The youngest athlete in the 2008 Games is 12 year old Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouaffo of Cameroon who competed in the women's 50 meter freestyle event. She finished fourth in her preliminary heat and did not qualify for further competition. The official Olympics website lists her birthdate as October 21, 1995.
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).
Yes, he was on the 2000 US Olympic Basketball Team.
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Michael Phelps of the US has the most olympic gold medals (14 total in 2004 and 2008) and the most medals by a male athlete (16 including his 2 bronze medals).
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Swimmer Michael Phelps with 16 (14 gold, 2 bronze).
Carl Lewis (He won 10 Olympic medal, 9 of them gold)
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Jacob Deitchler is an 18 year old that made the 2008 US Olympic team in Greco-Roman wrestling. He is the youngest person to have ever made the team in Greco-Roman wrestling.