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'''Steven Woodmore''' (born 1959)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/talk-about-a-fast-show-londoner-rattles-off-raglan-in-25-seconds-2677634.html |title=Talk about a fast show: Londoner rattles off Raglan in 25 seconds |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |date=17 June 2011 |accessdate=6 October 2012 }}</ref> is a retired British electronics [[salesman]] known for his rapid speech articulation, being able to articulate 637 [[words per minute]] (wpm), a speed four times faster than the average person. Woodmore was listed by the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the world's fastest talker, taking the helm from the previous record holder, [[John Moschitta Jr.]], in August 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://youtube.com/CF5vQpv8FAc |title=Fast Talk}}</ref> Woodmore lost his record in 1995, when Sean Shannon from Canada was able to articulate |
'''Steven Woodmore''' (born 1959)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/talk-about-a-fast-show-londoner-rattles-off-raglan-in-25-seconds-2677634.html |title=Talk about a fast show: Londoner rattles off Raglan in 25 seconds |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |date=17 June 2011 |accessdate=6 October 2012 }}</ref> is a retired British electronics [[salesman]] known for his rapid speech articulation, being able to articulate 637 [[words per minute]] (wpm), a speed four times faster than the average person. Woodmore was listed by the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' as the world's fastest talker, taking the helm from the previous record holder, [[John Moschitta Jr.]], in August 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://youtube.com/CF5vQpv8FAc |title=Fast Talk}}</ref> Woodmore lost his record in 1995, when Sean Shannon from Canada was able to articulate 655 wpm. <ref>{{cite news |title=Guinness Book of World Records |URL=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/358936-fastest-talker}}</ref> |
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Steve Woodmore
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| Born | Steven Woodmore 1959 (age 64–65)
London, England
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| Occupation | Electronics salesman |
| Known for | Being the fastest English speaker in the world |
Steven Woodmore (born 1959)[1] is a retired British electronics salesman known for his rapid speech articulation, being able to articulate 637 words per minute (wpm), a speed four times faster than the average person. Woodmore was listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's fastest talker, taking the helm from the previous record holder, John Moschitta Jr., in August 1990.[2] Woodmore lost his record in 1995, when Sean Shannon from Canada was able to articulate 655 wpm. [3]
Steve Woodmore can rapidly articulate at a rate of 637 words per minute,[4][5][6] four times faster than the average human.[7][8]
Woodmore first realised his skills at rapid speech when he was seven years old. At school, he was asked by his form teacher to recite an 8-minute speech, as a punishment for his talkativeness. It took him only two minutes.[9]
On the British ITV television show Motor Mouth on 22 September 1990, Steve Woodmore recited a piece from the Tom Clancy novel "Patriot Games" in 56 seconds, yielding an average rate of 637 words per minute, breaking the previous record of 586 wpm, set by John Moschitta Jr.[5][10] Guinness World Records listed Woodmore as the world's fastest talker.[11][12]
His ability to articulate at such a fast rate is apparently due to his recruiting more portions of his brain to the task than the average person, as shown in an fMRI scan.[13]
Woodmore has appeared on numerous television and radios shows, including BBC's 1Xtra Breakfast Show with Twin B[14] and the documentary Stan Lee's Superhumans.[13]
Woodmore worked as an electronics salesman for Currys, an electrical retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland. He is now retired.[15]
In June 2011, Woodmore launched the 5050 Phone a Friend nationwide competition, together with John Lonergan, at an event held in Dublin, in which the Irish public was challenged to beat Woodmore's world record of 637 wpm live on television.[16] The finals were held on 10 September 2011.[17]
Woodmore lives in Chislehurst and is divorced with four children.[15]
There's a man in the UK named Steve Woodmore who had a talk-off with Moschita on a live morning TV news show and completed the speech in .01 seconds less time. The Guinness judge then had to make an immediate declaration of the winner without having time to review the tapes of the contest because of a pressing international news item which had taken up more time than expected. Going just by the time, Woodmore was declared winner.
