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Osman Gurcu, a father of two, works as a private security guard.
Congratulations, Osman Gurcu. (Photo Credits: X)
A Turkish man has scripted his name in the Guinness Book of World Records for the “farthest distance axe throw”. Osman Gurcu logged a distance of 183 feet, 8.72 inches, surpassing the length of an Olympic swimming pool measuring 164 feet. With his stunning throw, Gurcu shattered the previous world record of 143 feet, held by American Jesse Rood. It marked the eighth Guinness World Title for Gurcu who has always been passionate about taking up new challenges. His ultimate dream was to be featured in the annual publication.
“It was an incredible feeling to break the record because the distance is very far, and you have to be able to get far. At the same time, the axe has to get stuck in the target board. I hit it many times, but it didn’t get stuck, and I never gave up,” Gurcu said, as per the GWR.
Osman Gürcü from Türkiye has achieved the farthest axe throw with a distance of 56 meters (183 ft 8.72 in)
After his latest achievement, Gurcu shared that he regularly checked the GWR website. and social media regularly to keep himself updated about new records. For the father of two, who works as a security guard, it was no doubt difficult to put his entire focus on training. The wet and cold weather conditions in Turkey made his task more challenging.
When Gurcu was preparing, someone else broke the record for the longest axe throw, extending the distance he targetted. Throwing, however, seems to be his natural talent as all of his previous seven records were achieved by the same skill.
“I plan to break more records. In January, I plan to break the bullseye record for shooting a red dot in the middle of a dartboard from the farthest distance. This record is a very difficult and important record for me,” Gurcu said, hinting at his next challenge.
“Also, the series of basketball shooting records will continue and I will try even more interesting records. Being a record holder makes me very happy,” he added.
Gurcu has earlier secured the Guinness World Records for the farthest basketball hook shot, longest basketball bounce shot, farthest throw of a rubber chicken, farthest throw of a ping pong ball into a cup, Farthest behind-the-backboard basketball shot, Longest cornhole shot and longest cornhole backwards shot.
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