Cecilia Colledge of the Great Britain was 11 years, 73 days old when she competed in ladies singles figure skating at the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid. She finished in 8th place.
12, he is the youngest athlete to compete in olympics history.
Inge Sørensen of Denmark was the youngest girl to ever take part in the Olympics. She was 12 yrs, 24 days old when she won a bronze medal in the 200m Breaststroke in 1936.
That was Dorothy Poynton who was 13 years, 24 days old when she competed in women's springboard diving at the 1928 Summer Games in Amsterdam. She finished 2nd, winning the silver medal.
Not sure about youngest competitor but he was just 14-years-old at the time and the youngest British person. No ... the youngest athlete at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing was swimmer Antoinette Guedia of Cameroon (born October 21, 1995) who was 12 years and 300 days old when she competed in women's 50 meter freestyle. She finished 83rd out of 90 contestants. Tom was in fact the youngest ever competitor to compete in an Olympics other than in swimming at Beijing.
The youngest athlete to participate at the Modern Olympics was Dimitrios Loundras of Greece who was 10 years, 216 days old when he competed in men's team parallel bars gymnastics at the 1896 Games in Athens. The youngest athlete to win a gold medal is Marjorie Gestring of the United States who was 13 years, 267 days old when she won the women's springboard diving event at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin.
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you have to be 15 and older to compete in table tennis in the Olympics
You must be 16 or turning 16 the year of Olympics to compete in them.
The youngest participant in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was Antoinette Guedia of Cameroon who was 12 years, 300 days old when she swam in the women's 50 meter freestyle event. She swam the distance in a time of 33.59 seconds which placed her in 83rd place.
Antoinette Guedia of Cameroon who was 12 years, 300 days old when she competed in women's 50 meter freestyle swimming.
The youngest athlete in the 2008 Games is 12 year old Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouaffo of Cameroon who competed in the women's 50 meter freestyle event. She finished fourth in her preliminary heat and did not qualify for further competition. The official Olympics website lists her birthdate as October 21, 1995.
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