The most gold medals won consecutively in the men’s Olympic Discus competition is four, consecutively, by Al Oerter (USA) in Melbourne, Australia (1956), Rome, Italy (1960), Tokyo, Japan (1964) and Mexico City, Mexico (1968).

The most people kissing simultaneously is 39,879 in an event organized by Gobierno del Distrito Federal, at the Zocalo, in Mexico DF, Mexico, on 14 February 2009. At tne moment of the last call for the record there were at the square 40,225 people. The final figure is odd because kisses between more than 2 people (like families, etc) were allowed.

The most people modelling on a catwalk is 3,083 and was achieved by Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Moda, Casa de Francia (Mexico) in Mexico City, Mexico, on 24 November 2013. The 3,083 participants were all trained in how to work a catwalk in a professional manner prior to the record attempt. It took 2 hours 49 minutes for all participants to walk along the catwalk.

The record for the most people stargazing, multiple venues, was achieved by the country of Mexico on 3 December 2011 with 2,753 people observing the moon from 33 different locations. 41 total locations were registered. 8 locations were discounted as there were less than 25 people in each.

The most people lassoing simultaneously is 69 set by attendees at the Campeonato Nacional Charro in an event organised by the Guadalajara Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism, at Lienzo Charro Nito Acevez, Guadalajara, Mexico, on 4 September 2010. 81 people took part in total but 12 were discounted for not keeping the rope moving for the full 2 minutes. The participants did much more than simply twirl the lasso, many were “floreando la soga” the closest English translation being “trick roping”. This even was Continue reading →

The sisters Delfina and María de Jesús Gonzáles, of Mexico, abducted girls to work in brothels and are known to have murdered at least 90 of their victims. The sisters were sentenced to 40 years imprisonment in 1964

The oldest player to play in the Davis Cup is Yaka-Garonfin Koptigan (Togo) aged 59 years and 147 days on 27 May 2001 against Mauritius.

The oldest tennis player is José Guadalupe Leal Lemus (Mexico, b. 13 December 1902) who began playing tennis in 1925 and has been playing regularly ever since, aged 101, a total of 79 years. He currently plays every Wednesday at the Club Campestre Morelia, Morelia, Mexico with a group of doctors, 20-25 years his junior. correct as at 6 May 2004. email karina karinagcl@yahoo.com for updates

The oldest touring circus in the world is the Circo Atayde, which opened on August 26 1888 in the Plaza de Toros, Mazatlán, Mexico, and has been run continuously by the Atayde family ever since. Circo Atayde tours regularly under the big top, mostly in Mexico and with forays in other Central American and South American countries. In the winter, it has a Holiday Season in a large sport arena in Mexico City. After some 120 years, it has become an institution in Mexico.

The richest person alive is Carlos Slim Helú (Mexico), with an estimated worth of $53.5 billion (£35.23 billion) to top the 2010 Forbes list of the World’s Billionaires. Slim has amassed a self-made fortune that includes fixed-line telephone assets, a construction conglomerate, and stakes in financial group Inbursa, Bronco Drilling, Independent News & Media, Saks and New York Times Co. He increased his wealth by $18.5 billion in the previous year, helping knock Bill Gates off the top spot for just the second time since Continue reading →