Jaan Roose (born 11 January 1992) is an Estonian slackliner.
Career On 23 June 2023, Roose broke the world record by walking the longest single-building slackline, across one of Qatar's Katara Towers, at a height of over 185 metres.
On 10 July 2024, he was the first person to walk across Italy's Strait of Messina. He beat the existing Guinness World Record of .
On 18 September 2026, Roose set a world record by covering 14.7 kilometres, suspended 100 metres above ground, walking back and forth on a narrow slackline stretched between the UFO observation tower on SNP Bridge and Bratislava Castle in Slovakia for twelve hours.
Roose has also appeared as a stuntman in several films, including Assassin's Creed (2016), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), and Melchior the Apothecary (2022). He also worked as a slackline artist for Madonna during her 2012 MDNA World Tour.
Personal life Roose was born in Võru County and raised in the village of Matsuri, Setomaa Parish.
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