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HIGH DIVING WORLD RECORDS

The highest dive women
In 1985, the American Lucy Wardle dove at Ocean Park in Hongkong from 120ft / 36.80 meters.

The highest dive men
In 1987, the Swiss Oliver Favre performed a double back somersault from 177ft / 53.90 meters in Villers-le-Lac, France (see www.olivershow.com)




The most spectacular dive (Guinness Record)
In 1998 during the Cliff Diving World Championship's opening ceremony, the WHDF foundation member Frederic Weill performed the most spectacular dive from a helicopter to enter the Guinness Book of World Records:
an armstand double somersault pike with split and head first entry into Lake Verbano, Italy from 86 ft / 26 meters. click here for more pictures



The most perfect dive
In 2000, during the WHDF Cliff Diving World Championship in Kaunolu, Hawaii, the Colombian Orlando Duque performed a double back sommersault with 4 twists from 24.40 meters / 80 feet. 
For this dive he earned a perfect 10 from all seven judges and scored 159.00 points. 
 click here to download a short video of this dive


The highest scored dive
In 2006, during the WHDF Chinese International Cliff Diving Competition, the Russian Artem Silchenko performed back 3 sommersaults pike with 2 twists from 30 meter / 100 feet.
Degree of diffucilty: 5.6 
Marks: 9.5 / 10 / 10 / 10 / 10 for a total score of 168.00 points  


The most difficult dive from 20 meter
In 2009, during the WHDF European Cliff Diving Championship, Great Britain's Blake Aldridge  performed a back armstand 2 1/2 sommersaults pike with 3 twists from 20 meter / 66 feet with a degree of diffucilty: 5.9 
Marks: 6.50 / 6.50 / 7.00 / 7.25 / 6.50 for a total score of 118.00 points