The most men’s ice hockey World Championships won by a nation is 24 by Canada in 1920-32, 1934-35, 1937-39, 1948, 1950-52, 1958-59, 1961, 1994, 1997 and 2003-04 and 2007. The hockey world championships are held annually by the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation). It was inaugarated in 1920.
The most men’s ice hockey World Championships won by a nation is four by Sweden in 1921, 1923-24 and 1932. This Championship was discontinued in 1932, and European Championship medals were awarded to European participants in World Championships until 1991.
198 melons smashed, Romaap, 13 December 2008
The most wins of the Moto Grand Prix championships is six and was achieved by Valentino Rossi (Italy) in 2002-2005 and 2008 – 2009. Racing for the FIAT Yamaha Team Valentino Rossi acquired 306 points winning six of the 17 races he took part in, he also managed 13 podiums. The Moto GP was insituted in 2002 replacing the World Motorcycling Championship 500cc Grand Prix. Rossi has also won one world title in the 500cc Grand Prix category, one world title in 250 cc and
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The most mousetrap triggered in a line is 1,508 traps and was achieved by Synology Inc. (Chinese Taipei) in Hulian, Chinese Taipei, on 13 September 2013. The mousetraps were triggered in a similar manner to dominoes and toppled in a circle formation.
Alaa El-din Gabr (Egypt) has been captain of the Egyptian national team in three different sports: Swimming (1970-78), modern pentathlon (1980) and tenpin bowling (1997-98). He has also represented Egypt at water polo.
Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey won nine Olympic 100 m and 200 m medals – three silver and six bronze – between the 1980 Games in Moscow, Russia, and the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia. The bronze won in the individual 100 m in Sydney was awarded in 2009, after the gold medallist, Marion Jones (USA), was stripped of her title due to a drugs offence.
The most numbered iterations of a fighting game series is 13, for the King of Fighters (SNK Playmore, 1994) series, with its 13th edition released into arcades in July 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011
The North Pole Marathon has been held annually since 2002, and the course at the geographic North Pole has been certified by the Association of International Marathons and Road Races. The fastest men’s completion time to date is 3 hr 36 min 10 sec by Thomas Maguire (Ireland) in the 2007 marathon, and the fastest woman is Cathrine Due (Denmark) in 5 hr 37 min 14 sec in the 2008 marathon.
According to the Nobel Foundation, Iceland has 3.36 Nobel Laureates for every 1 million head of population. Sweden runs a close second place with 3.33 Laureates per million.