Esther Fischer, 75, is now the oldest person to hold a handstand

Guinness certified the Perth gym member this week after she held an unaided handstand for 55 seconds on August 31. The mark to beat was 15 seconds.

By Tazzora Editorial TeamVerified · Source: ABC NewsOct 24, 2026 · 1 min read

How to help

An older woman dancing with both arms raised — Illustrative photo of an older adult dancing. This is not Esther Fischer, and it is not the handstand. Amaury Laporte / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Read the original

The reporting lives at ABC News. Our summary is checked against it, and we link it on every story.

Read it on ABC News

Esther Fischer, 75, is the oldest person to hold a handstand, after Guinness World Records certified the mark this week. ABC News reported it on October 24, 2026.

The record required 15 seconds unaided. On August 31 she held the pose for 55 seconds. She was not a gymnast growing up. She started at a Perth gym around age 64 or 65, has been a member for about ten years, and spent about three years on the handstand. Friends suggested it over coffee after a 74-year-old man in the United States held the record.

Gym owner Jacob Moffitt, whose gym is not named in the report, began a longevity class for people 60 and older. About half a dozen people now come. Fischer is working toward a one-arm handstand. She has not achieved that yet.

For the classroom

ABC News reported on October 24, 2026, that Esther Fischer of Perth, age 75, is the oldest person to hold a handstand in the Guinness World Records. She had to hold it unaided for 15 seconds. On August 31 she held the pose for 55 seconds, and the record was certified this week. She was not a gymnast as a child. She joined a gym about ten years ago and practiced for about three years. Friends suggested it after a 74-year-old man held the record. Her teacher, Jacob Moffitt, started a class for people over 60. She is still working on a one-arm handstand, and has not done that yet.