Video Classics: Pro mountain bike athlete smashes bicycle jumping record

By Rachel Swatman

Published 12 September 2016

Most bicycle jumps between two platforms in one minute

Each week here on guinnessworldrecords.com, we’ll be dipping into our extensive video library to bring you a classic piece of record-breaking action.

This week’s Classics video takes us back to ‘Bike the Rock’ mountain bike festival in Heubach, Germany in 2014, where British pro trial biker Andrei Burton achieved a Guinness World Records title for the Most bicycle jumps between two platforms in one minute.

Achieving a total of 21, Andrei broke the previous record by an incredible six jumps.

Andrei, who is currently competing in Ninja Warrior UK, holds a multitude of impressive Guinness World Records titles including Highest 360 vertical drop on a bicycle onto a target (2.52 m/8 ft 3.41 in, pictured below), Highest bicycle side hop (1.575 metres/5 ft 2 in) and Most bicycle wheelie hops in 30 seconds (75).

highest vertical drop on a bicycle onto a target

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