimes he would run home for lunch, then the distance would increase to 30 km, but he liked to run. In 2005, the hobby grew into something more serious. Taking part in the 2011 Berlin Marathon, 26-year-old Makau ran Sunday's race in two hours, three minutes, thirty-eight seconds, thereby setting a new world record. Sadly, his achievement was surpassed by Wilson Kipsang in 2013.
Sports achivments:
» Half marathon championship in 2007 and 2008 (silver in the individual competition)
9. Moses Cheruiyot Mosop
- A country: Kenya
- Was born: 17.07.1985
- Height: 152 cm
- Weight: 50 kg
Ninth place in the list of the fastest runners in the world in 2017 belongs to Kenyan Moses Mosop. The great runner became famous for his victories at twenty-five and thirty kilometer distances. Participating in the world championship in 2005, Moses managed to run ten thousand meters and receive bronze. Moses' most impressive victory came in 2015. To do this, he ran the marathon in Xiamen (China) in a very short period of time, just two hours, six minutes, nineteen seconds.
Sports achivments:
» World Championships in 2005 (bronze at a distance of 10 km)
8.
- A country: Kenya
- Was born: 22.04.1984
- Height: 182 cm
- Weight: 58 kg
Dennis was born in Kenya. Dennis Kimetto's mother and father were runners, but didn't think their son would follow in their footsteps. As a child, Dennis worked on his parents' farm. One day he began to watch performances at the Olympic Games - his compatriot was performing. Since then, an inspired Kimetto decided to combine his studies and running at a professional level. After Dennis began training, only a year passed and in 2012 he went to competitions for the first time. Kimetto records a world record in such an activity as running along a twenty-five km long highway. Taking part in the Great Sunday Marathon 2014, the Kenyan runner again surprises with record figures of two hours, two minutes, fifty-seven seconds. As a result, Dennis receives the title of the best marathon runner of the year and deservedly takes eighth place in the ranking.
Sports achivments:
» Recognized by the International Marathon Running Association as...
- A country: Kenya
- Was born: 17.12.1988
- Height: 188 cm
- Weight: 71 kg
Rudisha is in seventh place along with the fastest people in the world. He specializes in athletics, mainly in the 800 meters. David's father is a silver medalist at the great Olympic Games, which became an incentive for his son to start running. David's talent for running was noticed during his school years. Since then, Rudisha began training with a good trainer. He competes for the first time in 2000 and receives silver. Also at the 2012 Olympic Games, which took place in London, David easily covers a distance of eight hundred meters. An athlete in his prime and thanks to his youth has every chance to conquer the world with his victories.
Sports achivments:
» 2012 Olympics (gold in the 800 m distance)
» World Championships in 2011 and 2015 (gold in the 800 m race)
» African Championships in 2008 and 2010 (gold at 800 m)
» Commonwealth Games 2014 (silver in the 800m)
6.
- A country: Eritrea
- Was born: 8.02.1982
- Height: 160 cm
- Weight: 56 kg
The sixth place among the fastest people in the world goes to an Eritrean runner. Zersenay conquered the world five times, taking part in the half marathon, setting world records in his path and in running over a distance of 20 km. Few people know that the athlete was born in Erythea (a state located in East Africa). The country nominated participants to the Olympics four times, and only in 2004 did it manage to get bronze. It was Zersenai Tadese who earned the medal of honor in Athens.
Sports achivments:
» 2004 Olympics (bronze at a distance of 10 km.)
» 2009 World Championships (silver in the 10km run)
» World Half Marathon Championships 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,2012 (gold in individual competition) and 2010 (silver in individual competition)
5. Kenenisa Bekele Beyecha
- A country: Ethiopia
- Was born: 13.08.1982
- Height: 165 cm
- Weight: 56 kg
The great Kenenisa Beyecha is from Ethiopia, he became an Olympic champion three times. He specializes in athletics, persistently covering distances of five and ten km. Kenenisa successfully ran a marathon for the first time in 2014. Just like Patrick Makau, he had to run a long distance to school. To avoid being late, Kenenisa ran for about ten kilometers. Such training only benefited him - in 2002 the athlete won the world running championship. In 2004-05, Beycha never ceases to amaze with his legendary victories in athletics, thanks to which he takes 5th place in the ranking of the fastest people in the world in 2017. It is possible that this athlete is not only one of the fastest people in the world, but also the most titled among all the runners presented in the ranking.
