Sri Chinmoy's Athletic Achievements
Sri Chinmoy has been an avid athlete all his life and an advocate of the benefits of fitness. The following is a chronicle of Sri Chinmoy's own remarkable athletic endeavours.
Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart
Sri Chinmoy has lifted 7,027 individuals overhead with one arm.
Weightlifting
| 30 Jan 1987 | 70633/4-lb One-arm Lift (right arm) |
| 04 Aug 1988 | 7040-lb One-arm Lift (left arm) |
| 12 Apr 2004 | 10 reps of 400-lb Crunch Abdomen-Ups |
| 19 Feb 2000 | Standing Overhead Double Dumbbell Lift, 1300 lbs |
| 15 Oct 2000 | 1,000-lb Double Dumbbell Bench Press |
| 12 Apr 2004 | 800-lb Seated Overhead Double Dumbbell Lift |
| 11 Apr 2004 | Lifted 146,931 lbs in one day – a record number, 20,000 lbs or 10 tons more than he did at his 2002 public weightlifting exhibition |
| 11 April 2004 | Lifted own body weight of 177 lbs (including apparatus) 100 times with his left arm from a seated position, 1 minute, 17 seconds |
| 28 Nov-6 Dec 2002 | Lifted 1,000 lambs in a Seated Double-Arm Overhead Lift in 6 lifting sessions, New Zealand |
| 10 Dec - 16 Dec 2002 |
Lifted 100 cows in an Overhead Platform Standing Calf Raise Lift in 3 lifting sessions, New Zealand |
Rainbow-Dreamers
| 21 Apr 1996 | Standing Vertical Jump, 181/4” |
| 03 May 1996 | Standing High Jump, 35” |
| 16 Jun 1996 | Vertical Jump onto a Platform, 33” |
| 22 Feb 1997 | 79 baskets out of 100 from foul line |
Rainbow-Dreamers Bodybuilding Exercises
| 30 Apr 1996 | Step-Ups Wearing a Weighted Vest, 100 step-ups with 50-lb vest |
| 16 Jun 1996 | Walking with a 100-lb Weighted Vest, 250 metres |
| 17 Aug 1996 | Crunch Sit-Ups, 13,000 in 2 hours, 40 minutes |
Personal Bests, Sprinting to Ultramarathons
Sri Chinmoy has completed 241 races, including 22 marathons and 5 ultramarathons
| 11 Jul 1992 | 100m 13.67 seconds Sri Chinmoy Masters Games, Queens, NY |
| 11 Jul 1992 | 200m 29.69 seconds Sri Chinmoy Masters Games, Queens, NY |
| 27 Sep 1983 | 400m 72.66 seconds World Masters Games, San Juan, PR |
| 29 Jul 1981 | 800m 2:47 Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix, Queens, NY |
| 27 Jun 1982 | 1500m 6:30 Sri Chinmoy Race, Queens, NY |
| 02 Aug 1981 | 1 mile 6:23 Sri Chinmoy Grand Prix, Queens, NY |
| 29 Mar 1981 | 2 miles 13:42 (6:51 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Westport, CT |
| 06 Jun 1979 | 3 miles 22:21 (7:27 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Scottsdale, AZ |
| 17 May 1980 | 3.1 miles/5k 22:12 (7:09 pace) Great North Fork Footrace, Greenport, NY |
| 23 Mar 1980 | 3.5 miles 25:29 (7:09 pace) March Speed Run, Brooklyn, NY |
| 07 Aug 1982 | 4 miles* 30:33 (7:34 pace) Summer Blahs Race, Central Park, NY, NY |
| 11 July 1982 | 5 miles* 38:11 (7:38 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Queens, NY |
| 10 Oct 1981 | 6.2 miles/10k* 54:11 (8:48 pace) Foliage Run, Ringwood, NJ |
| 30 Mar 1980 | 7 miles 51:18 (7:19 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Fairfield, CT |
| 23 Sep 1979 | 10 miles 1:23:47 (8:23 pace) Sri Chinmoy Race, Greenwich, CT |
| 13 Sep 1981 | 13 miles* 2:01:30 (9:20 pace) Sri Chinmoy Marathon (first 13 miles), Plainsboro, NJ |
| 15 Nov 1981 | 13.1 miles* 1:55:24 (8:48 pace) Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon, Queens, NY |
| 04 Oct 1981 | 15.5 miles/25k 2:30:35 (9:43 pace) New York City Marathon Tune-Up, Central Park, NY, NY |
| 25 Mar 1979 | 26.2 miles 3:55:07 (8:58 pace) Heart-Watchers Marathon, Toledo, OH |
| 27 Aug 1980 | 47 miles 11:27:24 Sri Chinmoy Ultramarathon, Queens, NY |
*The following are unofficial split times that surpass the above race times
27 Jul 1982 4 miles 30:21 Rhode Island
27 Jul 1982 5 miles 38:07 Rhode Island
27 Jul 1982 6.2 miles/10k 47:11 Rhode Island
02 May 1982 13 miles 1:54:04 Newsday L.I. Marathon, Long Island, NY
02 May 1982 13.1 miles 1:54:30 Newsday L.I. Marathon, Long Island, NY
Tennis
| 13 Jun 1977 | Sri Chinmoy started playing tennis |
| 3 Jun 1978 | Sri Chinmoy played 453 games of tennis in 17 hours |
Push-ups
| 07 Jan 1986 | 2,230 in 59 minutes 50 seconds, Kyoto, Japan |
