Australia’s Former FIFA referee Jacqui Hurford helped set a new Guinness World Record after taking part in the highest football match ever played earlier this month.
The all-female match was played on top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania at nearly 19,000 feet.
Hurford, from Brisbane, was one of almost 40 women from 20 countries to take part in the concept as part of the Equal Playing Field project.
The aim of the match was to raise awareness of the inequalities in sport and funding for global women’s football development, two years before the next Women’s World Cup.
A combination of worldwide female pro athletes, competitive enthusiasts and football charity graduates took part, with Hurford acting as the referee.
The 38-year-old is no stranger to officiating big games, including the 2011 Women’s World Cup quarterfinal between the US and Brazil.
Hurford retired as a FIFA referee in 2013 and has gone on to become referees coach, assessor and recruiter for the Asian Football Confederation.
The Equal Playing Field initiative attracted some of the biggest names in football, including German World Cup star Petra Landers, and Afghanistan international Hajar Abufazi.
Players came from other countries like Canada, USA, UK, Egypt, Argentina, UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Nepal, France, Mexico, Sweden, Singapore, Switzerland and Thailand to take part.