Sports achivments:
» Three-time Olympic gold medalist
» Won a gold medal at the world championships five times in stadium running and once in the indoor track
» 16-time world cross-country champion
» Winner of the “Golden League” at a distance of 5 km.
4. Hisham El Guerrouj
- A country: Morocco
- Was born: 14.09.1974
- Height: 176 cm
- Weight: 58 kg
A higher place in the ranking belongs to the Moroccan Olympic champion, who took gold twice. Hisham El Guerrouj is also a multiple world champion in athletics. Hisham became a record holder in the 1500, 1609 and 2000 meters and was named the world's best athlete three times. Unfortunately, in 2006 the athlete was injured and gave up running. But Hisham did not leave the sport, he simply changed his activities, becoming a member of the IOC.
Sports achivments:
» Two gold medals and one silver at the Olympic Games in the 1.5 and 3 km running.
» Four-time world champion in the 1.5 km run. Won silver twice
» Three-time winner of gold at indoor championships
» Title holder: best athlete of the year (according to the IAAF in 2001, 2002 and 2003) and the best athlete of the world in 1999, 2001 and 2002
3.
- A country: USA
- Was born: 12/21/1959 (died in 1998)
- Height: 170 cm
- Weight: 57 kg
For the first time, a girl appears in our ranking and takes a worthy third position. This representative of the “weaker sex” has surpassed many men in her athletic results and is deservedly one of the three fastest people on the planet in 2017. Florence became famous for running distances of one hundred and two hundred meters back in 1988, setting a planet record. And imagine, no one has yet been able to beat them. Unfortunately, a year later Florence retired from the sport, and in 1990 she had her first heart attack. Griffith-Joyner died in her sleep. There were suspicions that she set records thanks to doping, but this fact has not yet been proven.
Sports achivments:
» Winner of three gold and two silver medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games in the 100 m and 200 m, as well as in the 4x100 m relay.
»One gold and one silver at the 1987 World Championships in the 200 m and 4x100 relay
2.
- A country: USA
- Was born: 13.09.1967
- Height: 185 cm
- Weight: 78 kg
In second place is American track and field athlete Michael Johnson, who won gold at the Olympic Games four times and became world champion eight times. Having set more than one world record, Michael is the most famous sprinter and athlete of the late nineties. Specializes in distances of 200 and 400 meters. The greatest athlete can be distinguished from his rivals by his interesting running style - he ran with his straight back slightly tilted back. His rivals called this performance “ridiculous,” but this did not stop Michael from climbing to the sporting Olympus. No one except Johnson himself has tried the athlete’s unique running technique. The first record was set at a distance of one hundred meters, which in 1994 the athlete covered in just ten seconds. At thirty-one years old, the athlete runs four hundred meters in 43.18 seconds, thereby recording a unique record at the competition in 1999.
Sports achivments:
» Four-time Olympic gold medalist
» Winner of 8 gold medals at world championships
» Three gold medals at the Goodwill Games (distance 200 m)
1.
- A country: Jamaica
- Was born: 21.08.1986
- Height: 195 cm
- Weight: 94 kg
So the first line of the rating goes to the great runner Usain Bolt and he receives the title fastest man in the world in 2017.
He easily conquers the world of sports, gracefully sets unique records in the world, running short distances, and takes first places in competitions. In addition, Usain received Olympic gold six times. Let us note that there is simply no one comparable to the runner in the entire history of competitions in Jamaica. Bolt ran the 100 meters in 9.58 seconds, earning him the nickname “Lightning,” and also holds four world records.
Usain Bolt rightfully deserves victory in our ranking. For his achievements in athletics, Usain Bolt has been named the best athlete and champion of champions many times by various sports magazines and associations.
Sports achivments:
» Six gold medals at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2012
» 11 gold and two silver medals at world championships
» "Gold" at the Commonwealth Games in 2014
» Gold medal at the championship in Nassau (2005) in the 200 m race.
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Mexican resident Lucia Zarate, who lived in the city of San Carlos, was recognized as the lightest person in the world. She was born back in 1863. Her childhood is shrouded in mystery; only from the age of 12 did anything become known about her. It was at this time that her mother brought her to Buckingham Palace for a reception with Queen Victoria herself (in those days, people like Lucia were held in high esteem and were accepted for an audience with Her Majesty). At that time, the smallest girl was about 51 centimeters tall and weighed 2130 grams. Even for babies born at this height, this weight is abnormally low.
