How many olympians are there

Germany's Lilly Stoephasius recently turned And - not to be outdone - the world champion in park, Okamoto Misugu of Japan, is just 15 years old and will compete with Brown in the park discipline. Zaza is the youngest table tennis player at the Olympics ever - and the youngest Olympian in any sport since On her day of competition she was exactly 12 years and days old. Quan Hongchan is just 14 years old and will compete in the women's 10m platform diving 4 Aug.

Joining her in that event is year-old teammate Chen Yuxi, who is also competing in the 10m springboard event. The youngest member of Team USA, Katie Grimes is a swimmer competing in the m freestyle - the same event that her now-teammate Katie Ledecky qualified for London in at Grimes is the youngest U.

Lucilla Boari Italy. Astrid Guyart France. Caitlin Rooskrantz South Africa. Rut Castillo Mexico. Jack Woolley Ireland. Rowie Webster Australia. Laurel Hubbard New Zealand. Kayla Miracle USA. Denotes the athlete was added after our initial list was published on July Note: Paula Ginzo Spain was previously included on the list.

However, she was left off the final Spanish roster. We acknowledge we have not included G erman diver Timo Barthel on this list. We have communicated with B arthel and have written about his journey. For example, we know Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve is publicly out. We are not including Paralympians on this list. Some of the larger, more notable countries never to medal include Bolivia, Cambodia, Honduras, Nepal and Yemen.

Monaco has competed in 20 Summer Olympic Games without earning a gold medal, which is the most appearances ever without a gold. Known for its famed Formula 1 race and as a tourist destination among the wealthy, Monaco has sent athletes to the Summer Olympic Games since its first trip in Monaco has not only never won a gold medal, it has never won any medal at the Olympics — summer or winter.

Since the games in Athens, the number of countries and athletes participating in the Olympics has ballooned in size lowering the number of medals per athlete for each country. Among currently existing nations, South Sudan and Kosovo have attended the fewest Olympics with one appearance each both in South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in while Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in , so neither country appeared in the Olympics until