The Olympics welcome athletes of all ages. This year, the youngest competing is 11-year-old Chinese skateboarder Zheng Haohao. The oldest is 65-year-old Juan Antonio Jiménez.
The age of various Olympic athletes competing for medals at the Paris Games is a prime example of age being nothing but a number. A competitive spirit is found within those both young and old at the 2024 Olympic Games, with athletes across multiple generations vying for the gold. At this year's Summer Games in Paris, the youngest athlete competing is from China.
It's like we are playing a fun game. Everyone has to show the best they've got.' Historically, the youngest athlete to compete in the Summer Olympics was Dimitrios Loundras, a male athlete from Greece, according to NBC. He was 10 when he won a bronze medal in gymnastics at the 1896 Athens Olympics. The youngest female to ever compete was 11-year-old Luigina Giavotti, who competed on the Italian gymnastics team during the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, according to the outlet.
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