16-year-old Mia Brookes is the world's youngest-ever snowboarding champion (Credit: teamgb.com/ CC-BY-SA-2.0)

On February 27, 2023, British teenager, Mia Brookes, became the youngest-ever snowboarding world champion. The 16-year-old achieved the feat after winning the gold in the slopestyle event at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in Bakuriani, Georgia. Brookes is the first British athlete to win the title.