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6 of the youngest ever athletes to compete at the Olympics - and 5 of the oldest

Talia LakritzJul 10, 2021, 02:22 IST

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Klaus Zerta, age 13, won a gold medal as a coxswain in 1960.
Britain's Lorna Johnstone remains the oldest female Olympian in history at 70 years old.
46-year-old gymnast Oksana Chusovitina will compete in her eighth Olympic Games this summer.

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At 13 years old, Donna de Varona was the youngest member of the US swimming team at the 1960 Olympics.

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At the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, 13-year-old Marjorie Gestring won a gold medal in springboard diving.

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Klaus Zerta, age 13, won a gold medal as a coxswain at the 1960 Olympics along alongside rowers Bernhard Knubel and Heinz Renneberg.

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13-year-old Gaurika Singh of Nepal was the youngest athlete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

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In 1996, Dominique Moceanu became the youngest US gymnast to win gold when she was 14.

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Tara Lipinsky remains the youngest ever gold medalist in Olympic figure skating since her win at the 1998 Olympics at 15 years old.

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Dara Torres became the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal at the 2008 Olympics at age 41.

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Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, age 46, is set to compete in her eighth Olympic Games this summer in Tokyo.

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At 66 years old, equestrian Mary Hanna will become the second-oldest female Olympian in history this summer.

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Lorna Johnstone of Great Britain remains the oldest woman to ever compete in the Olympics at 70 years old.

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Equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu competed in the 2012 London Olympics at age 71.

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