Connie Talbot (UK, b. 20 November 2000), who was runner-up in the first Britain’s Got Talent (ITV, UK) TV series, became the youngest artist to reach the UK Album Chart when her debut record Over The Rainbow entered on 8 December 2007, just 18 days after her seventh birthday.
World’s Strongest Man, Arild Haugen (Norway, b.30 December 1985) was aged just 20 years and 258 days old at the 2006 World’s Strongest Man event held in Sanya, China on 14-23 September.
The youngest person to dive to the Titanic is Sebastian Harris (b. 19 September 1991, USA) who at the age of 13 years, 10 months and 15 days dove to the wreck aboard the Russian submersible Mir 2 on 4 August 2005.
At 17 years 99 days, Xue Chen (China, b.18 February 1989) became the youngest player to win an international beach volleyball title, the China Shanghai Jinshan Open, in Shanghai, China, on 28 May 2006.
The youngest Pro Stock winner is Richie Stevens (USA, b. 27 September 1978) who won the Winston Finals in Pomona, California, on 18 November 1998, aged 20 years 51 days.
The youngest individual winner of a Freestyle Skiing World Cup event is Anais Caradeux (France, 30 June 1990) aged 15 years 199 days at Les Contamines, France on 15 January 2006.
At 31 years 322 days, Martin Brodeur (b. 6 May 1972, Canada) playing for the New Jersey Devils (USA) became the youngest goaltender in National Hockey League (NHL) history to win 400 career regular-season games. Brodeur’s 400th victory was an overtime win over the Florida Panthers (USA) at the Office Depot Center in Miami, Florida, USA on 23 March 2004.
The youngest person to have visited both geographical poles is Jonathan Silverman (USA) (b. 13 June 1990), who reached the North Pole on 25 July 1999 and the South Pole on 10 January 2002, aged 11 years 211 days. Jonathan reached the North Pole as part of a tourist expedition on the Russian icebreaker Yamal, and the South Pole on another tourist expedition, landing at the pole by aircraft from Chile.
At 19 years 170 days, Sidney Crosby (b. 7 August 1987, Canada) of the Pittsburgh Penguins (USA) was in the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Game on 24 January 2007, becoming the youngest-ever player elected by the fans since All-Star fan balloting began in 1986.
On 29 June 2006, Jonathan Strickland (Inglewood, California, USA), aged 14, became the youngest person to fly solo on both a helicopter and a fixed wing aircraft on the same day in Vancouver B.C., Canada, where the minimum age limit to fly solo in an aircraft was 14 years compared to 16 years in the United States. Jonathan first flew solo in a Cessna-l52 airplane at the Pacific Flying Club located at the Boundary Bay Airport outside Vancouver B.C., Canada. He then traveled twenty minutes
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