The World's Top Ten Youngest Record Breakers

It's as if world records were designed to be broken. As though there is a never-ending bar set in place, constantly forcing humanity to raise the stakes. Setting records and the people who manage to break them are always fascinating, no matter how unusual, strange, or stupid we find them. It's even more incredible when you consider that many of these record-breakers are people who have only been alive for a short time. So, who were some of the globe's youngest world record-breakers? What circumstances made it possible for them to break those records? We'll look at ten of the world's youngest record setters and breakers in this list.

Let's take a look at some of the most famous, well-known, and skilled Youngest Record Breakers

#10 Tucker Roussin

Tucker Roussin, a 24-week-old unborn child, is the newest addition to the list of young people who have broken records. Tucker's mother was 20 weeks pregnant when physicians discovered her fetus had a pericardial teratoma, a rare cardiac ailment. A tumor grows on the heart's sac lining as a result of this disorder. This tumor was fast expanding in Tucker's instance, to the point where it was almost as big as his heart! Doctors determined that while still in his mother's womb, he would need open-heart surgery.

Tucker's doctors thought that he only had a week to live. Tucker's parents sought help from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which specialized in the difficult treatment. Tucker's chest and arm were delicately pulled through an insertion made in his mother's uterus by a team of surgeons there, who amazingly completed the surgery. Tucker Roussin became the youngest person ever to undergo open-heart surgery when the tumor was removed. And it's a nail-biting one, to say the least! Tucker came into the world 14 weeks later.

#9 Julian Pavone

Julian Pavone, a four-year-old drummer from Detroit, Michigan, became the world's youngest professional drummer when he performed his 20th live show in 2009. He began drumming on his father's lap when he was just three months old. His father encouraged his son to practise every day, which piqued his curiosity. Julian has performed on shows like The Opera Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, The Maury Show, Inside Edition, The Today Show, and The Tonight Show.

Julian is also a world-record-breaking innovator, having been granted a patent for his own creations. Julian's Drum Gloves and the Abracadabra Stain Cover-up (at age 4) (at age 7). But he didn't stop there. Along with these, he launched his own snack brand, Julian's GO Bars, and established his own organization, the Bizzy Company, to assist other young aspiring artists and entrepreneurs in achieving their ambitions. Remarkable achievements that most people would take years or decades to achieve

#8 Arham Om Talsania

Many people who want to be computer programmers spend four years in college to get a degree in the field. This was not the case for Arham Om Talsania, a six-year-old Indian boy from Ahmedabad. As the world's youngest computer programmer, he set a world record. He began using tablets at the age of two, growing his interest in computer programming through gadgets, video games, and puzzle solving. After his father taught him the basics of programming, he began to construct his own small micro games. He learned to code from his father as well. By passing the Python programming language exam with this newfound knowledge and skill, he was able to set a new world record.

Arham set the record just a day before his seventh birthday. Not a bad way to give himself an early birthday present! Arham hopes to use his abilities to aid the less fortunate in the future as a business entrepreneur. Putting his technologically astute mind to good use for the greater good.

#7 Greta Thunberg

Young people, as the ones who will inherit Earth in the future, are understandably concerned about the rising environmental challenges that are affecting people all over the world. According to a poll performed between 2015 and 2018, 51% of individuals aged 18 to 34 believed global warming would be a problem in their lifetime. Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist, just shattered the 90-year-old record for the youngest TIME person of the year award. She's been generating headlines and receiving a lot of media attention for her activism and climate change protests since 2018, catapulting her to celebrity status.

She initially became aware of the severe climatic condition when she was seven or eight years old, and she took it upon herself to do something about it. Her profound concern for the environment led her to do everything from shutting off the lights in her family's house to go on a month-long strike at her school. She also went from taking part in street protests to having a wide enough platform to demand real change from international leaders and laws affecting the environment.

Her efforts were rewarded. Her first school protest sparked a global movement known as "Fridays for Future," which includes numerous large-scale protests around the world. Her many followers, including well-known world luminaries and politicians, are rallying behind her in her efforts to bring about worldwide change.

#6 Aashman Taneja

Aashman Taneja is a committed Taekwondo student. This Oakridge first-grader in Hyderabad, India, set a Guinness World Record for the most nonstop full contact knee strikes in one hour. At the age of five, he had already racked up over 1200 knee strikes. Incredible! Aashman was first inspired to learn Taekwondo by his sister. Myra, who is ten years old, has broken three world records in Taekwondo. At the age of four, Aashman began training in martial arts alongside his sister. He is very dedicated to the sport and follows a tight programme of practising his kicks for an hour four times a week, as well as attending special instruction with his Great Master, Jayanth Reddy.

While achieving success in his favourite activity, he manages to maintain a healthy balance in his life by maintaining good grades in school and engaging in other enjoyable activities such as rock climbing and art.

