Joy Foster

She set the Guinness World Record as the youngest sportsperson to represent their country in an international match when she participated in the West Indies Championship in 1958, aged eight.

Unable to reach the table, she would stand on a box as she played against her brothers Dave and Maurice.

[1] Her father, Audley George Foster, known as "Gig" or "Mr Fos", was her coach.

In 1958 at age 8, Foster won a place in the Guinness record book as the world's youngest person to represent their country in international competition.

[3] Foster won the Jamaican Open Women's Singles title twice before the age of 12.