WHAT’S AGE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

11Italy’s Luigina
Giavotti, 11,
won silver in gymnastics
in 1928.

13Marjorie
Gestring, 13,
of the U.S. won gold in
diving in 1936—the
youngest gold medalist
ever.

14Hungarian
swimmer
Krisztina Egerszegi, 14,
won gold in 1988.

15U.S. runner
Pearl Jones, 15,
won gold in the 4 x 100-m
relay in 1952.

33U.S. swimmer
Dara Torres,
33, won two gold and
three bronze medals in
2000. Now 41, she is
swimming in Beijing.

34U.K. sprinter
Kelly Holmes,
34, won gold in the 800-
and 1500-m events in
2004.

46Ethel Seymour,
46, won a bronze
medal on Great Britain’s
gymnastics team in 1928.
59Bill Northam
of Australia, 59,
won gold in yachting
in 1964.

72Swedish shooter
Oscar Swahn,
72, won silver in the
team double-shot running
deer event in 1920.

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