Paul Sahli

Paul Sahli (born 24 April 1948) is a Swiss juggler from Lostorf, Switzerland.

Sahli holds 64 world records, and in 2007 claimed that this was more than any other living person.[1] This record was surpassed, however, by Ashrita Furman, who in 2009 was recognized by Guinness World Records as the person holding the most records simultaneously.[2] All his records have something to do with balls and/or juggling, generally with his feet.

He retired from professional juggling in 2009 after a car accident, but continued with his ball-based games.[3] In June 2020, Sahli suffered a bicycle accident that left him with a severe shoulder and hand injury.[4]

Achievements

A selection of his world-records:

  • 1987 Juggling a ball for 14 Hours, 17 Minutes, and 40 Seconds, touching the ball 94,360 times in the process.
  • 1995 Juggling a 3 kg medicine ball with his feet for 1 Hour, 6 Minutes, touching the ball 8,107 times. This is equivalent to a total weight-change of 24 tons.
  • 2002 Juggling a soccer ball while climbing up a fire ladder for 111 steps.
  • 2004 Juggling a tennis ball while climbing up a fire ladder for 50 steps.

References
  1. "Paul Sahli - Weltmeister im Balljonglieren". Archived from the original (German) on 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2007-11-17. Mit 64 Einträgen ist der Lostorfer (CH) die meist eingetragenste Person im Guinnessbuch der Rekorde. [With 64 entries, this Lostorfer holds the most entries of any person in The Guinness Book of World Records.]
  2. "Guinness World Records honors one man's historic milestone - 100 Records Broken!". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  3. ""Beckenbauer sagte: "Du bist verrückt!""". Pascal Vogel (in German). 2019-12-24. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
  4. Lurati, Nicolas (2020-06-28). "Rekord-Ball-Jongleur Paul Sahli (72) hat Velounfall". Blick. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
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