The story of Lucia Zarate
Naturally, parents and doctors were concerned about this anomaly and soon Lucia was put on a strict diet, which was aimed at intensive weight gain. For three years, they tried to “fatten” the lightest person on the planet, as a result of which the record holder was able to triple her weight and began to weigh 6 kilograms.
According to newspaper clippings from those times, Lucia was a very unusual person, her head was the size of a man's fist, had the correct shape and was covered with soft brown hair. The only thing that did not correspond to the fundamentally proportional body was her nose, apparently, it was “designed for a larger girl.” Despite her weight and height, the little Mexican had a quarrelsome character, she was very loud (although reporters wrote that “her voice was like a mouse squeak”), too demanding and spoiled, and very often exploded with causeless rage and abuse.
Lucia Zarate died on January 28, 1890 due to influenza, which she contracted during a snow blockade at the Truckee station, located near California.
Over the past decades, the problem of obesity has become especially acute. The causes of the disease, characterized by excessive deposition of adipose tissue in the body, can be different: this is a genetic predisposition, a sedentary lifestyle, a slow metabolism, and the psychological inability to control one’s need for food, and all of the above factors together. To make it easier to identify the disease in time, you should get acquainted with the stories of the most difficult people in the world - men, women and even children!
According to medical sources, John became the absolute record holder for both maximum body weight (635 kg) and weight loss (419 kg). The man, born on September 29, 1941 and died on September 10, 1983 at the age of only 42, was recognized as the fattest in the world and included in the Guinness Book of Records. Neither before nor after it has clinical practice recorded such large volumes, but even the officially established figure was in fact very approximate. The doctors simply did not have the opportunity to make accurate measurements and weighing, because Minnok was in a completely immobilized state, and was also in poor health every day.
Obesity has plagued Brouwer since childhood. So, being a 12-year-old teenager, he already weighed about 130 kg! As he grew older, his weight also increased: at the age of 22, the scales showed 178 kg with a height of 185 cm. The case ended in emergency hospitalization. In 1978, 37-year-old John, with signs of acute respiratory and heart failure, was transferred, with some difficulty, to the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, USA. For transportation, it was necessary to hire more than 10 fire brigade employees, who first used special modified stretchers to transport Brouwer, and then a ferry, usually hired to ferry land vehicles (railway cars or cars)!
As a result, Minnok, who was taken to the hospital, was placed on 2 pushed together beds, and 13 staff members began to care for him. Fewer people simply could not have changed the bed linen for such a huge patient. John was prescribed strict adherence to a special 16-month diet, requiring consumption of only 1200 Kcal/day. Such a restriction was necessary because Brouwer was given an extremely disappointing diagnosis - a severe form of general edema. It turned out that most of the mass was not fat at all, but easily accumulated excess intercellular fluid (about 408 kg).
The man who helped the patient, Dr. Robert Schwartz, managed to make the largest man in the world lose weight to 215 kg! However, Minnock was unable to maintain the figure, and already in October 1981 he was hospitalized again with a body weight of 432 kg. This time the doctors were unable to take any action, because the examination revealed that obesity had become incurable. A record holder against his will, John died 2 years later weighing 362 kg.
Despite the fact that Brouwer never fulfilled his dream and did not get rid of excess weight, his life still cannot be associated solely with suffering. This may seem surprising, but the biggest man in the world was able to find love - a healthy woman named Jeanette with a rather small weight of 50 kg, who became John's wife and even gave him 2 wonderful children.
While some have already immortalized their name on the pages of history as the heaviest people in the world, others continue to do so right now. One such man is Saudi Arabian Khalid ibn Mohsen Shaari, born in 1991. At the time of the examination in 2013, the young guy’s weight was 610 kg! He, like the above-mentioned hero, was included in the Guinness Book of Records.
