Who was the youngest person ever to win an Olympic medal?

Question

P.S. It was a gold medal, also.

Answer 1

Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) of Sugar Land, Texas is an accomplished figure skater and media celebrity. She was Olympic Champion in Figure Skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics. At those games, she became the youngest gold medalist (at age 15) in the history of the Olympic Winter Games, a record that still stands.
Lipinski first came to national prominence when she won the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival competition, which at the time was a junior-level competition. Later that season she placed 4th at the 1995 World Junior Championships and 2nd in the junior level at the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Already, by that time, Lipinski was the subject of a great deal of media attention. In late 1995, after a disappointing 5th-place finish at the 1996 World Junior Championships, Lipinski changed coaches from Jeff Di Gregorio at the University of Delaware to Richard Callaghan in Detroit. Moving up to the senior level, she benefitted from the withdrawal of Nicole Bobek from the 1996 U.S. Championships to place 3rd at that event and qualify for the (senior) World Championships, where she placed 15th. That year, the International Skating Union voted to raise the minimum age for participating at the senior World Championships to 15. Lipinski, who was 13 at the time, and other skaters who had already competed at the World Championships before the new age requirement was introduced were "grandfathered" into remaining eligible for future events. In 1997, Lipinski unexpectedly won both the U.S. and World Championships. She became the youngest person ever to win either of those titles, at the age of 14. At the 1996 U.S. Postal Challenge, Lipinski became the first female skater to land a triple loop/triple loop jump combination, which became her signature element. The following season, Lipinski got off to a shaky start. She lost to Kwan at the fall Skate America event, to Laetitia Hubert at Trophee Lalique, and to Kwan again at the 1998 U.S. Championships. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, both Lipinski and Kwan skated excellent programs, with Lipinski winning a narrow victory.


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Answer 2

The first rate Olympic website verifies the tale of the more youthful cox for the Dutch. They be conscious of in person-friendly words that he replaced into between 7 and 12. The youngest confirmed winner replaced into Dimitrios Loundras, in 1896 who gained a bronze in the crew parallel bars on the age of 10 years 218 days. Youngest woman replaced into Luigin Giavotti who gained a crew silver in gymnastics int 1928 on the age of 11 years, 302 days.

Answer 3

was it Dominique Morcianeu? Not sure of the spelling. She was about 10 years old when she won a gold medal for Gymnastics

Answer 4

I believe Tara Lipinski won when she was 12.

Answer 5

michelle kwan? jsut a guess