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After Petrik’s win everyone doubled down on the idea. The 1968 Olympics witnessed the average age of a gymnast fall by 2.168 years, by far the steepest decline. For comparison, no other Olympic quad witnessed a decline that went beyond 1.370 years.
For Tokyo, the U.S. women’s artistic gymnastics team includes more than two non-teens for the first time since 1952 -- Simone Biles, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles and MyKayla Skinner are all in their 20s. Every member of the team is 18 or older for the first time since 1952, according to Olympedia.
The 2024 U.S. women's gymnastics team is the fourth-oldest roster that America has sent to the Olympic Games. It has an average age of 22.2 years old, buoyed by Biles, Carey, Chiles, and Lee...
With an average age of 22.467 years, the 2024 U.S. women’s gymnastics team is the oldest since 1952. Average Age of Olympic Team. With an average age of 22.789 years, the 2024 U.S. men’s gymnastics team is youngest since 2012.
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, the average age of medal winners in women’s gymnastics was 20.6, the highest since 1968. The return of older athletes in recent years has been attributed to shifts in training methods, changes in amateurism rules for college athletes, and a shortened three-year gap between Olympics.
The average age of women’s gymnastics medalists at the Paris Games was 22.7, the highest mark in 60 years and the continuation of a decades-long trend of older gymnasts winning Olympic medals.
The earliest champions in women's gymnastics tended to be in their 20s; most had studied ballet for years before entering the sport. Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti won individual gold medals at the age of 35 at the 1956 Olympics.