Feet can do way more than just walk, kick and run… they can break world records! 👣
From unbelievable sizes to jaw-dropping stunts, get ready to step into a world of unbelievable foot-powered achievements.
Largest feet on a teenager
Eric Kilburn Jr., a 16-year-old from Goodrich, Michigan, USA, has the world’s largest feet on a living teenager, measuring an impressive 34.30 cm (13.50 inches). His shoes are an American size 23 (the equivalent of a size 22 for the UK).
This is over DOUBLE the average shoe size for an adult man, which typically ranges from 8.5 to 9. 👀
His mum was having the hardest time finding shoes that would fit him, until…
Eric’s feet became so famous, huge companies like Puma and Under Armour stepped in, offering some amazing shoes and boots for FREE!
Oh, and Eric’s hands are just as amazing, measuring a whopping 23.20 cm (9.13 inches), which makes them the largest hands on a living teenager.
Wow. 🤯
Largest feet on a man
Eric’s feet are record-breakingly large, but still not as large as those of…
Jeison Orlando Rodríguez Hernandez (Venezuela), whose right foot measures 40.1 cm (1.31 ft) and left foot reaches 39.6 cm (1.30 ft)!
He holds the record for the largest feet on a living person (male). 😮
As a kid, when Jeison couldn't find any shoes in his hometown which fitted, he had to wear sandals made of old tyres and fabric to reach school or other appointments…
However, much like Eric, getting visibility for his record helped him have easier access to good shoes!
Since breaking the record many years ago, his feet have grown further, with the right measuring 40.55 cm (1.33 ft) and the left now at 40.47 cm (1.32 ft). ❤️
However, he's been undergoing treatment in a bid to stop his feet growing further…
Largest feet on a woman
Girls can have record-breaking feet too! 🤪
Tanya Herbert (USA) has the world’s largest feet on a living person (female) with a right foot measuring 33.1 cm (13.03 in) and a left foot measuring 32.5 cm (12.79 in).
However, it’s not just Tanya’s feet that are long – Tanya stands at 6 ft 9 in tall.
That’s only 3 inches shorter than the tallest woman in the world, Rumeysa Gelgi, who is 7 ft 0.7 in tall.
Tanya always felt confident in her height.
"My parents gave me a very healthy self-esteem growing up so I didn’t think of being tall as a bad thing."
Be proud of your uniqueness, Tanya! 💪
Largest collection of shoe-related items
But enough with the world’s largest feet…
There are many other toe-tally cool records! 😉
For example, this is the largest collection of shoe-related items, consisting of 15,665 unique items when last officially counted, over 10 years ago.
Who knows how much larger Darlene Flynn’s (USA) collection will have gotten by now!
Do you own any fun collections?
Darlene started her collection in 2000, without knowing where it would take her.
Were you even born in 2000?! 🤪
Farthest arrow shot using feet
Last but not least…
Imagine shooting an arrow, not with your hands, but with your feet! 🎯
That’s exactly what Shannen Jones (Australia) did, setting an incredible world record for the farthest arrow shot using feet.
She did it by launching an arrow an astonishing 18.27 meters (59 feet 11 inches) – beating the previous record by nearly 6 metres!
That’s as long as a whale shark 🦈… Now that’s a fin-tastic achievement. 😆
Have you learned enough about the world’s record-breaking feet? Put your best foot forward in this quiz and find out!
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