Guinness World Record listed all the best achievements ever achieved by all humans in the world. So breaking and setting records is not easy so here we’ve compiled a list of Guinness World Record held by Malaysia that you should be aware of.
Guinness World Record Held By Malaysia
1. The Tallest Twin Buildings
Record: With 451.9-meter, Petronas Twin Tower, Kuala Lumpur becomes the tallest twin tower in the world.
Who: Petronas Twin Towers
Year: 1998
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here! If you’re curious, kindly visit them on their Official Website, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
2. Oldest Prime Minister
Record: He once again became a Prime Minister of Malaysia at the age of 92 years 141 days, making him the world oldest prime minister.
Who: Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Year: 8 January 2018
You can check out his record on Guinness World Records here! If you’re curious, visit his Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
3. The Largest Legal Banknote Ever Produced
Record: Largest legal banknote worth of 600 Malaysian Ringgit, created for the 60th Anniversary of the signing of the Federation of Malaya Independence Agreement.
Who: Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia)
Year: 29 December 2017
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here! Kindly visit them on their Official Website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube to know more.
4. Tallest Airport Control Tower
Record: The Tallest airport control tower is the Tower West at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia, with 133.8 m (438 ft 11.71 in) tall.
Who: KLIA 2 Air Traffic Control Tower
Year: 30 April 2013
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here! Kindly visit them on their Official Website and Facebook to know more.
5. Highest Sky Bridge
Record: The double-deck bridge at the 41st and 42nd floors is 170 m (558 ft) above the ground and measures 58 m (190 ft) in length, weighing 750 metric tonnes, making it the highest sky bridge ever built in the world.
Who: Petronas Twin Tower (The bridge was designed by César Pelli)
Year: 1994
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here! Kindly visit them on their Official Website, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to know more.
6. Largest Roundabout
Record: The largest roundabout in the world, which has a circumference of 3.4 km and 15 entry/exit locations.
Who: Putrajaya, Persiaran Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah
Year: 1999
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here!
7. Largest Silat Lesson During National Day
Record: 12,393 people gathered together to take part in the Largest Silat lesson ever on National Malaysia Day celebrations at Dataran Merdeka.
Who: Silat Cekak Pusaka Hanafi
Year: 29 August 2015
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here!
8. Most Men’s Woodball World Cup Wins
Record: Malaysia’s Men’s team won the Woodball World Cup two times.
Who: Malaysia Woodball Men’s Team
Year: 2006 and 2008
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here!
9. The Fastest Badminton Smash
Record: The fastest badminton hit ever at a gym in Soka, Saitama, at 493 km/h (306.34 mph).
Who: Tan Boon Heong
Year: 28 May 2013
You can check out his record on Guinness World Records here! Kindly visit his Official Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter to know more.
10. Longest Running 6-a-side Cricket Tournament
Record: The Kuantan Cricket Association International Sixes cricket tournament has successfully earned recognition from the Guinness World Record as the longest-running six-a-side cricket tournament in the world.
Who: Pahang Ceylon Association
Year: 25 July 2019
You can check out their record on Guinness World Records here!
11. BWF Super Series Masters Finals, Men’s Singles Titles
Record: Every year BWF Super Series has been conducted, including 2008, 2009, and 2010, Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei won the Badminton World Federation Super Series Masters Finals.
Who: Datuk Lee Chong Wei
Year: 2010
You can check out his record on Guinness World Records here! Kindly visit his Official Website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to know more.
12. Highest Scores For Top Skater
Record: Tai Kuan Neng conquered all three courses of the 1997 arcade classic Top Skater with a score of 1,160,526 for the Easy course, 836,733 on the Hard/Expert course and 1,406,239 on the Secret course.
Who: Tai Kuang Neng
Year: 1997
You can check out his record on Guinness World Records here!
13. Farthest Shot Put (F20, male)
Record: With 16.84 m, it was verified as the farthest shot put by a male F20 athlete in the world at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Who: Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli
Year: 10 September 2016
You can check out his record on Guinness World Records here! Kindly visit his Facebook and Instagram to know more.
14. Farthest Long Jump (T20, male)
Record: The farthest long jump achieved is at 7.60 m at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Who: Abdul Latif Romly
Year: 11 September 2016
You can check out his record on Guinness World Records here! If you’re curious, visit his Instagram.
15. Datuk Nicol David
Most Consecutive Women’s Squash World Championships
Record: Nicol David has four straight victories in the World Women’s Individual Championship of Squash.
Year: 2008 – 2011
You can check out the record on Guinness World Records here!
Most Squash Super Series Finals Victories (women)
Record: In 2012 and 2013, Nicol David won both of the women’s World Series Finals competitions.
Year: 2012 and 2013
You can check out the record on Guinness World Records here!
Most Squash WISPA Player Of The Year awards
Record: Nicol David has received six Women’s International Squash Players Association Player of the Year awards, which is the most of any individual female player.
Year: 2012 and 2013
You can check out the record on Guinness World Records here!
Most Squash World Open titles
Record: Nicol David (Malaysia) won eight World Women’s Individual Championship championships between 2005–2006, 2008–2012, and 2014.
Year: 20 December 2014
You can check out the record on Guinness World Records here!
Curious to know more? Visit her Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
As Malaysian, we should be proud of the Guinness World Record held by Malaysia, not only that but all the achievements Malaysia has succeeded in terms of sports, entertainment and so much more. We should always support and help our country to flourish in the future.
(Source: Guinness World Records)
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