Tara Lipinski
Figure skater Tara Lipinski who won gold in ladies singles, at age 15 years and 254 days, at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.
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Through the 2006 Games in Turin, the oldest athlete to participate in the Winter Games is Carl August Kronlund who was 58 years, 155 days old when he won a silver medal with the Swedish curling team at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix.
Marjorie Gestring of the United States was the youngest to win a gold medal. She was 13 years, 268 days old when she won gold in the 3 meter springboard at the 1936 Games in Berlin. Inge Sorensen of Denmark is the youngest athlete to win a medal in an individual event. She won bronze in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Games in Berlin at the age of 12 years. Dimitrios Loundras of Greece is the youngest athlete to win a medal at the Olympics. He was 10 years, 216 days old when he won silver as part of the Greek team that placed second in team parallel bars at the 1896 Games in Athens.
The youngest athlete to participate at the Modern Olympics was Dimitrios Loundras of Greece who was 10 years, 216 days old when he competed in men's team parallel bars gymnastics at the 1896 Games in Athens. The youngest athlete to win a gold medal is Marjorie Gestring of the United States who was 13 years, 267 days old when she won the women's springboard diving event at the 1936 Summer Games in Berlin.
One British athlete won a medal at the 2006 Games, that being Shelley Rudman who won silver in women's skeleton.
There has been one athlete to win a gold medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics. That was Eddie Eagen of the United States who won gold in light heavyweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp and gold in four man bobsled at the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
Is this a sports question or a language one? What about: My friend Cheri not only won a medal but also earned the title 'Athlete of the Games.' or more simply, but not as good: My friend Cheri won a medal and earned the title 'Athlete of the Games.'
Michael_Phelps15 years and 9 months, the youngest man everto win swimming meddles
Every Athlete that won an event at the Olympic Games
Hanni Wenzel. Hanni won gold in women's giant slalom and slalom at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. She also won a silver in downhill at the 1980 Games. Her brother Andreas won a silver medal at the 1980 Games in giant slalom.