The youngest person to ski on all seven continents is Victoria Rae White (USA, b. 25 December 1997) beginning at the age of 9 years 88 days in Zermatt, Switzerland and ending aged 10 years 79 days in Winter Park, Colorado, USA, 16 March 2008.
At 19 years 207 days, Sidney Crosby (b. 7 August 1987, Canada) of the Pittsburgh Penguins (USA) became the youngest National Hockey League (NHL) player to reach 200 career points with a goal in the first period of a game against the Carolina Hurricanes (USA) on 2 March 2007.
The youngest individual winner of a Snowboarding World Cup event Sophie Rodriguez (France, b.7 July 1988) aged 15 years 200 days at Kreischberg, Austria on 23 January 2004.
The youngest golfer to win a professional tournament is Ryo Ishikawa (Japan, b. 17 September 1991), aged 15 years 245 days old when he won the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club, Okayama, Japan on 20 May 2007. Source comes from marketing (Japan).
On 22 July 2004, Nicholas Clive McAllister (New Zealand) was acquitted of cultivating cannabis plants at a hearing that lasted just one minute at Greymouth District Court, Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand The jury left to consider the verdict at 3.28pm and returned at 3.29 pm. This one minute time frame would not have even given enough time for the jury to take their seats at the deliberation table. The accused was on trial for the alleged cultivation of 23 cannabis plants to which he
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Hailie Jade Mathers (USA) (b. 25 December 1995) became the youngest performer, aged 6 years 210 days, to be credited with an R&B hit when ‘My Dad’s Gone Crazy’ charted in August 2002. She performed on the track with her father, Eminem (USA).
The youngest university professor is Alia Sabur (USA, b. 22 February 1989), who was appointed as a full-time faculty Professor of the Department of Advanced Technology Fusion at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, with effect from 19 February 2008, aged 18 years 362 days. Ms Sabur’s official title is: International Professor as Research Liaison with Stony Brook University (New York, USA). Ms Sabur is an accomplished clarinet player, achieved her black belt in Tae Kwon Do aged nine, entered Stony Brook University aged 10 and
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The youngest professional guitarist is Yuto Miyazawa (Japan), who had played numerous paid engagements on national television throughout the world as of 4 August 2008, aged 8 years 165 days.
The record for the youngest professional artist was achieved by Arushi Bhatnagar (India, b. 1 June 2002). She had her first solo exhibition at the Kalidasa Akademi in Ujjain, India, on 11 May 2003 when she was 344 days (or 11 months) old. Her first painting was sold for 5000 Rupee (£65). As of 27 February 2007 Arushi had 12 solo exhibitions, made more than 2,500 paintings and was nominated for the national POGO amazing kid artist award 2005.
Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands, b. 1 July 1976) was 18 years 327 days old when he scored the only goal in the 1995 UEFA Champions League final, playing for Ajax (Netherlands) against AC Milan (Italy) at the Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna, Austria, on 24 May 1995.