<P> Marjorie Gestring ( November 18 , 1922 -- April 20 , 1992 ) was a competitive springboard diver from the United States . At the age of 13 years and 268 days , she won the gold medal in 3 - meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , making her , at the time , the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal . ( She remains the second - youngest winner . ) A multi-time national diving champion in the United States , she was given a second Olympic gold medal by the United States Olympic Committee after the 1940 Summer Olympics were called off due to the advent of World War II . Gestring attempted to return to the Olympics at the 1948 Games , but failed to qualify for the US team . She has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame . </P>
<P> Marjorie Gestring ( November 18 , 1922 -- April 20 , 1992 ) was a competitive springboard diver from the United States . At the age of 13 years and 268 days , she won the gold medal in 3 - meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , making her , at the time , the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal . ( She remains the second - youngest winner . ) A multi-time national diving champion in the United States , she was given a second Olympic gold medal by the United States Olympic Committee after the 1940 Summer Olympics were called off due to the advent of World War II . Gestring attempted to return to the Olympics at the 1948 Games , but failed to qualify for the US team . She has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame . </P>
the youngest person to win olympic gold medal
the youngest person to win olympic gold medal
Marjorie Gestring
Marjorie Gestring