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Youngest Gold Medalist

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Meilutytė, wasn't the youngest, the youngest was Barbara Pearl Jones (USA, b. March 26, 1937) who, at 15 yr. 123 days, was a member of the winning 4 x 100-m. relay team, at Helsinki, Finland, on July 27, 1952. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.84.53.31 (talk) 21:21, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, I was wrong, after a brief search I discover that was Marjorie Gestring of the United States who won gold in 3 meter springboard diving at the 1936 Games in Berlin. She the youngest person to win a gold medal in Olympic history, man or woman.
But if you are talking about the youngest swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, it was Kyoko Iwasaki from Japan with 14 years old and 6 days at Barcelona 1992 on 200 breaststroke (2,26,65) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.84.53.31 (talk) 21:49, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]