The youngest woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal was Helene Mayer of Germany. She won the Women's Individual Foil event in 1928 at the age of 17.
Gillian Sheen was the first and only British woman to win a gold medal in Olympic fencing. She did it in 1956, at the age of 28, in the Individual Women's Foil event.
That was Marjorie Gestring of the United States who won gold in 3 meter springboard diving at the 1936 Games in Berlin. She the youngest person to win a gold medal in Olympic history, man or woman.
Tara Lipinski. She is still the youngest woman ever to have won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating, at age fifteen.
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Gladys Davis won a silver medal at the 1924 Olympics in the Individual Women's Foil event.
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Mariel Zagunis of the United States.
Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in women's 69 kg weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. She is the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
She was 84 and she won Gold in the 100m
Poltroon was awarded the individual bronze medal at the 1980 alternate Olympic Games. The rider of Poltroon was the first woman to win an Olympic medal in the sport.
Woman,s 4_100 free style relay