When Marjorie Gestring won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics, she became the youngest Olympian to win the gold medal. Her record was broken by Kim Yun-mi at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
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The 13-year springboard diver Marjorie Gestring at the Olympic Games in Berlin. 12th August 1936. Photograph. (Photo by Austrian Archives/Imagno/Getty Images)