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.

Examples of record holder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Last year, the world record holder ended his indoor season on a high note. —Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026

So this car is the new non-charity auction record holder for a Ferrari LaFerrari coupe, adding more than a million to the high watermark, just as the car sold immediately prior (Lot 155) which set a new record for a LaFerrari Aperta. —New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026

The roughly 67,800-year-old art exceeds the previous record holder in the same region of Southeast Asia by 15,000 years or more. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2026

The brands both have two-time Olympic champion and 400-meter hurdle women’s world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone as ambassador. —Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 16 Jan. 2026

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