The longest yoga marathon by a female lasted 32 hours and was achieved by Yasmin Fudakowska-Gow (Canada) at Om West Holistic Centre, Quebec, Canada, on 2-3 August 2010. Yasmin completed a total of 1008 different yoga postions during her marathon and received a lot of media coverage. The attempt started at 9am on 2nd August and finished at 1700 hours on 3rd August 2010.
The most bungee jumps in 24 hours (indoors) is 225 and was achieved by Peter Charney (Canada) at the World Water Park, West Edmonton, Canada, on 5-6 November 2007. Peter Charney attempted the record for the second time. The record was in aid of raising funds for charity at the West Edmonton Mall.
The most chin ups in 24 hours was 5,045 by Lucas Garel (Canada) at Fitness Force gym in Keswick, Ontario, Canada, on 17-18 July 2011. Garel followed a performance plan in which he performed six chin ups at the beginning of each minute for three successive minutes, followed by a full minute of rest; then, repeating this pattern for two hours before taking a 30-minute rest.
The most combine harvesters working simultaneously on a single field is 200 and was achieved by Harvest for Kids with Children’s Camps International in the Rural Municipality of Stanley near Winkler, Manitoba, Canada, on 7 August 2010. Two hundred swaths of land were available for the record attempt, although 204 combines showed up. The combines harvested for a total of approximately 16 minutes and 30 seconds, surpassing the required time of five minutes. Amanda Mochan adjudicated.
Cameron Fraser (Canada) completed two consecutive backflips on a trampoline whilst sat on a 0.91 m (3 ft) tall unicycle at the Garden Auditorium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 16 May 2003.
Dave Farrow (Canada) memorized on single sighting a random sequence of 59 separate packs of cards (3,068 cards) at CTV Studios, The Daily Planet, Toronto, Canada on 2 April 2007. The attempt took 4 hrs 58 min 20 secs not including breaks. Dave made just one mistake during the entire attempt which he corrected unprompted.
The most eggs cracked in one hour with one hand is 3,031 and was achieved by Corey Perras (Canada) at the Broadway Bar & Grill, Barrhaven, Ontario, Canada on 22 June 2012. All 3,031 successfully cracked eggs along with hash browns and sausages were donated to the Ottawa Mission for a large weekend breakfast feast.
The most touches of a football in one minute, by a female, whilst keeping the ball in the air is 339 by Chloe Hegland (Canada) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi – Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 3 November 2007.
Canada won a record 14 gold medals at the XXI Winter Olympiad held at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12-28 February 2010. On home soil, Canada won medals in the following events: Ice hockey (men), ice hockey (women), curling (men), snowboard men’s parallel giant slalom, speed skating men’s team pursuit, short track speed skating men’s 5000m relay, short track speed skating men’s 500 m, bobsleigh (women’s), freestyle skiing – ladies’ ski cross, figure skating ice dance, men’s skeleton, speed skating ladies 1,000m, ladies’ snowboard cross
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The most goals scored by an individual in an NHL game is seven by Joe Malone for the Quebec Bulldogs in their game against the Toronto St.Patricks in Quebec City on 31 January 1920. The Quebec Bulldogs won the game 10-6.