Who is the oldest person to ever join the Olympics?
After World War I, Swahn returned to the Olympic Games at the age of 72. This made him the oldest-ever competing Olympian. His age did not affect his performances. He won a silver medal in the running deer double-shot team event and also competed in the individual and team single-shot contests. Oscar Swahn (Sweden, b. October 1847) was 72 years 281 days old when he won a silver medal as a member of the men’s 100 m running deer (double shots) shooting team on 27 July 1920 at the Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium.
Who is the youngest Olympian ever?
The youngest documented Olympian is Greek gymnast Dimitrious Loundras, who took part in the 1896 Athens Olympics – the first of the ‘modern Olympic Games’ – at the age of just 10 years and 216 days old. There is no specific age limit for taking part in the Olympic Games. This depends on each International Sports Federation and the rules it lays down for its sport.
Who is the 17 year old girl in the Olympics?
Phoebe Gill: ‘I just can’t believe that I can finally call myself an Olympian’ Age is no barrier when it comes to many things – and that includes athletics. At only 17 years old, middle-distance phenomenon Phoebe Gill is a fine example of this, having already racked up multiple achievements on the running track. The youngest ever medal winner in an individual Olympic Games event was Inge Sørensen of Denmark, who was 12 yrs, 21 days old when she won a bronze medal in the 200m Breaststroke in 1936.X Games gold and Tokyo Olympics bronze Brown was the youngest British Summer Olympian ever, at the age of 13, beating Margery Hinton who was 13 years and 43 days when she competed in the 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics.