Fierljeppen

The sport is nowadays also popular in the province of Utrecht which produced record holder Jaco de Groot.

[2] The sport is believed to have originated with farmers who used poles to leap over small water drainage channels to access different plots of land.

Today the sport is primarily practiced for fun or to entertain tourists, but there still is an official annual National Fierljepping Manifestation (NFM) in the Netherlands, and championships are contested in six leagues and numerous clubs.

The current Dutch record holders by category are:[3][4] There are 532 registered active jumpers in the world; of those, 190 are from the Netherlands.

[3] International tourists who have visited Friesland and who have observed this sport have helped to spread its popularity across the globe.