Here are San Antonio’s notable entries in the Guinness Book of World Records

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The town can also be house to the world’s largest cowboy boot sculpture, which is situated on the North Star Mall.

Under is a roundup of San Antonio’s notable entries within the Guinness Ebook of World Data:

Most high-fives in an hour: MacArthur Excessive Faculty senior Darik Dillard set a brand new Guinness World File in 2012 for essentially the most high-fives in an hour. Dillard acquired 2,215 high-fives as he ran down the halls of the college. 

Dillard’s hand slapping report was broken in 2016 after India’s Vickrant Mahajan scored 299 extra high-fives. 

Most diapers change concurrently: A few decade in the past, San Antonio mother and father helped the USA set the report for the most individuals altering diapers concurrently. “The Great Cloth Diaper Change” happened at 189 websites worldwide. Seventy-three youngsters had a diaper modified at a La Quinta lodge in San Antonio. 

Largest hangar: The previous Kelly Air Power Base is house to the most important freestanding hangar on the earth, according to Guinness.

Hanger 375, or “Huge Texas,” was accomplished in 1956 and has 4 doorways, every 250 ft large, 60 ft excessive and weighing 608 tons. Staff used to trip bikes to get round and ship components in huge constructing.

First feminine flying faculty: Katherine Stinson, known in her prime as the primary lady and solely the fourth American pilot to carry out a loop maneuver, based the Stinson Faculty of Flying together with her household in 1916. 

She and her sister Marjorie gave flying classes whereas Emma, their mom, managed the agency. Guinness has recorded the household because the first women to own a flying school. 

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Amongst many firsts, Katherine Stinson can also be the primary lady to fly within the Far East, the primary lady commissioned as a mail pilot and recorded the primary official airmail supply in Arizona. 

Most golf tees stood on golf tees in 30 seconds: Kristen Sutton holds the world record for standing on essentially the most golf ball tees. Sutton stood on 18 of them for 30 seconds on the Guinness World File Museum in downtown San Antonio in 2014. 

Smallest medical robotic: Native researchers created the world’s smallest medical robot at 120 nanometers. It was invented by a workforce of researchers on the College of Texas at San Antonio in 2016 in an effort to advance analysis in cell-based remedy for most cancers and Alzheimer’s remedy. 

Based on Guinness: “The motion and the capabilities of this sequence of extremely small robots are remotely managed by magnetic discipline. These nanorobots have the capabilities to generate on-demand and extremely localized electrical pulses that propel their actions. They will work together with organic cells and carry out functionalities resembling cell focusing on, permeation, patterning and transport in a bio-cellular atmosphere.”

Largest assortment of miniature work: San Antonio resident Martha Ochoa owns the world’s largest collection of miniature paintings. Ochoa has hand-painted every of her 5,000 items. She set the report in 2017. 

Oldest kidney transplant recipient: Carroll Basham, 77, is the oldest person to receive a kidney transplant. His stepdaughter, Nancy Hidenburg, donated the kidney in 2002. The process happened at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio. 

Basketball: Margo Dydek, who performed for the San Antonio Silver Stars from 2003 to 2004, holds the Guinness World Record for the most career blocks within the WNBA. Dydek, initially from Poland, recorded 877 blocks in 323 video games taking part in for the Utah Starzz, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Sparks. 

Whereas the Alamo Metropolis can’t declare Sacramento Monarchs participant Ticha Penicheiro’s single-game report for essentially the most steals within the WNBA, she completed the feat in San Antonio. Penicheiro broke the report with 10 steals throughout an 89-76 win over the Silver Stars in 2003. 

Spurs level guard Tony Parker is the first European player to be named NBA Finals MVP. Parker, initially from France, was named Finals MVP after the Spurs gained their fourth championship in 2007.

Till 2016, Spurs participant Danny Inexperienced held the NBA finals records for 3-pointers. Inexperienced set the report in seven video games in 2013. The Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry broke that report in 2016 in a Finals match up with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Gregg Popovich, who has coached the Spurs since 1996, holds the NBA report for the most seasons coaching the same team. 

The Harlem Globetrotters set scores of data on the AT&T Heart on Nov. 7, 2016, together with the farthest shot made whereas sitting down on the court at simply over 58 ft and the longest basketball shot blindfolded at over 73 ft. 

Harlem Globetrotter Zeus McClurkin additionally set two data that day, together with breaking his own slam dunk record in a single minute. McClurkin made an exhausting 16 dunks. He additionally set the record for essentially the most 3-pointers made after they bounced in with 5.

Most tamales made in 12 hours: Nobody on earth has made extra tamales in 12 hours than Lanier Excessive Faculty. The college set the world record in 2011. 

Most marathons: Larry Macon holds the report for the most marathons accomplished in a single yr by a person. Macon ran 239 marathons from December 2012 to November 2013. Beginning on the Baton Rouge Marathon in Louisiana he accomplished the final of his marathons on the Dozen Candy Potatoes PM Marathon in San Antonio. 

Heaviest lodge re-location: It took six days to maneuver the historic 3.2-million pound lodge a half mile by way of downtown San Antonio. The transfer captured the eye of a worldwide viewers and was recently recounted by the Express-News.  

Honorable mentions: Foresnic artist Lois Gibson holds the world report for essentially the most criminals positively recognized attributable to her composites. Her work with the Houston Police Division has led to the identification of no less than 1,266 criminals as of February 2021. Whereas Houston will get the credit score, Gibson honed her abilities as an artist sketching greater than 3,000 portraits of vacationers in San Antonio. 

Timothy.Fanning@express-news.web