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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The attendance beat record holder France’s 4,028 in 2014.
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Chris Lau, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Olympic record holder Caeleb Dressel finished sixth in the 50-meter freestyle.
Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock.
—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
Those islands, however, are far smaller than the record holder: South Georgia, a more than 100,000-hectare island off Antarctica.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
Sign up Prizewinners become prey Cheptegei, who came 44th in last month's Paris Games and was Uganda's marathon record holder, had bought property and land in the Rift Valley.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Sep. 2024
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Chris Lau, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
Olympic record holder Caeleb Dressel finished sixth in the 50-meter freestyle.
Stream every moment and every medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Peacock.
—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
Those islands, however, are far smaller than the record holder: South Georgia, a more than 100,000-hectare island off Antarctica.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 19 Sep. 2024
Sign up Prizewinners become prey Cheptegei, who came 44th in last month's Paris Games and was Uganda's marathon record holder, had bought property and land in the Rift Valley.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Record holder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record%20holder. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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