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There are reports of old rowing (crew) teams recruiting young kids to be their cox.
I think there is some rumor that the 1900 Dutch gold medal team had a 7 year old French boy as their cox on the boat.
There used to be 11 and 12 year old competitors occasionally, especially in diving and gymnastics and a 12 year old girl took a bronze medal in the 200m swimming event in 1936 as the youngest medalist ever (discounting the 7 year old French boy).
Of course, Olympians are restricted to 14 years old now so those records are unlikely to be broken.
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