Youngest Olympic Gold Medalist

The premier global platform for sporting events, the quadrennial modern Olympic Games welcomes thousands of athletes to participate in hundreds of events. Beginning in 1994, the four-year Olympiad has seen a two-year rotation between the Summer and Winter Olympics. Notably, the Olympics typically take the place of any world championships held in the year they are held.

At the 33rd Olympiad in Paris, France has 10,500 athletes participating from 206 NOCs in 329 events in 32 sports at 16 locations from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Though it appears to cover a lot in nearly two weeks, the second modern Olympics, in 1900, lasted five months, from May to October; it also took place in Paris.

Who is the youngest Olympic gold medalist?

Marjorie Gestring, an American springboard diver, is the youngest Olympic gold medalist, having won at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, at the age of 13 and 268 days.

According to the BBC, Gestring pursued national tournaments following the 1936 Olympics, but her goals to compete in more Olympics were dashed when the 1940 and 1944 Games were canceled due to World War II.

However, there could be an exception to Gestring being considered the youngest Olympic gold medalist. A local French kid was chosen by a Dutch rowing team to be their coxswain at the 1900 Paris Games. After they won gold, a photo was taken, and he vanished into the crowd.

The boy's identity has never been established, even though several candidates have been proposed; it is still one of the biggest mysteries in Olympic history. The general view is that he was 10 years old or less, but this isn't certain, as per the New York Times.

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The youngest Olympic medalists ever are as follows:

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