Marjorie Gestring 

Marjorie Gestring was a springboard diver from the United States who won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany at the age of 13 years. With the cancellation of the Olympics in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II, Gestring did not get a chance to defend her title, and her comeback attempt for the 1948 Summer Olympics failed. 

Bob Mathias 

17-year-old American Bob Mathias won the decathlon only four months after taking up the sport. He is the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win a men's track and field event. By the time Mathias retired from decathlon competition in 1952, he had nine victories in nine competitions. He had won two gold medals separately in 1948 and 1952. In 1954 a film about his early life called The Bob Mathias Story was made, in which he and his wife played themselves. 

Fu Mingxia 

Fu Mingxia was born on August 16, 1978 in Wuhan, Hubei Province. At an early age, her father taught her to swim at a nearby river. She started exercising gymnastics at age 5, soon turning to diving. Fu Mingxia left home at age 9 to train in Beijing. In the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Fu Mingxia became China's youngest Olympic champion ever when she won the 10-meter platform gold at the age of 13. 

Ian Thorpe 

Ian Thorpe was born on 13 October, 1982. He is a former Australian freestyle swimmer. At the age of 14, he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia. Ian Thorpe, 17 years old, won the gold medal in the 400m freestyle by breaking his own world record in Sydney 2000. He has won five Olympic gold medals.
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springboard diving
Marjorie Gestring was a springboard diver from the United States who won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving
1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
World War II,
With the cancellation of the Olympics in 1940 and 1944 because of World War II,
13 October, 1982
13 October, 1982
youngest male to represent Australia in the Olympics
At the age of 14, he became the youngest male ever to represent Australia
two
He had won two gold medals
1948 and 1952
1948 and 1952
400m freestyle
400m freestyle
five
He has won five Olympic gold medals
his own
breaking his own world record in Sydney 2000