Simon Lizotte
Bremen, Germany
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Simon Lizotte set a flying disc distance world record of 863.5 feet on October 25, 2014, at the Fall Desert Wind Open in Primm, Nevada, throwing a 157-gram Innova Blizzard Boss on an anhyzer line with a 17 mph tailwind. He broke his own record less than two years later at the High Desert Distance Challenge, throwing 903.9 feet with a 30 mph tailwind — the first throw ever recorded past 900 feet — before eventually pushing his personal best to 1,030 feet, though Australia's David Wiggins Jr. surpassed Lizotte's 900-foot mark just two days after it was set. Born in Bremen, Germany, Lizotte became one of the most prominent non-American competitors in a sport still heavily concentrated around U.S.-based courses and tour infrastructure, helping raise disc golf's international visibility during its 2010s and 2020s growth period. His combination of setting and repeatedly breaking his own world distance record and his role as one of disc golf's most prominent international players has made Lizotte one of the sport's most technically influential competitors.
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