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Freddy Nock was practically born with talent. In 1964 he was born into the Swiss Nock family, father Alfredo Nock, mother Margrith Nock-Gautschi.

Already as a child he made his first attempts on a rope. At the age of 11 he started on the high wire. The first thirty years were marked by travels as a circus performer all over the world.

Freddy Nock, with his accumulated 30 world records, has established himself as a solo artist and extreme athlete. He is now recognized worldwide, as well as in the Guinness Book of Records, as the best high-wire walker of his time.

Rekorde Hochseilakrobat Freddy Nock

Chronology of records

"The Sky is the Limit"
Über 30 Rekorde zwischen 1998 bis heute

28 - 30 Records 2020: 3 Records in One Day on the Glacier 3000 Cable Car

 

27 Record 2018

  •  World Record - Sitting on the high wire for 8 hours, 30 minutes, and 55 seconds.

  •  Link: Guinesweltrecord, Nau ,

26 Record 2018

 

  • Guinness World Record at the exciting event of the 30th Powerman Zofingen CH - Longest running on the death wheel for 25 hours.

  • Link: GMX  Tageblatt Blick

25 Record 2016 

 

  • Fastest wire walker in the world - Freddy Nock, "Running Wire Man," fastest wire walker in the world, in China. China, a big thank you to my manager who is always by our side, Lu Zhai.

  • Link: AlamyChinadailyBlick.chFocus, people.cnvol.at

 

24 Record 2015 

 

  • Record with the bicycle on the high wire - World Record for the steepest cycling on the high wire at a height of 30m to 50m, gradient 3.7%, rope length 495m, in Erlenbach CH.

  • Links: 20min​ 

 

23 Record 2015 

 

  • With the bicycle on the high wire: World Record - Longest cycling on the high wire at a height of 30m to 50m, rope length 495m, Erlenbach CH.

 

22 Record 2015 

 

  • World Record - Steepest wire walk, length: 40m, gradient: 78% = 38° with a completely light-tight helmet. China Peking, the Chinese TV station CCTV has invited me to the show "Impossible Challenge" on the first Chinese state television with an audience of 155 million, a kind of "Wetten Dass" for China. A big thank you to my manager who is always by our side, Lu Zhai.

 

21 Record 2015 

 

  • Fastest wire walker in the world - Freddy Nock: World Championship in China Wire Walk Challenge. 800m long wire over the Jiubujiang Reservoir, winner in the disciplines: Fastest wire walker in the world jumping forward 800m in 7 minutes, 39 seconds, and backward jumping with blindfolded eyes 800m in 11 minutes, 40 seconds. For China, a big thank you to my manager who is always by our side, Lu Zhai.

  • Links: Aargauerzeitung

20 Record 2015 

 

  • Guinness World Record as the highest ever wire walk between two mountain peaks at 3582 m above sea level. Fastest wire walker in the world - Freddy Nock. World Record in China, Nanjing, Jiangsu, at Tangshan Ziqing Lake Eco-tourism Hot Spring Resort.

19 Record 2015 

  • Fastest wire walker between two hot air balloons - Height: 60m, Length: 18m, Duration: 7.49 seconds. China, a big thank you to my manager who is always by our side, Lu Zhai.

  • Link: blick.ch20minGalileo

 

18 Record 2013

 

  • World Record for the longest continuous sitting on a chair on a high wire for 7 hours and 7 minutes.

  • Link: Tagblatt.ch

 

17 Record 2011

  • World Record - High wire walk without safety on Lake Thun/Switzerland, distance: 2169 meters; duration: 3 hours.

  • Link: Bernerzeitung

 

16 Record 2011

  • Jungfraujoch in Switzerland, distance: 160 meters, height: 3400 meters, walking backward in wind speeds of 60 kilometers per hour.

 

15 Record 2011

  • Highest walk on a tensioned wire on the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland, distance: 160 meters, height: 3400 meters.

  • link: jungfrauzeitung

14 Record 2011:

 

  • Longest downhill high wire walk on Piz Corvatsch/Switzerland, distance: 1600 meters.

13 Record 2011:

 

  • Longest high wire walk on Diavolezza/Switzerland; distance: 3540 meters, duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes.

  • link: bernerzeitung

12  Record 2011:

 

  • High wire walk with a gradient of 31.5 degrees on the Feuerkogel in Austria, distance: 2700 meters.

11 Record 2011: 7 Records in 7 Days.

 

  • Highest high wire walk without a balance pole over the Zugspitze in Germany at 3000 meters altitude; distance: 995 meters with gradients up to 32 degrees.

  • link: nzz

10 Record 2011

 

  • World Record as the highest ever wire walk on the cable of the Corvatsch cable car, 3303 meters above sea level, descending in temperatures of minus 15 degrees Celsius.

  • link: SuedostschweizSuedostschweiz 2Tagesanzeiger 

9 Record 2010 

 

  • World Record for the longest lake walk over Lake Zurich, distance: 900 meters, height: 30 meters.

  • link: aargauerzeitung

 

8 Record 2010

 

  • World Record as the first unsecured walker over 800 meters in Zhangjiajie, China; duration: 20 minutes. A big thank you to my manager who is always by our side, Lu Zhai.

 

7 Record 2009

 

  • Fastest wire walker in the world - Freddy Nock: World Record as the fastest high wire walker in Korea; distance: 1 kilometer, duration: 10 minutes and 18 seconds.

  • link: SRF

6 Record 2009 

 

  • World Record for the highest wire walk with a balance pole and a gradient of 32.00 degrees on the Zugspitze in Germany. Guinness World Record at the RTL Spendenmarathon with Joey Kelly for the longest run on a death wheel; duration: 24 hours.

  • link: via-ferrata; NZZ, SpiegelFR.deMerkur, BZ-BerlinN-TVWelt.de 

5 Record 2006

 

  • Guinness World Record at the RTL Spendenmarathon with Joey Kelly for the longest run on a death wheel; duration: 24 hours.

  • linjk: wir helfen kindern

 

4 Record 2006

 

  • World Record as the first runner to cover a distance of over 1200 meters on the Säntis cable car in Switzerland.

  • Link: 20min

 

3 Record 2005

 

  • World Record on the show "Mega Clever" on Pro7 for riding six motorcycles in a steel sphere with a diameter of 4.90 meters.

 

2 Record 1999

  • World Record as the fastest wire walker on the Schwangauer Tegelbergbahn in Füssen, Germany; distance: 80 meters in 2 minutes and 27 seconds with a gradient of 30.00 degrees.

​1 Record 1998 

 

  • Guinness Book World Record for walking on a cable car cable on the Signalbahn in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

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