Wu is the oldest female diver to win gold in the Olympics who won the 3 - meter springboard at 28 in the 1972 Munich Games .
The oldest female diver to win gold in the Olympics is a mark previously held by the American Micki King .
Wu is the oldest female diver to win gold in the Olympics , a mark previously held by the American Micki King , who won the 3 - meter springboard at 28 in the 1972 Munich Games .