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I think 15 is the youngest. (figure skating)
Tara Lipinski was the youngest figure skating gold medalist. She won it when she was 15 years old in the 1998 Olympics.
A Lot because you need the practice to compete with the Pros.
No, figure skating is in the Winter Olympics and will be competed in the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Tara Lipinski. She is still the youngest woman ever to have won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating, at age fifteen.
There are winter Olympics so people with winter sports interest can compete in the games. eg. Skiing, figure skating. Summer Olympics so people with summer sports can compete in the games. Gymnastics, swimming...ect.
Madge Syers entered a male figure skating competition in 1902. Madge came in second. Because of her, women had their own event in 1905.
China sent 24 athletes to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid to compete in figure skating, speed skating, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and biathlon. They did not win any medals. The 1980 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Olympics that China competed in.
Cecilia Colledge of the Great Britain was 11 years, 73 days old when she competed in ladies singles figure skating at the 1932 Winter Games in Lake Placid. She finished in 8th place.
The first figure skating competition at the Olympics was at the 1908 Games in London.
was there a time when figure skating not contested in the olympics
Kristi Yamaguchi participated in one Olympics, the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville where she won a gold medal in women's singles figure skating.