Paddy Doyle of the UK is a professional multi-disciplinary athlete. The 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records have recognised him as "The World Fitness Endurance Champion". Since 1987, Doyle has been breaking and winning world records in various sporting disciplines, totalling 172 course, regional, national, British, European and world fitness, endurance, boxing and martial arts records.
Doyle was the first British athlete to win the British and European Physical Endurance Fitness Challenge, completing 12 tough fitness challenges in 21 hours and 21 minutes. The Physical Endurance Fitness Record is the main record for all-round fitness, and the winner is ranked the "World's Physical Fitness Athlete Champion." The athlete is also assessed by how many fitness endurance record challenges he or she has achieved under several different sporting disciplines —the one with the highest total of strength speed stamina challenge records is crowned the champion.
Doyle has also had 49 entries and re-entries in the 1990–2008 Guinness Book of World Records and 20 entries in the Alternative Book of Records and 10 entries in the Strength and Speed Record Book. All of his titles are listed on the official World Record Web sites. He has recently broken another World Physical Fitness Challenge record on the February 16, 2005 at the Virgin Active health Club Great Britain. Doyle achieved his 130th fitness endurance record by attempting eleven fitness challenges in a time of 18 hours, 56 minutes and 9 seconds, beating the previous World Record Holder Rob Powell (USA).
Doyle completed:
Other records include:
To date the present career total of fitness endurance boxing martial arts records stands at 172, currently holding 75 World Records, which is recognised by all of the World Record Authorities.