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A well-known computer scientist, he fell faster than the speed of sound and broke Baumgartner's world altitude record set just two years ago by jumping from 135,000 feet. Alan Eustace, 57, a senior vice president at Google, during his record breaking leap from 135,000 feet.
Confidence votes 8. Huaso, the horse, and his rider Captain Alberton Larraguibel Morales, jumping the world-record breaking jump of 8 feet 1 1/4inches, or 2.47 meters. Actually, it was King's Own, ridden by Fred Wettach Jr at 8ft 3 1/2in. It was not considered the official high jump because it was only performed in front of 25 people, not enough to be considered a public gathering at the time.