10 youngest Olympic medal winners

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Fu Mingxia

Chinese diver Fu Mingxia was incredibly successful at her sport even prior to Olympic victory. 1978-born Mingxia won the gold medal at the World Diving Championships in 1991 aged only 12, a victory that made her the youngest diving champion in the history of the tournament.

The following year, Mingxia competed in the Olympic Games in Barcelona, winning gold at the platform diving event in 1992 at the age of 13.

In the coming years, Mingxia would win another three Olympic gold medals and a silver, across the platform and springboard events.

She took a short retirement after the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, where she won two gold medals, returning to Sydney in 2000 to win a silver there; she eventually retired after this, and today remains one of the most decorated athletes of all time.

Edited by Staff Editor