Paddy Doyle
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Picture of Paddy Doyle from the cover of a book about Paddy
Paddy Doyle of the UK is a professional multi-disciplinary athlete who some regard as "The World's Fittest Athlete." Since 1987, Doyle has been breaking and winning world records in various sporting disciplines, totalling 130 course, regional, national, British, European and world fitness, endurance, boxing and martial arts records.
Doyle was the first British athlete to win the British and European Physical Endurance Fitness Challenge, completing 12 tough fitness challenges in 21 hours and 21 minutes. The Physical Endurance Fitness Record is the main record for all-round fitness, and the winner is ranked the "World's Fittest Athlete Champion." The athlete is also assessed by how many fitness endurance record challenges he or she has achieved under several different sporting disciplines —the one with the highest total of strength speed stamina challenge records is crowned the champion.
Doyle has also had 32 entries and re-entries in the 1990–2005 Guinness Book of World Records and 20 entries in the new World Global Alternative Book of Records and 10 entries in the USA Strength Speed Record Book (editor Dale Harder). All of his titles are listed on the official World Record Web sites. He has recently broken another World Physical Fitness Challenge record on the February 16 2005 at the Virgin Active health Club Great Britain. Doyle achieved his 130th fitness endurance record by attempting eleven fitness challenges in a time of 18 hours 56 minutes and 9 seconds.
Doyle attempted and completed:
- A two mile swim
- Weightlifting 300,000 pounds in a single session
- A 12-mile run
- A 12-mile walk
- An 110-mile bike
- 1,250 press-ups
- 3,250 sit-ups and crunches
- 1,250 star-jumps
- 20 miles rowing
- 1,250 standing hip flexors
- 20 mile cross trainer
Former holders of the title, American world-ranked fitness champions Joe Decker and Rob Powell, have refused on many occasions to have a head-to-head challenge with Doyle.
Reference
Paddy Doyle's records. Retrieved June 10th, 2005 (http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/doyle.html)
External links
- World's Fittest Athlete (Paddy Doyle) (http://www.worldsfittestathlete.co.uk)
- Record Holders Republic (http://www.recordholdersrepublic.co.uk)
- Rekord-Club Saxonia (http://www.recordholders.org)
- Guinness World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com)
- News story (http://icsolihull.icnetwork.co.uk/news/local/tm_objectid=14152138&method=full&siteid=91411&headline=a-new-world-record-for-paddy-name_page.html)
- The Book of Alternative Records (http://www.alternativerecords.co.uk)