Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, an Indian badminton player, hit a shuttlecock at an incredible speed of 565 km/h, breaking a 10-year-old Guinness World Record. In case you didn’t know, the fastest tennis serve is only 263 km/h and the highest recorded speed of a Formula 1 car is 397.48 km/h.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy set the world record for the fastest badminton stroke by a player on 14 April 2023, breaking the previous record of 493 km/h, set by Malaysian badminton player Tan Boon Heong.
Malaysian athlete Pearly Tan, with a shuttlecock speed of 438 km/h, set a women's record.
Athletes Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Pearly Tan set the record under strictly controlled conditions at the Yonex Tokyo Factory located in Soka, Saitama, Japan.
Below is a list of some other sports speed records set by athletes:
- Fastest badminton shot: 565 km/h
- Fastest F1 car speed: 397.483 km/h
- Fastest golf shot: 349.38 km/h
- Fastest tennis serve: 263 km/h
- Fastest hockey puck: 177.5 km/h
- Fastest baseball pitch: 170.3 km/h
- Fastest soccer kick: 129 km/h
- Fastest table tennis stroke: 116 km/h