Palina Glebova

Palina Glebova (born 19 September 1996 in Moscow) is a German taekwondo athlete and seven-time Guinness World Record holder.

World Records Palina Glebova holds seven records recognized by the Guinness World Record institue:

Most darts thrown with the foot in one minute, achieving nine darts and a score of 110 (15 November 2023, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most balloons burst by high-heel kicks above the head in one minute, achieving 22 balloons (19 November 2024, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most descending balloons burst by darts thrown with the foot in one minute, achieving ten balloons (19 November 2024, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most plastic bottles teed up and side kicked in one minute, achieving twelve bottles (18 November 2025, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most pine boards broken by jump kicks in one minute (female), achieving 16 boards (18 November 2025, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most darts thrown with the feet and caught by hand in one minute (team of two), achieving 13 catches with Joe Alexander (18 November 2025, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most balloons burst by darts thrown with the foot in one minute, achieving twelve balloons (8 January 2026)

She holds seven additional world records recognized by the German Record Institute:

Most boards broken in thirty seconds with a jump front kick, achieving 13 boards (18 November 2020, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most boards broken in thirty seconds by a mixed team of two with Joe Alexander (18 November 2020, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most boards broken in one minute with a jump front kick, achieving 23 boards during a live broadcast of the German TV show ZDF-Fernsehgarten (8 August 2021) Most aerated concrete blocks broken while holding a raw egg without breaking it, achieving three stacks of four blocks during a live broadcast of the German TV show ZDF-Fernsehgarten (10 July 2022) Most balloons burst in one minute by throwing darts with the foot from a distance of three metres, achieving 16 balloons (16 November 2022, during a Guinness World Records Day celebration) Most darts thrown into a dartboard with the foot in one minute, achieving seven darts during a live broadcast of the German TV show ZDF-Fernsehgarten (14 May 2023) Most bottles balanced on the foot and side kicked over a three-metre distance in 90 seconds, achieving twelve bottles during a live broadcast of the German TV show ZDF-Fernsehgarten (20 July 2025)

Taekwondo career Glebova began practising the Korean martial art taekwondo at the age of ten. At junior level, Glebova achieved several podium places in full-contact (kyorugi) competitions at both regional and state championships. She has also been an active poomsae athlete since she was a junior.

Gelova's highest national placement since competing as a senior was a fourth place in the women's individual traditional poomsae category at a German national ranking tournament. From 2015 to 2025, Glebova was both a kyorugi and a poomsae referee for Germany.

Tournament record

Public appearances Since 2021, Glebova is a recurring guest at ZDF-Fernsehgarten, where she performs taekwondo kicks and world records. In 2021, Glebova appeared in the music video of the pop song "Siamo fatti cosi" by Anthony Bauer jr. and Rocco Costa.

As part of the Adivina qué hago show in 2024, she performed a darts stunts act where, with her foot, she shot several ballons next to one of the show's hosts with one dart each. In October 2024, Glebova was featured in season four episode two of the German TV Show Germany's biggest secrets ("Deutschlands größte Geheimnisse") on Kabel Eins.

Education Glebova completed an apprenticeship as International Administration Manager, specialising in Office Management, in 2020 and obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Studies in 2022.