Nova Scotia skater breaks Guinness World Record as fastest spinner
Olivia Rybicka-Oliver, 12, broke record as fastest spinner on ice during Poland event
A 12-year-old Hammond Plains skater has spun her way into Guinness World Records.
Olivia Rybicka-Oliver achieved 342 r.p.m. while performing at a children's charity event on Jan. 19 in Warsaw, Poland. She was 11 at the time.
She smashed the previous record of 308 r.p.m. set in 2006 by Natalia Kanounnikova, 26, of Russia, at the Rockefeller Center in New York City.
"We had to send reports, videos, media footage and witness statements to Guinness World Records in London, England, and then the waiting period was quite long, but I'm so happy it finally came through," Rybicka-Oliver said in a news release Monday.
Her appearance at the Warsaw event raised $20,000 to grant wishes made by children with life-threatening diseases.
Rybicka-Oliver now has a new fundraising campaign. Together with her parents, she is raising money to bring two terminally ill children from Poland to Canada on their "wish trip" to visit the country of their dreams; Rybicka-Oliver will be one of the chaperones on the journey.