Timo Toivonen's 257 Sets MD and Overall World Record! |
This was the overall world record and muscular dystrophy record. The new record is
HERE.
The game was bowled on 1/10/2016 and posted here on 1/25/2016
Wheelchair User with Muscular Dystrophy Sets Overall World Record with a 257! Here's Timo's scoresheet:
Timo bowls in a league using a "homemade" dynamic bowling ramp which is officially approved by the Finnish Bowling Association. Here is a Youtube video of him bowling his eighth strike of his record game:
As you might imagine, Timo was all smiles after breaking the overall world record and record for males with muscular dystrophy, as he posed here with his scoresheet (before it was verified with two witness signatures) and the bowling ball he used, a 15 lb. Ebonite Honor:
To read Timo's description of how he drives his wheelchair, and see his previous best game, which was the record for males with MD, click HERE. If you're curious, the previous overall world record is HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS
TIMO! :-) |
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