Cheese rolling champion takes home his 21st Double Gloucester after 'Britain's barmiest race


Cheese champion Chris Anderson on a roll with recordequalling 20 wins Express & Star

Teetering into their start positions at the top will come 19 madcap competitors and the 20-time Cheese Rolling Champion Chris Anderson. On the Master of Ceremony's command, a 4kg Double Gloucester wheel will be released, quickly accelerating up to 70mph. One second later, the world's wackiest and arguably most dangerous running race will begin.


Man most successful cheese chaser ever after winning 21st wheel Gloucester cheese

Chris Anderson, 30, has now taken home a total of 21 Double Gloucester cheeses over the past 14 years at the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake competition. He broke the previous record.


Cheese Rolling 2017 Chris Anderson and Keavy cheese champions Metro News

The annual Cheese Rolling Race in Gloucestershire was won by soldier Chris Anderson, 30, for the 21st time. The event was officially banned but locals refuse.


Behold the carnage of England's annual cheese roll chase

Chris Anderson is a former light infantryman in the 1st Battalion, The Rifles of the British Army. [2] He comes from Brockworth, the village in Gloucestershire at the foot of Cooper's Hill, venue for the cheese rolling races. Anderson first competed in the annual cheese rolling in 2004 at the age of 17 and came second.


Champion cheese chaser wins rolling competition for 17th time but can't stand the stuff

Mon 28 May 2018 09.56 EDT A champion chaser has broken the record for the most cheeses won in the annual cheese rolling race in Gloucestershire. Chris Anderson, 30, has taken home 21 Double.


Cheese rolling champion Chris Anderson breaks record in 2018 Gloucester race UK News

Chris Anderson is a groundworker and a British Army veteran, best known for winning the annual cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire a record 23 times. Chris is sponsored by Spa Security Ltd. He now spends his spare time training with Severn AC running club and entering local races. [1] Biography


Chris Anderson from Brockworth holds his prize cheeses after he won... News Photo Getty Images

Chris Anderson won the 2022 Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling race in the English village of Brockworth. This is his 23rd time winning the event. (Coopers Hill Cheese Roll, Brockworth/Facebook.


Cheese Rolling 2017 Chris Anderson and Keavy cheese champions Metro News

Chris Anderson, cheese rolling veteran, climbing Coopers Hill before unexpectedly taking part on June 5, 2022 - he had previously announced his retirement (Image: Reach Plc staff)


Cheese rolling champion Chris Anderson breaks record in 2018 Gloucester race UK News

The 8lb (3.6kg) Double Gloucester is chased 200 yards down the 1:2 gradient Cooper's Hill at Brockworth every year. Chris Anderson, 28, won the first two downhill races - his 16th and 17th Cheese.


Champion chaser breaks record in Gloucestershire's deathdefying cheese rolling race UK News

Gloucestershire soldier Chris Anderson won his 23rd race, after a year off in 2019, and said this was his final event. Competitors chased a 7lb (3kg) Double Gloucester cheese down the almost.


They're crackers! Thousands gather for annual Cheese Rolling Race in Gloucestershire Daily

A new champion has been crowned at the death-defying annual cheese rolling race. Max McDougall, 22, won the first men's downhill race after tripping and tumbling down Cooper's Hill. Veteran.


American Woman Wins British Cheese Rolling Event for First Time Ever

A champion cheese-chaser has equalled the all-time record for the most cheeses won in the death-defying Cheese Rolling Race. Chris Anderson, 29, has now taken home a total of 20 double Gloucester.


Cheese Rolling 2017 Chris Anderson and Keavy cheese champions Metro News

15K subscribers 30K views 5 years ago Chris Anderson is a rock star amongst the Cheese Rolling community, having just reached the record achievement of winning 20 competition cheeses. Show.


Cheeserolling veteran hopes to match alltime record BBC News

Chris Anderson holds his cheese aloft after winning a cheese rolling race for the 23rd time at Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire (Image: Reach Plc staff)


In pictures Cheese Rolling 2017 Gloucestershire Live

Chris Anderson is a groundworker and a British Army veteran, best known for winning the annual cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire a record 23.


Cheese rolling champion takes home his 21st Double Gloucester after 'Britain's barmiest race

The bizarre tradition of Cheese Rolling often leaves competitors with bruises and broken limbs. It's all in the name of winning a 8lb (3.6kg) Double Gloucester thrown down the very steep Cooper's.