Yan Zhi Cheng's 97 inch vertical jump???

[trojansc82]

Sorry I read this online and couldn't believe it.

On 19 July 1988, at a performance in The Hague, the Chinese acrobat Yan Zhi Cheng jumped (without trampoline or any assistance) through a hoop of which the lowest point was measured at 246 cm. He used two legs to set off, so his jump isn't the official world record. However, it is the highest human jump ever recorded.

So this guy doubled Michael Jordan's vertical?

He jumped so high that he could get the majority of his body over a basketball rim.

It would be incredible to see it on video, but I guess none exist in English (possibly in Chinese?)

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Sounds legit.

 

[FLYOVER BOSSMAN]

Sounds very Kim Jong Il like...

 

[Michaelangelo]

So it's 8.0833 feet

Just had to add that .0033

 

[Tigerknee]

sounds fake

 

[ChillyPalmer]

He also flew around the world so fast, he could turn back time.

 

[K4BOSH]

why is it only now ive heard of this?

 

[Groundswell]

Sorry I read this online and couldn't believe it.



So this guy doubled Michael Jordan's vertical?

He jumped so high that he could get the majority of his body over a basketball rim.

It would be incredible to see it on video, but I guess none exist in English (possibly in Chinese?)

Yeah, he can touch the top of the 24 second clock.

 

[DesignedFailure]

Its fake.

 

[Stargazer Rex]

Huge if true

 

[S1Z]

I've seen vids of of people doing like super fast cartwheels and using velocity to have a super high airtime at the end of their line. so it might be true

 

[Halge]

Sorry I read this online and couldn't believe it.



So this guy doubled Michael Jordan's vertical?

He jumped so high that he could get the majority of his body over a basketball rim.

It would be incredible to see it on video, but I guess none exist in English (possibly in Chinese?)

So he beat the current High Jump world record (245 cm) in 1988, from a standing position? Well, if there's a written account on the Internet, it must be true.

 

[Mistabutts]

Vertical leap would be how high his head went, he could have drawn his legs up to his chest as high as possible to accomplish this(He was an acrobat,therefore likely flexible).

Assuming (and I'm rounding off) he's 5'6" getting his head let's say to 9 foot to get his legs through the hoop without hitting his head at the top of it, that would make a 42' vert.

Impressive, but not unheard of.

 

[Mistabutts]

So he beat the current High Jump world record (245 cm) in 1988, from a standing position? Well, if there's a written account on the Internet, it must be true.

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[dirtypablo]

So he beat the current High Jump world record (245 cm) in 1988, from a standing position? Well, if there's a written account on the Internet, it must be true.

Who said it was from a standing position? The claim is that he beat it by 1 cm, its not that far fetched.

 

[bcordova]

If he went into it tumbling I can believe it. Some of those little tumblers get some good height. However physically impossible just standing.

 

[400lbKneeOnFace]

sounds like Super Mario

 

[fightingrabbit]

Propogandan.

 

[equus]

come on guys. you all cant do this too??

 

[RabidJesus]

yea but what does he bench?