World-wide? Not sure.
But the youngest BRITISH MALE Olympian was Kenneth Lester, a coxswain in the 1960 Rome Olympics. He was 13 years, 144 days old, and was eliminated early.
I wonder who is the youngest Olympian to win a medal...
Now, exactly what is a coxswain?
PS My spell check says the word coxwain needed an s.
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