Guinness Record for Ball Mastery for Jhoen Lefont

March 17, 2020

At the pool of the Melía Cohiba Hotel, the Cuban athlete skilled in ball control, Johen Lefont, managed to set 2 records, which he will present to Guinness for official recognition.

The first was attempting to deliver the greatest number of touches to a soccer ball with his head in 1 minute, floating in the water, a modality in which he achieved 162 touches.

The second record, conquered by Lefont at the Melía Cohiba Hotel pool, was 1664 consecutive touches to the ball with his head, floating in the water, thus surpassing his previous record of 1513 set last year.

The so-called Cuban Dolphin of ball control has set himself a new challenge, which he could achieve next September, by swimming across a 50-meter pool with the ball balanced statically on his head, in the shortest time possible.

In this way, and after several months of inactivity due to an injury in the cervical area, the football dolphin surpassed his previous records of most impacts to the ball with his head in one minute, which was 162, and longest distance traveled with the ball balanced on his head, set at 325 meters. Both records were previously held by the former Matanzas player.

"I am happy with the result, because it is quite difficult to achieve the objective. These are two totally different modalities. The first depends greatly on the speed and synchronization of arms and legs, while the other requires concentration.

"The distance test, more than a record, was a commitment to Havana for its 500 years, as we did with the 325th anniversary of the City of Matanzas. Everything went well, in the end I was able to combine the events and establish the result," declared the record holder, who added that he felt a bit anxious in the early stages and thanked the support of his team and family members.

Lefont commented that he will continue his training to take on the record of 1664, also set by him, in the category of most touches to the ball, in the coming months.