At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games the age requirement was only 14 years old. Many young 14 year old athletes competed in the games.
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∙ 2014-09-18 00:23:32Michael_Phelps15 years and 9 months, the youngest man everto win swimming meddles
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, the youngest U.S. athlete was diver Mary Dunnichay who was 15 years, 169 days old when she competed in women's platform synchronized diving. She finished 5th in the event with her partner, Haley Ishimatsu, who was also 15 years old (30 days shy of her 16th birthday).
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.
Tara Lipinski at 15 years of age.
Tom entered the 2008 Olympic Games when he was 14-years-old. He was one of the youngest competitors.
No. The Iranian Olympic Team first had women athletes at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo. They were: 1) Nazli Bayat Makou - high jump 2) Juliette Geverkof - shot put and discus 3) Simin Safamehr - long jump and 100 meter dash 4) Jamileh Sorouri - gymnastics Jamileh Sorouri was the youngest Iranian athlete to compete at the 1964 Games at the age of 14 years, 226 days and to this day remains the youngest Iranian athlete to compete at an Olympic Games.
Entering the Olympic games requires many years of determination, training, and following the rules of the International Federation. The home country is responsible for entering the athlete into the Olympics.
67-year-old Hiroshi Hoketsu, a dressage rider for the Japanese equestrian team
British Equestrian, Lorna Johnstone was 70 years and 5 days old when she rode at the 1972 Games, thus being the oldest woman ever to compete at an Olympic Games.
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Kuzuo Kitamura of Japan.Kitamura was 14 years, 10 months old when he won gold in the men's 1500 meter freestyle at the 1932 Summer Games in Los Angeles. He is the youngest male athlete, whose age can be documented, to win a gold medal in an individual event in Olympic history.
Summer games= 4 years Winter games= 2 years