Oldest winners of French Open, Tennis
The oldest champion was Elizabeth Ryan who won the 1934 women’s doubles with Simone Mathieu (France) at 42 years 88 days. The oldest singles champion was Andrés Gimeno (Spain) in 1972 at 34 years 301 days.
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Oldest winner, Indianapolis 500
Al Unser (USA) was 47 years, 360 days old when he won the 71st Indianapolis 500, on 24 May 1987.
Oldest windsurfer (boardsailor)
Otto Comanos (Australia) (b. 16 November 1913, Greece), took up windsurfing upon retirement in 1986 and regularly windsurfs two to three times a week in and around the lakes of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Oldest Wimbledon Champion
The oldest main draw Wimbledon tennis champion is Martina Navratilova (USA, b. 18 October 1956). She was 46 years 261 days when she won the mixed doubles with Leander Paes (India), on 6 July 2003.
Oldest weekly magic magazine
Abracadabra, first edited by Goodliffe (UK), became the world’s only international weekly magic magazine when it was first published on 2 February 1946 in Birmingham, UK. Currently edited by Donald Bevan (UK), issue 3,029 was published on 19 February 2004.
Only bowler to take four wickets with successive balls twice in first-class cricket (male)
No bowler in first-class cricket has yet achieved five wickets with five consecutive balls. The nearest approach was that of Charles Warrington Leonard Parker (1882-1959) (Gloucestershire) in his own benefit match against Yorkshire at Bristol on 10 Aug 1922, when he struck the stumps with five successive balls but the second was called as a no-ball. The only man to have taken four wickets with consecutive balls more than once is Robert James Crisp (1911-94) for Western Province v. Griqualand West at Johannesburg, South Africa Continue reading →
Only artist in US chart history to have seven singles debut in the top 10 of the hot 100
Taylor Swift (USA) is the only artist to have seven of her singles enter the Top 10 of the US Hot 100, breaking the record of five set by Mariah Carey (USA) in 1998. The tracks concerned are: “Jump” (2008), “Fearless” (2008), “Jump Then Fall” (2009), ”Today Was A Fairytale” (2010), “Mine” (2010), “Speak Now” (2010) and “Back To December” (2010).
Only actors to win Best Director Oscar
Mel Gibson in 1996 became the fifth actor to receive an Oscar for directing with his film Braveheart (USA 1995), after Kevin Costner for Dances with Wolves (USA 1990), Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven (USA 1992), and Million Dollar Baby (USA 2004), Robert Redford for Ordinary People (USA 1980) and Woody Allen for Annie Hall (USA 1977). Woody Allen (USA) has been nominated for Best Director six times Annie Hall (USA 1977), Interiors (USA 1978Broadway Danny Rose (USA 1984)Hannah and her Sisters (USA 1986)Crimes and Misdemeanors Continue reading →
Olympic Gold Women (Rowing)
The most Olympic golds for rowing won by a woman is five by Elisabeta Lipã (Romania) who won in 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004, and Georgeta Damian (Romania) in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
Player reaching 2,000 shots on goal the fastest
During the 2010-11 season Alex Ovechkin (Russia) became the fastest player to reach 2,000 careers shots on goal since the National Hockey League (NHL) started keeping the statistic in 1967. Ovechkin, playing for the Washington Capitals (USA), reached the mark in 4 ½ seasons – no one else has done it in six. He had 288 of them go into the net as goals.