page_title: List of Olympic medalists in figure skating by age
section_title: Youngest medalists
hierarchical_section_title: List of Olympic medalists in figure skating by age / Age records / Youngest medalists
caption_attribution_description: English: Nathan Chen at 2017 US Nationals
context_page_description: Figure skating has been part of the Olympic Games since 1908 and has been included in 25 Olympic Games. There have been 271 medals awarded to figure skaters representing 29 representing National Olympic Committees. Six events have been contested but one, men's special figures, was discontinued after a single Olympics. The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event, first contested in the 2014 Games. It combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines into a single event with the team earning the most placement points winning gold.
  German figure skater Maxi Herber is the youngest Olympic figure skating champion when she won gold in pair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
  American figure skater Scott Allen is the youngest Olympic medalist in figure skating. He won the bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics two days before his 15th birthday.
  Finnish figure skater Walter Jakobsson is the oldest Olympic figure skating champion. At age 38, he won the gold medal with his partner Ludowika Jakobsson at the 1920 Olympics.
  British figure skater Edgar Syers is the oldest Olympic medalist in figure skating.
context_section_description: The following lists show the top 10 youngest female and male Olympic medalists in figure skating ordered by the age of the skater.
caption: Nathan Chen ( United States)
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