Suresh Joachim Arulanantham (born August 17, 1968) is a Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-

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holder who has broken more than 60

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World records

Farthest distance run, whilst carrying a 4.5 kg brick in a nominated ungloved hand in an uncradled downward position. Joachim traveled 126.675 km around the

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mall on Florence Street in Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia. A broadcast by Joachim on Geethavaani Tamil Radio in

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, Canada, lasted for a record 120 hours. It was broadcast between 4 p.m. on 23 June and 4 p.m. on 28 June 2003. On March 17, 2006, he set the world record for a couple dance marathon by dancing 31 hours consecutively with Tiffany Lesko. Basketball dribbling distance in 24 hours.

Other Guinness-acknowledged records

* Greatest distance covered in 24 hours while dribbling a

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is at Vulkanhallen, Oslo, Norway on 30–31 March 2001 * Travelled a distance of in 48 hours on a treadmill at Crown Promenade,

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, Victoria, Australia on 27–29 July 2002 * Travelled on a treadmill in 12 hours on 28 July 2002 at Crown Promenade, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia * The longest drumming marathon by an individual lasted for 84 hours and was achieved from 1 to 4 February 2004 at the Magic Factory,

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* Travelled on a treadmill in one week at Waou Club Med Gym, Paris, France between 31 July and 7 August 2004 * Longest continuous crawl of 56.62 km (35.18 mi) * Broke the Guinness World Record with Claudia Wavra of Germany for movie watching with a final time of 123 hours and 10 minutes on October 7, 2008. Both received $10,000 for their achievement. *He produced and starred in a

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Indian film titled ''

Sivappu Mazhai ''Sivappu Mazhai'' ( ta, சிவப்பு மழை; en, Red Rain) is a 2010 Tamil action film written and directed by V. Krishnamurthy. Earlier referred to as ''Guinness Vision'', the film was made in 11 days 23 hours 45 minutes, breaki ...

'' (2009) in attempt to break the record for the fastest shooting time for a feature film.

Filmography

Documentary

References

External links

Suresh Joachim official site

Suresh Joachim International official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joachim, Suresh Canadian people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent Canadian film directors Living people Canadian male film actors Sri Lankan emigrants to Canada Tamil male actors 1968 births Asian-Canadian filmmakers