11. Hornish, whose best previous finish in his first eight IRL starts was third last spring in Las Vegas, is by far the youngest winner in IRL history. 12. In becoming the youngest Olympic winner, she beat American compatriot and rival Michelle Kwan, who took the silver after a flowing but somewhat slow-paced program. 13. It is more than five years since Michael Chang shocked Stefan Edberg and the tennis establishment at the French Open and became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner. 14. Kiefer, who became the youngest winner of a tournament this year in Toulouse, France, could not hold serve in the second either. 15. Lipinski became the youngest winner of the U.S. figure skating crown last February. 16. Mats Wilander prefers to remember the day he became the youngest French Open winner. 17. Since then, Hingis has won four tournaments, including the Australian Open where she became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner of this century. 18. That all changed when his daughter won the Australian Open earlier this year, becoming the youngest Grand Slam singles winner of the century. 19. That made Hingis the youngest winner in a major this century. 20. The announcement came a day after Woods won the Byron Nelson Classic, the first tournament he had entered since becoming the youngest winner in Masters history. |