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The youngest and the oldest
Kim Yun-Mi of South Korea, who at the age of 13 years and 83 days became the youngest gold medalist of all-time, was a member of the South Korean short track speed skating relay team that won the Women’s 3000m relay at the 1994 Lillehammer Games. American bobsledder Jay O’Brien is the oldest gold medalist, winning the 1936 two-man event at the age of 48 years and 357 days.

Heavy medal
The Vancouver Olympic medals are among the heaviest in the history of the Games. The medals are all of different weights, but the heaviest comes in at just over 20.3 ounces.

Golden boy
Short track speed skater Apolo Ohno// <![CDATA[// has five Winter Olympic medals, tying him for most all-time for an American man. He can break away from Eric Heiden with a medal in Vancouver.

No medals?
The 1900 Paris Games remains the only Olympics where no medals were awarded. Instead, winners were given valuable pieces of art.

Read more at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/medals/funfacts/index.html