Who is the Oldest gold medal winner at the Olympic Games?

Answer 1

That is Oscar Swahn of Sweden who won gold in the 100 meter team running deer shooting event at the 1912 Games in Stockholm. At 64 years of age he became the oldest person to win a gold medal in the Olympics. Swahn is also the oldest person to win a medal in the Olympics, having won silver in the same event eight years later in Antwerp at the age of 72.

Answer 2

The oldest gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics has been Chinese Badminton champ, Zhang Ning, at age 33.

http://tvnz.co.nz/content/2008669 All time the oldest was Oscar Swahn of Sweden, a shooter who won gold in 1912 at age 64. Eight years later at 72 years of age he was part of a team event that won silver.

Answer 3

Oscar Swahn won a gold medal as part of the Swedish shooting team in 1912 at the age of 64 making him the oldest gold medal winner.

The oldest female gold medal winner was Queenie Newall who won the women's Archery title in 1908 at the age of 53.

Answer 4

Through the 2006 Games in Turin, that was Robin Welsh of Great Britain who won gold with the curling team at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix at the age of 54 years, 102 days.

The oldest gold medalist of an individual event was Duff Gibson of Canada who won the men's skeleton event at the 2006 Games in Turin at the age of 39 years, 193 days.

Answer 5

Oscar Swahn is the oldest person to win a medal in the Olympics, having won silver in the 100 meter team running deer shooting event in Antwerp at the age of 72.

Answer 6

Sybil Newall of Great Britain in double round archery at the 1908 Games in London. She was 53 years, 275 days old when she won the gold medal.

Answer 7

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