The Weird, Wacky And Amazing Entries In This Year’s Guinness Book Of Records

The summer Olympics event has come and gone with new world records set and old ones broken or surpassed altogether; thanks to the hardworking sportsmen and women from around the globe who gave us those exhilirating moments to remeber. But even at that, the likes of Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis would struggle to compete with some of the entries in the latest Guinness Book of World Records.

Among the wacky wonders to find a place in the 2013 edition, is the young man whose story we brought you earlier, Popeye look-alike Moustafa Ismail and his monstrous biceps, and a man with the tallest mohican hairstyle, measuring a towering 3ft 8in.

It’s not just humans either, with all creatures great and small snatching a few records — from a mighty Great Dane to a teeny bull.

The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world’s heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.

Being published in 22 languages in more than 100 countries, the 2013 Guinness World Records is expected to sell around 2.7 million copies and documents numerous new extremes relating to the human body.

These include 86-year-old Johanna Quaas, a retired PE teacher from Leipzig, Germany, who is named the oldest gymnast; Egyptian-born Moustafa Ismail, recognised for having the largest ‘guns’ – biceps and triceps – with a circumference of 25.5in; and London-based sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander, who weighs 203.21 kg (32 stone), who was named the world’s heaviest sportswoman. Bodybuilder Mr Ismail, now living in Franklin, Massachusetts, has arms with a greater circumference than the average human head.

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Biggest biceps: Popeye look-alike Moustafa Ismail, 24, from Massachusetts, has spent ten years pumping iron twice a day to get his 31in biceps. He eats lots of chicken rather than spinach – which he hates

Tallest mohican: Japanese designer Kazuhiro Watanabe’s spear-like hairdo peaks at more than 3ft 8in, thanks to three cans of hairspray and a large bottle of gel

Tallest dog: Three-year-old Great Dane Zeus and his owner Denise Doorlag in Michigan. On his hind legs, he towers over her at 7ft 4in

Biggest horse: Big Jake, a nine-year-old Belgian gelding, from Winsconsin, U.S., tops 20 hands – or almost 7ft

Heaviest female athlete: British sumo wrestler Sharran Alexander wolfed down a high calorie diet of takeaways and fried chicken to get into the record books at 32st