Oldest X Games medallist
The record for the oldest X Games medalist is held by Angelika Casteneda (USA) who was 53 years old when she earned a gold medal in 1996 in X Venture Race.
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Oldest X Games athlete
The record for the oldest athlete to compete in the X Games is Angelika Casteneda (USA) who was 53 years old when she competed in the X Venture Race in 1996. Information sourced from the X Games organisers. She is also the oldest medalist on-record at the X Games with a silver in 1995 and gold in 1996.
Oldest winner, Indianapolis 500
Al Unser (USA) was 47 years, 360 days old when he won the 71st Indianapolis 500, on 24 May 1987.
Only artist in US chart history to have seven singles debut in the top 10 of the hot 100
Taylor Swift (USA) is the only artist to have seven of her singles enter the Top 10 of the US Hot 100, breaking the record of five set by Mariah Carey (USA) in 1998. The tracks concerned are: “Jump” (2008), “Fearless” (2008), “Jump Then Fall” (2009), ”Today Was A Fairytale” (2010), “Mine” (2010), “Speak Now” (2010) and “Back To December” (2010).
Player reaching 2,000 shots on goal the fastest
During the 2010-11 season Alex Ovechkin (Russia) became the fastest player to reach 2,000 careers shots on goal since the National Hockey League (NHL) started keeping the statistic in 1967. Ovechkin, playing for the Washington Capitals (USA), reached the mark in 4 ½ seasons – no one else has done it in six. He had 288 of them go into the net as goals.
Parachuting – largest freefall formation (women)
The largest women’s free fall formation consisted of 151 skydivers and was formed at the Jump For The Cause charity event over Perris Valley, California, USA on 30 September 2005.
Pro Stock Motorbike, NHRA Drag racing, Fastest speed
The highest terminal velocity for a petrol-driven piston-engined motorcycle (Pro Stock) is 318.08 km/h (197.65 mph) by Michael Phillips (USA) at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA on 18 July 2010.
Pro Stock (Car), NHRA Drag racing, Fastest speed
The highest terminal velocity for a petrol-driven, piston-engined car (Pro Stock) is 341.92 km/h (212.46 mph), achieved by Greg Anderson (USA) at Concord, North Carolina USA, on 27 March 2010.
Pogo stick jumping – most jumps in a minute
The record for the most pogo stick jumps in one minute is 257 achieved by Tone Staubs (USA) at Pogopalooza 8 in Costa Mesa, California, USA on 28 July 2011.
Pogo stick jumping – distance
The farthest distance bouncing on a pogo stick in 24 hours is 33.37 km (23.22 miles), by James Roumeliotis (USA) at Pogopalooza 9, in Costa Mesa, California, USA, on 26 July 2012. James bounced for 14 hours and 32 minutes to achieve this distance.