The oldest captain of a European Cup / Champions League-winning team is Paolo Maldini (Italy, b. 26 June 1968), when he led AC Milan out in the final against Liverpool in Athens, Greece, on 23 May 2007 aged 38 years 331 days.
The oldest player to captain a Champions League team is Paolo Maldini (Italy, b. 26 June 1968) when he led AC Milan out against Arsenal in London, UK, on 20 February 2008 aged 39 years 239 days.
The oldest mother is Maria del Carmen Bousada Lara (Spain, b. 5 January 1940), who gave birth by caesarean section to twin boys, Christian and Pau, aged 66 years 358 days at the Sant Pau hospital, Barcelona, Spain on 29 December 2006. Maria received IVF treatment in America (by lying that her age was 55 years), after being rejected for treatment in Spain. She is unmarried. Unfortunately, Maria passed away on Saturday 11 July 2009 after being diagnosed with cancer.
The oldest known divorcee was 101-year old Harry Bidwell of East Sussex, UK. He divorced his 65-year-old wife on 21 November 1980. The Alabama Department of Public Health (USA) also cites a 98-year-old male divorcee in their Vital Statistics Summary for 2000.
Emma Carrol (USA, b. 18 May 1895) made an hour-long flight in a hot air balloon at Ottumwa, Iowa, USA, on 27 July 2004 at the age of 109 years 70 days.
Welsh vocalist Shirley Bassey (UK, b. 8 January 1937) is the oldest solo female artist to reach the UK chart with a newly recorded song. She reached the Top 10 on 7 July 2007 with ‘Get The Party Started’ aged 70 years 180 days. Her first hit came in February 1957, and her 50-year chart span is a record for a female performer.
The oldest person to complete the Hawaiian Ironman is Lew Hollander (USA), who was aged 82 years 129 days when he ran the 2012 Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA, on 13 October 2012. Lew completed the course, which consists of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run, in 16 hr 45 min 52 sec.
The most body piercings in one session is 3,900 in 7 hours and 46 minutes achieved by Tyson Turk and Chris Elliot (both USA) at the Tyson Turk Body Mod Studio, Irving, Texas, USA, on 09 July 2011.
The oldest female to complete a marathon was Gladys Burrill (USA) at the age of 92 years 19 days at the Honolulu Marathon in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, on 12 December 2010. Burrill completed the race in 9 hr, 53 min, 16 sec. Burrill was born on 23 November 1918.
The oldest woman to climb the Seven Summits including Kosciuszko is Jeanne Stawiecki (USA, b. 24 June 1950), who completed her last climb (Mt Everest, Nepal) on 22 May 2007, aged 57 years and 36 days. Jeanne is also the First womanto run marathons “and” climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents. Marathons: Soweto(Africa),Miami(North America),Pacifico(South America-Chile),Antarctica,Dubai(Asia),Melbourne(Australia) and Valencia(Europe-Spain). The Mountains climbed: Elbrus(Europe-Russia), Vinson(Antarctica),Denali(north America),Aconcagua(South America),Kilimanjero(Africa), Kosciuszko(Australia) and Everest (Asia).