Rafael Nadal and Sergio Ramos enter the Guinness Book of Records

The Spanish appear in the new edition of the book, which was published on October 6.

The tennis player Rafa Nadal and the footballer of Paris Saint-Germain Sergio Ramos, the karateka Sandra Sánchez and the athlete specialized in calisthenics Alejandro Soler are the Spanish athletes who appear in the latest edition of the Guinness Records book, Editorial Planeta reported this Wednesday in a statement .

Nadal is listed in the book with the record of ‘More individual Grand Slam titles’. The Spanish equaled Roger Federer in 2020 with 20 titles after his victory over Serbian Novak Djokovick at Roland Garros. Both the Swiss and the Spanish achieved the milestone in a 15-year period.

This season, the Serbian equaled both players with 20 Grand Slam after winning Wimbledon.

Sergio Ramos, who recently left the ranks of Real Madrid to sign for Paris Saint-Germain, appears under the brand name of ‘Defense that has scored the most goals in LaLiga’.

The central defender, since signing his first goal in the First Division with Sevilla in 2004, has scored a total of 74 goals, which accredits him as the highest-scoring defender in LaLiga history.

For her part, the karateka Sandra Sánchez, recent Olympic champion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, completes the list of Spanish athletes under the title of ‘Most medals won in the Karate 1 Premier League’.

The Spanish has achieved, in a period of seven years, 37 medals in the highest category of the ‘World Karate Foundations’, in which he has obtained 19 golds, 10 silvers and 8 bronzes.

In addition, another Spanish figure in the Guinness Book of Records thanks to his brand of ‘More movements in rings’. Alejandro Soler, a specialist in calisthenics (a modality to perform physical exercises through the use of body weight) and gymnastic movements performed 156 movements on rings.

The movement in question consists of the athlete getting up from the ground holding on to the rings and finishing with the torso above them, in an exercise that combines a chin-up and a triceps dip.

The book, which includes the records of these four Spanish athletes within its pages, was Posted on October 6. (D)

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