Ferdie Ato Adoboe (born
1964) has been recorded as the fastest man alive in both sprinting backwards
and speed juggling (a skill which involves kicking a soccer ball in the air as
many times as possible in a short period of time).
Often called the
"Father of Speed Juggling," Adoboe lobbied
Guinness World Records to
establish a world record for speed juggling and then on January 22, 1999, he
set the first record at the Ft Lowell Shootout in Tucson, AZ., by recording 136
touches in 30 seconds and 262 in 60-seconds.
Adoboe, a native of Ghana,
holds four world's records demonstrating his speed including running the
100-yard dash backwards in 12.7 seconds when he was 19 years old in 1983. [1]
and speed juggling a soccer ball 141 times in 30 seconds on The Today Show on
Aug. 27, 2003.