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Lifting with ears - Current world record
1. Zafar Gill (Pakistan) lifted two gym weights (weighting 51.7 kg [113 lb 5 oz]) hanging from a clamp attached to his ear 10 cm above the ground on 26 May 2004 at Lahore.
 
Previous verified claims
1. Zafar Gill (Pakistan) lifted a gym weight (weighting 55.1 kg hanging from a clamp attached to his ear for 12 seconds on 6 November 2005 in Dachau, Germany.
 
 
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