Thorpe
women's 2 person bobsled was admitted to the 2002 Winter Olympics
Ronnie Steragte at the age of 9 years 312 days on rings.
No, Apolo Ohno's father (Yuki Ohno) was there in person to watch his son compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The International Federation of Gymnastics has a requirement of an athlete turning 16 years old in the Olympic year to compete. Figure skating has an age requirement of turning 15 by July 1 of the year before the Winter Olympics to compete. Other than that, there are no age requirements.
Wilma Rudolph
Yao Ming of China at 7'5"
Carl August Kronlund of Sweden. Carl was 58 years, 155 days old when he competed with the Swedish team in curling at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. He and the team won a silver medal.
Bjørn Dæhlie
there was no 2008 winter Olympics. There was a 2008 SUMMER Olympics but not winter. There were a bunch of different people that won different medals in different sports in the summer '08 Olympics, not just one person winning the whole thing.
Latvia's first Olympic competition was at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix. They sent two athletes to compete, speed skater Alberts Rumba and cross country skier Roberts Plūme. Rumba was the first to compete, skating in the men's 500 meters on January 26 and finishing 16th.
The Winter Olympics were first held in 1924 in the French resort of Chamonix and were imagined by Eugene Brunettea d'Usseaux (ITA) in 1911