Shaari, who lived all his life in the southern Saudi Arabian province of Jizan, did not have the opportunity to independently take care of his problem and its elimination. Therefore, the country's king Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz, who ruled from 2005 to 2015, intervened in the matter. In 2013, the monarch, who was already 88 years old, ordered Khalid to be transported to one of the hospitals in the capital of Riyadh. The private plane that carried out the transportation, as well as the entire course of treatment, was paid for from the personal funds of the leader of the state. Dozens of police officers, doctors and even military personnel were involved in the transportation. To get the young man out of the house, it took a lot of work from the builders, who dismantled part of the wall in his house. Not without the help of the United States of America, from where a crane and a special bed were ordered, suitable in strength for a person with such a body weight. By the time this operation was performed, Shaari had been hopelessly in his usual place, in his bed, for 2 years. He simply could not leave her.
Doctors found that Khalid has a record BMI (body mass index) of 204 kg/sq. m. (for comparison, in Minnok it reached only 186 kg/sq. m.).
Interesting fact! The need to identify the BMI indicator always accompanies patients with obesity because it allows one to assess the degree of correspondence between height and body weight. This way you can determine whether your weight is normal, underweight or overweight, and also create a competent course of treatment. In a healthy person, this value should range from 18.5 to 24.99. It is quite easy to calculate - you need to divide your own mass (in kg, for example, 70) by the height represented in the square (in m, for example, 1.69 * 1.69).
At the Shaari clinic, they first performed an operation to remove an extra 80 kg of fat, and then helped to naturally lose about 320 kg. Over time, his lungs and heart began to work better, and his muscles acquired strength that they did not possess before. Even though the man lost the title of the biggest and fattest man in the world, this brought him exceptional relief and happiness, because in 2016 he was able to take an independent walk for the first time in a long time! By the way, the Saudi Arabian media noticed that in the case of Khalid, the cause of obesity was not uncontrolled eating of fast food and sweets, but serious problems in the body. In the absence of timely assistance, they could lead to the death of the guy. However, today Shaari’s life and health are not in danger. He gradually learns to walk normally and continues to adhere to the prescribed course of therapy.
Continuing the topic of how much the heaviest people in the world have ever weighed, one cannot help but recall the representative of the state of Michigan, Carol Ann Yager. Born on January 26, 1960 and died on July 18, 1994 (she was 34 years old at the time of her death), this American woman was recognized as the largest woman ever known in world history. Her maximum weight, recorded in official sources, reached 544 kg with a height of 170 cm (BMI was 188 kg/sq. m.).
Carol's health problems began in childhood. Then she had to deal with psychogenic overeating - an eating disorder that manifests itself as a result of the body to a stressful event, for example, the loss of a loved one, an accident, a negative emotional outburst, etc. According to Carol, the addiction to food first appeared in her as a reaction to violent actions on the part of a relative.
Carol's muscles quickly atrophied, and she lost the ability to move independently. Placed in the clinic, the woman made a fairly lengthy attempt to lose weight, which brought tangible results and even allowed Yager to set a respectable personal record. So, without the help of surgeons, she lost 236 kg in just 3 months! However, Carol was unable to complete the job she had started, and upon leaving the hospital, she returned to eating food. As a result, the woman died at the age of 34. The medical record indicated that the main cause of death was renal failure, which was accompanied by multiple organ failure and morbid obesity.
Special attention should be paid to this American from New Jersey. 51-year-old Donna differs from other big men in her integrity, because for a long time she considered her weight of 317 kg not a problem at all, but an extravagant feature! Simpson wanted to reach a body weight of 1,000 pounds, or 450 kg, and therefore become the largest representative of the fair sex among all living women. To do this, she began to consume unimaginable portions of fast food (12,000 kcal each) day after day, and also created a special website on which male fans paid money for the opportunity to admire photographs and see their idol eating on video. However, Donna became known throughout the world for another reason, namely because in 2010 she was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the “fattest mother.” At the time of the birth of her second baby, the girl Jacqueline, who turned 3 years old today, the woman weighed 241 kg.
Obesity has been Simpson's constant companion since childhood. Then the mother accustomed the family members to a menu that included everything the heart desired. At the age of 9, Simpson weighed 83 kg, which is why she was bullied by her classmates. Subsequently, as an adult, she made repeated attempts to lose weight, which were caused by various reasons - her own initiatives, her father’s requests, separation from her first husband and son’s father...
