The youngest person to have visited both geographical poles is Jonathan Silverman (USA) (b. 13 June 1990), who reached the North Pole on 25 July 1999 and the South Pole on 10 January 2002, aged 11 years 211 days. Jonathan reached the North Pole as part of a tourist expedition on the Russian icebreaker Yamal, and the South Pole on another tourist expedition, landing at the pole by aircraft from Chile.

At 19 years 170 days, Sidney Crosby (b. 7 August 1987, Canada) of the Pittsburgh Penguins (USA) was in the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL) All-Star Game on 24 January 2007, becoming the youngest-ever player elected by the fans since All-Star fan balloting began in 1986.

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.

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 Continue reading →

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.

At 35 years 8 days, Alex Rodriguez, (b. 27 July 1975, USA) became the youngest player in baseball history to reach 600 career home runs when he homered off Shaun Marcum (USA) pitching for the Toronto Blue Jays (Canada) at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York (USA) on 4 August 2010. The next youngest was Babe Ruth at 36 years 196 days. Rodriguez is also the youngest player to hit 500 career home runs (32 years 8 days), accomplished off Kyle Davies (USA) pitching for Continue reading →

At age 24 years 59 days, Josh Smith (USA, b. 5 December 1985) is the youngest player in NBA history to reach 1,000 career blocked shots. He reached the mark while playing for the Atlanta Hawks (USA) on 2 February 2010.

The fastest recorded lacrosse shot was 111 mph (178.64 km/h), most recently by Paul Rabil (USA) at the Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game’s Fastest Shot competition in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on 8 July 2010. Rabil was also the first ever recorded to hit 111 mph at the 2009 competition in Denver, Colorado, USA. The competition requires that the competitor must shoot from 10 yards beyond goal and that the shot must successfully enter the goal.