Earlier this week, First Lady Michelle Obama announced that she helped shatter the Guinness World Record for the most people wheezing through jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. On Oct. 11, she corralled 464 elementary and middle-school kids on the White House’s South Lawn for a global jumping jacks event. Around the world, a total of 300,265 people participated in the event, breaking the previous record of just over 20,000, Obama reported in the video. But Oct. 11 wasn’t the first time the first lady grabbed some serious air. Check out the following photos for her best airborne moments. Here, she plays with kids during a visit to a primary public school in Mexico City on April 14, 2010.
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Taking (East) Wing: Oct. 21, 2009
Don’t trip, Michelle! The first lady showcases her formidable double dutch skills at the Healthy Kids Fair, an event that promoted exercise and nutrition.
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Skippin’ Solo: June 23, 2010
Silver flats are the new Air Jordans: Leave it to the first lady to look this trendy while jumping rope. Here, she’s at the launch of her husband’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition at Columbia Heights Educational Campus in Washington, D.C.
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Light on Her Feet: Sept. 8, 2010
Check out that stride! Looks like she’ll easily outrun the comparably wimpy kid to her right. Here, she’s at an elementary school in New Orleans during the NFL’s Play 60 campaign to fight childhood obesity.
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Soccer Star: Oct. 6, 2011
A couple of questions arise from this photo: Did she just kick the ball, or is she simply jumping for fun? Did she plan this move ahead of time with the kid in the background, who appears to be mirroring her? We’ll never know. We do know that this was a “Let’s Move” soccer clinic on the White House’s South Lawn. The first lady hosted members of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team and kids from soccer organizations in Pennsylvania and Virginia.
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Barefoot Blast-Off: Oct. 21, 2009
The first lady tears through an obstacle course at the Healthy Kids Fair on the White House’s South Lawn.
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Double Dutch for America: July 15, 2011
Notice the red, white, and blue color coordination here—and a full 11 days after the Fourth of July! Now that’s patriotism. The first lady is jumping double dutch for a taping of the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award and Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play.
