World's oldest woman is 117-year-old nun who absolutely loves football A football-fanatic nun from Brazil is thought to now be the world's oldest known living person at 117 after the death of a woman who held the official Guinness World Records title.
Sister Inah Canabarro is believed to be the oldest human alive today following the death of the previous oldest person, Japanese Tomiko Itooka, who died over the weekend aged 116.
She was named the world's oldest in a statement on Saturday by LongeviQuest, an organisation tracking some of the world's oldest residents.
As a teenager, Sister Inah took up religious work and spent two years in Uruguay before moving to Rio de Janeiro and later settling in her home state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Although having lived more recently in a home and relying on a wheelchair, the Teresian nun still sees her 84-year-old nephew every Saturday and sends him regular voice messages.
