Luigina Giavotti
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Luigina Giavotti was an Italian
gymnast
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
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In 1928 she won the silver medal as member of the Italian gymnastics team.
She was the youngest medalist of the Amsterdam Games and also the youngest Olympic medalist of all time at the age of 11 years and 302 days.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
gymnast
Artistic gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...
who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...
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In 1928 she won the silver medal as member of the Italian gymnastics team.
She was the youngest medalist of the Amsterdam Games and also the youngest Olympic medalist of all time at the age of 11 years and 302 days.