If they can beat the best scores, win important medals and trophies, astonish us with their inventions and celebrate every success, why would the Guinness Book of Records be an exception? Serbs, as you must’ve already guessed, just had to secure their spot in this book of self-made champions. Therefore, we present to you 5 Serbs who rule the Guinness Records. So let us begin!
1. Novak Djokovic, No 1 world racket
The first place on our list belongs, of course, to Serbia’s favourite son, to the one and only Novak Djokovic. On September 4th 2015, newspapers all over the world had a title in common – “The world’s best tennis player Novak Djokovic officially enters the Guinness World Records!”. In addition to his dominant place in world tennis, No.1 world racket Novak Djokovic now also holds two Guinness records.
One for the most wins in the Australian Open and the other for the longest Grand Slam final in tennis history. He won the “Ozzie open” 6 times in total, in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016. And as for his second record, he played the longest match in the Grand Slam finals, against Rafael Nadal, which lasted a wearisome 5 hours and 33 minutes.
The Guinness Book of World Records features a lot of athletes so, logically, place had to be made for the No. 1 professional tennis player in men’s singles tennis and one of the greatest tennis players of all time a.k.a. Nole.
2. Ervin Katona and his three major strengths
Ervin Katona is a leading Serbian strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World’s Strongest Man competition. As for the Guinness World Records, Katona has set no less than three Guinness Records. The first was on April 25th 2009 for the longest time to restrain a vehicle weighing 980 kg (2,156 lbs) in Milan, Italy. It took him 1 minute and 2 seconds of pure endurance.
In Beijing, China, on August 17th 2011, Katona set a Guinness Record by being the fastest contestant to carry a 300 kg barbell on the shoulders for 20 meters. He accomplished this in mere 8.15 seconds. He also holds a record for the fastest time (41.18 seconds) to flip a tyre over 20 meters. He broke his latest record on the set of CCTV-Guinness World Records Special in Xiamen, Fujian, China on the September 5th 2014.
3. Nikola Kulezic and the 2691 ft hair extension
On June 26st 2013, in Sabac, Serbia, Nikola Kulezic, a Serbian hair-dresser, decided to apply a seemingly endless string of hair extensions to model Ivana Knezevic.
Using synthetic hair of different colours and shades, and the techniques of knotting, knitting, singeing and bonding, Nikola managed to create the longest hair extension measured 820.29 m (2691 ft 3 in), and thus place himself (and the hair) in the Guinness Book of World Records.
4. The random records of Dalibor Jablanovic
Dalibor Jablanovic from Stubica managed to break a mind-blowing number of 24 Guinness records in 9 categories in a single year.
By breaking the record for the most spoons balanced on the face (31), the record for the most dice aligned to the same number in 30 seconds while being blindfolded (29), the record for the fastest unraveling of a roll of toilet paper (9.80 s) with one hand, the record for most hair clips put in the hair for 30 s (54), and a couple more, Dalibor managed to acquire the title of the Serb holding the most Guinness records in Serbia and in the the Balkans.
5. Slavisa Pajkic a.k.a. “Biba Electricity”
And finally we have Slavisa Pajkic a.k.a. Biba Struja, from Pozarevac. He is a phenomenon, a man who can hold live wires with his bare hands. Because of ectodermal dysplasia, a rare condition, his body’s “immune” to electricity.
Because of this he was able to touch a couple of thousand volts in 1981 and enter the Guinness Book of Records. He can also control the force of electricity that leaves his body which helped him break a record in 2003 by heating up water to an astonishing 97°C in a minute and 37 seconds.
Hopefully, you enjoyed this list of a few Serbian people who found their way into the Guinness Book of World Records and learned, from them, that with either talent, strength, imagination, your inner child or even a quirk, you yourself can set a world record!
Author: Maša Maksimović
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