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The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
Gaedel had worked as a riveter during World War II, as he was able to crawl inside the wings of airplanes. [8] He was a professional performer, belonging to the American Guild of Variety Artists (AGVA). After the war, Gaedel was hired in 1946 by Mercury Records as a mascot to portray the "Mercury Man". He sported a winged hat similar to the ...
John Millman became the first male in Olympic tennis history to win a match by the score of 6–0, 6–0 when he defeated Ričardas Berankis in the first round of the tennis tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [11]
The new edition just came out and is chockfull of amazing animals, bizarre talent and incredible sports achievements. 2020 Guinness World Records: Shortest horse, largest hula hoop and more weird ...
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
Yü-chih is listed as the World's shortest non-mobile man living, a title he has held non-consecutively since 2009. [11] 1972– Colombia: 70.21 cm (27.64 in) Edward Niño Hernández: Named the shortest man after Pingping died in March 2010, at 27.64 in (70.21 cm), but lost the title in October 2010 to Magar. [12] Edward re-gained the title of ...
The World Dwarf Games (WDG) are a multi-sport event for athletes of short stature. The WDG have been held every four years since 1993 and are the world's largest sporting event exclusively for athletes with skeletal dysplasia. [1] Many Paralympians with growth disorders start their sports careers here.
Rugby football in Canada had its origins in the early 1860s, and over time, a unique code of football known as Canadian football developed. Both the Canadian Football League (CFL), the sport's top professional league, and Football Canada, the governing body for amateur play, trace their roots to 1882 and the founding of the Canadian Rugby Football Union (later reorganized as the Canadian Rugby ...