record holder
noun
: the person or thing that has achieved something no other person or thing has achieved : a person or thing that holds a record
He is the marathon world record holder.
They're developing an airplane that is expected to be faster than the current record holder.
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Joining these women in the competition are Jamaican national record holder and NCAA record holder Nickisha Pryce, three-time Olympic medalist Dina Asher-Smith-who typically only races in short sprints-and Olympic bronze medalist Stacey-Ann Williams.
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Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The previous record holder was the last home console game in the series, Monster Hunter World, which sold 6 million units in its first two weeks on sale, and 8 million units by the three-month mark.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The record holder for the longest continuous stay in space, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor named Valery Polyakov, spent a little more than fourteen months in low Earth orbit, which is relatively protected from space radiation and communication lags.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Paula Radcliffe, the greatest female marathoner of the pre-super shoes era, is another former multiple world record holder with form that would never be coached.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The previous record holder was the last home console game in the series, Monster Hunter World, which sold 6 million units in its first two weeks on sale, and 8 million units by the three-month mark.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
The record holder for the longest continuous stay in space, a Russian cosmonaut and doctor named Valery Polyakov, spent a little more than fourteen months in low Earth orbit, which is relatively protected from space radiation and communication lags.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Paula Radcliffe, the greatest female marathoner of the pre-super shoes era, is another former multiple world record holder with form that would never be coached.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Record holder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record%20holder. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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