However, over time, Donna finally decided to accept herself for who she is and stop chasing slimness. The woman was not embarrassed by spending $700 a week on food alone, or a passive existence with virtually no movement, or health problems that worsened significantly after the second, difficult birth and cesarean section (diabetes, high blood pressure). It seemed that nothing could shake Simpson in her plans, when suddenly the unexpected happened - a man named Philip Guamba, whom she met on a site for fans of large beauties, left her after 5 years of marriage.
Now Donna, who is left alone with 2 children, intends to lose weight in order to once again become an independent person capable of taking personal responsibility for her children. And yet, the end to this story will not be put soon - Simpson does not rule out that if an admirer of extremely curvy figures appears in her life again, she may return to her previous unbridled eating habits.
It’s hard to believe that the Indonesian Arya is only 10 years old, because he has parameters that do not fit with his young age. Today Perman’s weight reaches as much as 192 kg! He never left the province of West Java, where his parents live and work - ordinary farmers who never imagined that their family would suffer grief in the form of the obesity of their beloved son. Rokaya, the boy’s mother, notes that he was born a normal baby weighing 3.2 kg, but at the age of 2 years he suddenly began to experience an irresistible need for food and persistent hunger. As a result, Arya rapidly gained weight and also developed shortness of breath.
Today he is practically unable to move independently. Permana constantly feels tired, so his daily routine consists of only 3 things:
- eating;
- lying in the pool for many hours.
Now the parents do not have the money to take the boy to an expensive clinic for examination. I would like to hope that they will still help him get rid of the disease, because there is every reason to believe that the cause of obesity lies not so much in a hormonal imbalance, but in a serious internal pathology.
The 100-meter race has been one of the most popular and prestigious events in the world of athletics since 1896. If a runner completes it in 10 seconds, he is a world-class sprinter. And if the time is even less, it means that this athlete is among the 10 fastest people in the world, the difference between which is measured literally in milliseconds, and when measuring the results, even such a criterion as tailwind speed is taken into account.
10 fastest sprinters on the planet
The Canadian athlete was among the fastest men at the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where he broke the ten-second barrier to win a silver medal. In 2009, Surin became the new Canadian record holder in the 50-meter race (group from 40 to 45 years old), running this distance in 6.15 seconds.
Currently, Surin is not part of the world of big sports; he heads a sports nutrition company and has also released a clothing line, which he simply called Surin.
Now Donovan Bailey has been taking a break from the world of big-time sports for a long time, but in 1996, during the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, he crossed the finish line, spending only 9.84 seconds. And he became the first Canadian athlete to be included in the list of the fastest runners in the world.
The young Jamaican athlete broke the ten-second barrier for the first time at the age of 28, and by the end of the year he had done it seven more times. On June 4, 2011, in Eugene, Oregon, he ran the 100-meter dash. 9.80 seconds, having earned himself a place in the top ten among the fastest people on the planet.
American athlete Justin Gatlin, an Olympic champion, is currently in seventh place among people capable of developing the maximum speed available to a person. In 2012, at the Olympic Games in England, he repeated Green's achievement ( 9.79 seconds) and received a bronze medal.
Four-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion Maurice Green specialized in sprinting and set the world speed record on June 16, 1999 in Athens, Greece. He ran a hundred meters in 9.79 seconds.
Another Jamaican runner has entered the ranking of the fastest people on Earth, completing the 100-meter race in just 9.78 seconds. Nesta also boasts world records in the 4x100 meter relay (2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China), in the 2011 World Athletics Championships and, a year later, in the London Olympics.
Asafa held the world championship in running speed for three years - from June 2005 to May 2008 and to this day remains one of the fastest people in human history. Asafa won his title by running a hundred meters in 9.72 seconds at the Athletics Grand Prix in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2008.
By October 2012, he had successfully broken the ten-second barrier in the 100m dash a whopping 88 times, more than any other runner.
The second number in the top 10 speed list is (more precisely, running) an athlete nicknamed “The Beast”. Whether it corresponds to his inner world is unknown, but he really runs very fast. Blake raced to the finish line in 9.69 seconds at the championship in Lausanne in 2012, becoming the youngest among the fastest runners on the planet. He was only 19 years old then.
That same year, at the London Olympics, he was almost on the heels of Usain Bolt in the 100 and 200 meter races, and won a world record in the 4x100 meter relay.