#5 Roxanne Downs

Flipping through magazines is a beloved activity for many women and girls, which many of them began at a young age. Magazines have always seemed to pander to young girls, whether they are hunting for their favourite celebrities or wishing to be just like the supermodels seen within the pages. Roxanne Downs, an Australian, not only took up the hobby, but she also aspired to contribute to it by becoming the youngest magazine editor at the age of eight, as so many other females do.

Roxanne has always excelled at reading and writing, according to her father, Michael Downs. Roxanne was a social butterfly who was aware of the types of interests her friends discussed, which would aid her in determining what would appeal to females her age. Roxanne appeared like the right person for the position when tween girl magazine It GiRL started looking for editors inside their target group. Her responsibilities would include visiting launches, developing editorial concepts, conducting market research, producing monthly editor's letters, and assessing magazines before to printing. After six months of editing for It GiRL, she was awarded the world record title.

#4 Montannah Kenney

Montannah Kenney, who was just shy of her seventh birthday at the time, became the youngest girl to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in March of 2018. In just over a week, she and her mother, Hollie Kenney, reached the peak of Uhuru Peak. They completed this achievement despite adverse weather circumstances such as continual rain and snow, as well as breathing thin air at high altitudes with poor vision.

Montannah would be nine years old in 2019, when the mother-daughter climbing team planned their trip. Montannah would need a special authorization to climb because the minimum age limit is ten years old. As a result, they devised a strategy for their journey. They immediately learned of the existing record holder for the title, Roxy Getter, who was eight years old at the time. When Montannah stated that she wanted to break the record, it hastened their plans.

They put in lengthy hours of training and made sure Montannah acquired her special permit, which allowed her to skip the age requirement. When asked about her motivations, she didn't mention the possibility of breaking a world record. It was especially important to her to do it in honour of her late father, who died when she was just three years old. Getting to the top of Kilimanjaro meant getting a little closer to her heavenly father.

#3 Ritaj Alhazmi

Rita Alhazmi was enthralled by the world of writing fiction as a young child in Saudi Arabia, where her parents would take her to libraries and learning seminars. She was enthralled by the possibility of realising any notion via innovative writing. She decided to give it a chance and authored Treasure of the Lost Sea, a three-novel series for which she signed a publishing contract in 2020. Her books Treasure of the Lost Sea, Portal of the Hidden World, and Beyond the Future World have all won prizes. Ritaj was just 11 when the first two were released.

She aspires to push the boundaries in order to better tailor books to the interests of her age group. "I think the novels for my age are still not adequate," she believes, in her own words. More texts that speak to us are needed."

She was initially inspired to become a writer by fiction, but she is now also inspired to write nonfiction. Bill Gates' book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, in particular, encouraged her to take action. She aspires to win the Nobel Prize for Literature by inspiring other young people to write and pursue their dreams.

#2 Zara Rutherford

To say the least, flying solo around the world is a difficult endeavour. Consider the case of Amelia Earhart. Possibly the most well-known female pilot in the history of aviation. In her endeavour to become the first woman in aviation to fly around the world, she inexplicably vanished and was pronounced dead at the age of 41. Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot, broke the world record for the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in 2022, in the spirit of Amelia Earheart. Shaesta Waiz, a 30-year-old American aviator who completed her journey in 2017, held the previous world record.

Her journey was not without difficulties. She had to deal with a hard winter in Europe, as well as subzero weather in Siberia. On the other hand, she experienced hot conditions in Indonesia. Other natural barriers, such as fog, smoke, wildfires, and a typhoon, caused significant delays in her flight because she had to wait for them to pass before continuing to fly safely. When she was confronted with these scenarios, she would frequently worry for her own life—all while suffering homesickness.

It wasn't all doom and gloom for her, though. She met a diverse range of people and cultures during her travels, which took her to five continents and 41 countries! Although she was expected to complete her journey in three months, the number of impediments she encountered caused her to be stranded for weeks at a time. Despite this, she persevered and finished her voyage after 155 days, arriving in her native nation of Belgium.

#1 Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai was born in Swat Valley, Pakistan, on July 12, 1997, to Ziauddin Yousafzai, a Pakistani diplomat and activist. She grew up under the Taliban's persecution and the military's harsh treatment of women. She became well-known for her anti-Taliban activity and for speaking out against the persecution of women in her region.

She initially had the opportunity to do so when users of the BBC Urdu website sought out the experiences of a young school girl in the region owing to political turmoil and the absence of educational rights for girls. She began writing blogs to share her experiences and everything she had seen. Many people did not like her outspokenness against them because of the political upheaval and religious fundamentalist movement in the region. As a result, she became a target.

A masked man followed her aboard her bus home one day and demanded to know which girl she was. The man shot her, and the bullet narrowly missed her brain and left eye as it travelled through her head. But she amazingly lived. Her narrative has influenced people all across the world. She rose to prominence as a symbol of women's rights and the struggle against sexism. She gave her first statement to the United Nations since being shot in 2013, advocating that every kid have the right to an education. In October 2014, two years after she was shot, she became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.