Oldest person to perform a backward somersault (male)
- Who
- Walter Liesner
- What
- 94/268 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Germany (Wetzlar,,,)
- When
- 09 October 2007
The oldest person to perform a backflip is Walter Liesner (Germany) who was 94 years 268 days (b. 14 January 1913) in Wetzlar, Germany, on 9 October 2007.
Walter has been a part time gymnastics teacher for most of his life and shot to local fame aged 17 when he performed a handstand on the handrail at the top of the Wetzlar church tower, 42 metres high. He performed the backflip while filming an interview with television programme Hessischer Rundfunk.