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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.
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Who was the youngest male swimmer to win a Olympic gold medal for United States?
Warren Paoa Kealoha who won gold in 100 meter backstroke at the age of 16 years, 174 days at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.
What were Ian Thorpe's earliest successes?
Ian Thorpe's earliest successes include becoming the youngest male swimmer to break a world record, winning a gold medal at the 1998 World Championships at the age of 15, and breaking multiple world records in the 200m and 400m freestyle events in the early 2000s.
Who is the youngest Olympic swimmer ever?
It's hard to answer this question. Not all swimmers attending the Olympics have to make the qualifying times. The Olympics awards wild card entries to countries without developed swimming programs. So there may be young swimmers competing who are not at the elite level. However, here is other trivia on young swimmers at the Olympic Games: The youngest swimmer ever to win a medal (as well as youngest to ever win a gold medal) is Kyoko Iwasaki of Japan who won the 200 meter breaststroke at the 1992 Barcelona Games. When she won, she was 14 years and six days old. She broke the previous record for youngest ever medalist, which was held by Krisztina Egerszegi of Hungary, who won the silver medal in the 100 meter backstroke at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. The youngest male swimmer ever to win a gold medal was Kusuo Kitamura, who won the 1500 meter freestyle at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles at the age of 14 years and 309 days. Michael Phelps was the youngest Amercan male qualify for the U.S. Olympic team in 68 years when he went to the 2000 Games in Sydney at the age of 15.
What some of Michael Phelps' childhood accomplishments?
he started swimming when he was 7 and he became the youngest male swimmer in the world when he was 15
Who was the first Australian male to win gold at the Olympics?
Edwin Flack was the first Australian male to win a gold medal in Olympics.He won a gold medal in Mens 800m race in Athens on 1896 olympics.
Who was the first male to win a gold medal?
Gillis Grafström
Which male has won the gold medal in the summer Olympics?
vince shaw
Who had the male high jump world record but not an Olympic gold medal?
Javier Sotomayor of Cuba held the male high jump world record with a mark of 2.45 meters, but he did not win an Olympic gold medal during his career.
Which male swimmer has won the most gold medals in modern Olympics?
Michael Phelps for The United States! he won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Which male Australian swimmer has won the most olympic gold medals?
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is Ian Thorpe with 5 gold medals. Murray Rose is next with 4.
Who was the first british male to win an olympic gold medal?
Launceston Elliot-1896 single handed weight lift
Who was the first Indian man to win a gold medal at commonwealtlh games games?
Lila Ram was the first Indian (male or female) to win a Commonwealth Games Gold Medal; he won the 100kg wrestling event at the 1958 Cardiff Games.
