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A 13-year-old once won Olympic gold in diving.
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Marjorie Gestring of the United States won the 3-metre springboard at 13 years and 268 days, beating the favourite, Katherine Rawls, with her final dive. She is still the youngest person ever to win a gold medal at a Summer Olympics.
She was a junior-high schoolgirl up against adult champions, at the most pressured Games ever held — and she won.
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Source: Wikipedia, Marjorie Gestring. Wikipedia and Team USA's medal records both give 13 years, 268 days, Berlin 1936, 3m springboard gold. Precision note: she is the youngest Summer Games gold medalist and the youngest individual Olympic champion; the one younger gold medalist overall, Kim Yun-mi (1994 Winter), won in a relay.
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A 13-year-old once won olympic gold in diving?
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, Marjorie Gestring of the United States won the 3-metre springboard at 13 years and 268 days, beating the favourite, Katherine Rawls, with her final dive. She is still the youngest person ever to win a gold medal at a Summer Olympics. She was a junior-high schoolgirl up against adult champions, at the most pressured Games ever held — and she won. Source: Wikipedia, Marjorie Gestring. Wikipedia and Team USA's medal records both give 13 years, 268 days, Berlin 1936, 3m springboard gold. Precision note: she is the youngest Summer Games gold medalist and the youngest individual Olympic champion; the one younger gold medalist overall, Kim Yun-mi (1994 Winter), won in a relay.