In second place among the fastest athletes in the world is the American athlete Tyson Gay, who ran a hundred meters in 9.69 seconds in September 2009. Only Tyson and Maurice Green managed to win first places in three competitions at once during one championship - in the one hundred and two hundred meters race, and the four by one hundred relay race.
Who is the fastest man in the world? The only person in the world who can run a hundred meters in 9.58 seconds is Usain Bolt, a phenomenal athlete. He is the fastest person to currently hold the world record for the 100m sprint (achieved in Berlin 2009, surpassing his previous record of 9.69 seconds at the 2008 Beijing Olympics).
His top speed while sprinting was 44.72 km/h. This is the maximum speed of a person, and it is impossible to maintain it for a long time. Bolt managed to reach this speed between 60 and 80 meters, but in the last meters of the distance his speed decreased significantly.
Usain's success story
Born in Jamaica in 1986, Usain Bolt's speed was noticed at a young age. By the age of 15, he was known as "Lightning", thanks to his triumph at the World Junior Championships in 2002. There he won the 200m, making him the youngest junior gold medalist in the world.
Later that year, the International Association of Athletics Federations awarded him its Rising Star Award. Today, Usain tops the list of the 10 fastest people on the planet.
Despite some setbacks - notably a hamstring injury that prevented him from competing at the 2004 Athens Olympics - Bolt soon took the sports world by storm, winning three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is the first athlete in Olympic history to place first in both the 100- and 200-meter relays.
He was able to run the 100 meters in 9.69 seconds, the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds, and the 4 x 100 meters relay in 37.10, breaking both previous Olympic and world records. And as icing on the cake: Bolt is the first person to set three world records during one Olympics.
The sprinter defended his title of "fastest man on Earth" at the London 2012 Olympic Games, becoming the first person to win gold medals in the 100m (9.63 seconds) and 200m (19.32 seconds) in two consecutive Olympic Games.
At the same Olympics, he and three other members of the Jamaican team set a new world record in the 4 by 100 meter relay (36.84 seconds). After the relay ended, Bolt argued with one of the judges. The latter took the baton from the athlete, which he wanted to receive as a souvenir. However, Bolt later received the wand as a gift.
It would seem that the limit of success has been reached, but 29-year-old Bolt is too fast to stand still. He made sporting history again in 2016 after winning his third consecutive gold medal in the 100m at his final (presumably) Olympic Games in Rio.
“Every long journey begins with one thing - the first step” - Usain Bolt
Bolt's main rival
Usain may be insanely fast, but he's not . That honor goes to the cheetah (Acinonyx Jubatus), a graceful predator native to Africa and Asia. These endangered felines can sprint at speeds exceeding 120 km per hour, and are capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 km per hour in three seconds. This is Bugatti Veyron level.
So the cheetah can easily outrun Usain, but after a couple of hundred yards the animal will begin to run out of steam. Given enough of a head start, Usain could outrun him... probably.
The fastest woman in the world
If Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world, then who is the fastest woman? This is US resident Florence Delores Griffith (Joyner), known to fans as Flo-Jo.
The seventh child in a large family (there were 11 children in total), raised by a divorced mother. Florence is remembered not only for her current world records of 21.34 seconds at a distance of 200 meters and 10.49 seconds in the 100m dash, but also a reverent attitude towards one’s own appearance.
This was the first female sprinter to appear on the track carefully made up, with beautiful manicure and in a bright uniform. In the sports world, Florence has become a true style icon. 
Griffith died in 1998 as a result of a heart attack. At that time, Flo-Jo was 38 years old.
The fastest man in Russia
The men's record in the 100-meter race was set by Andrey Epishin in 2006, his result was 10.10 seconds.
Andrey Epishin in the center
The women's speed record for a similar distance belongs to Irina Privalova; in 1994, she showed a result of 10.77 seconds.
Other human speed records
- The fastest cyclist is François Gissy (333 km/h)
- – Cristiano Ronaldo (36.9 km/h)
- Ski speed record – Ivan Oregon (255 km/h)
- Downhill snowboarding - Darren Powell (202 km/h)
- Minimum time to solve a Rubik's cube - Mats Valk (4.74 sec)
- Fastest pistol shooter - Jerry Miculek (5 shots on target in 0.57 seconds)
- Keyboard typing speed record - Miit (100 characters in 20 seconds)
- The fastest rapper in the world is Ceza (1267 words in 160 seconds)