Megan Campbell takes a throw in during the UEFA Women's Nations League 2024/25 Grp B2 MD1 match between Republic of Ireland and Türkiye at Tallaght Stadium on February 21, 2025 in Tallaght, Ireland. Getty Images

Irish footballer Megan Campbell has broken the record for the world's longest throw-in, according to the Guinness World Records.

The 31-year-old Republic of Ireland and London City Lionesses player broke the record for farthest distance football (soccer) throw-in (female) with an impressive 37.55 m (123 ft 2 in) - a distance 10m longer than the average length of a blue whale and almost twice the length of a bowling alley.

Campell, who had to beat a minimum of 35 m (114 ft 9 in), is the first woman to break the record.

“I think my record might stand for about a week until someone gets hold of the information,” she told the Guinness World Records.

“It’s an amazing achievement for me personally to have that now, as the first ever. But ultimately you want someone to beat you, I want someone to be more successful than me because then that means I’ve put another player in a better place.

“You’ve got to be someone that people can look up to and want to achieve things from, so of course I want someone to go on and beat my record.”

Campbell took on the challenge of breaking the record at the London City Lionesses training ground in Kent, UK, on April 30.

“My throw developed when I was maybe about 12 or 13, I was playing for a boys’ team back home and my throw was longer than the boys,'" said Campbell, who fell in love with football after going to matches with her dad and great uncle.

“As I grew up it got longer, it’s just something I’ve always had, I never specifically worked on it, but it’s something nice to have in the back pocket when needed.”

Campbell, who was born in Drogheda, Co. Laois, has achieved 55 caps for the Irish national team, scoring four goals, according to The Irish Times.

She said it’s an “absolute honor” to have represented her country so many times.

Campbell, who has previously played for famous teams Manchester City, Liverpool, and Everton, said that her achievement sends an important message that “there are no barriers."

She said: “Anything is achievable in life, no matter what it is.

“If you have a goal and you have a mindset to want to go out and achieve that, then it’s possible.

“Knowing that anything is possible is what keeps you going and gives you the drive to go every day and want to push to achieve things.”