Youngest & Oldest Winners in World Athletics Indoor Championships

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Etusuora: 17.03.2022 11:38Athletics

Youngest & Oldest Winners in World Athletics Indoor Championships

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The youngest champion in World Athletics Indoor Championships is Vashti Cunningham, who won the high jump in the 2016 games in Birmingham. On the event day, this US competitor was 18 years and 62 days. The second youngest World Athletics indoor champion is Samuel Tefera, who won the 1500-metre race at the age of 18 years and 162 days.

The all-time oldest indoor world champion is Yekaterina Podkopayeva. In the Paris Games in 1997, the Russian athlete Podkopayeva took gold in the 1500-metre race at the respectable age of 44 years, 271 days. The title of the oldest-ever male champion goes to Bernard Lagat – who won the 3000-metre championship when he was 37 years and 90 days old.

List of Youngest and Oldest Athletes to Win World Indoor Championships

Men

60 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
20 years 252 days	Trayvon Bromell	6.47	2016
21 years 32 days	Justin Gatlin	6.46	2003
21 years 43 days	Lee McRae	6.50	1987

60 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 342 days	Dwain Chambers	6.48	2010
30 years 29 days	Justin Gatlin	6.46	2012
28 years 170 days	Jason Gardener	6.49	2004

200 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
22 years 142 days	John Regis	20.54	1989
22 years 205 days	Nikolay Antonov	20.67	1991
23 years 55 days	Shawn Crawford	20.63	2001

200 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 155 days	Frank Fredericks	20.10	1999
28 years 339 days	Kevin Little	20.40	1997
26 years 287 days	Marlon Devonish	20.62	2003

400 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
21 years 300 days	Daniel Caines	46.40	2001
23 years 15 days	Pavel Maslák	45.24	2014
23 years 26 days	Antonio McKay	45.98	1987

400 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 149 days	Chris Brown	45.96	2010
30 years 47 days	Devon Morris	46.17	1991
29 years 279 days	Alleyne Francique	45.54	2006

800 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
18 years 61 days	Mohamed Aman	1:48.36	2012
18 years 262 days	Abubaker Kaki	1:44.81	2008
19 years 333 days	Yuriy Borzakovskiy	1:44.49	2001

800 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
29 years 138 days	Tom McKean	1:47.29	1993
28 years 182 days	Adam Kszczot	1:47.47	2018
27 years 296 days	David Krummenacker	1:45.69	2003

1500 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
18 years 132 days	Samuel Tefera	3:58.19	2018
20 years 140 days	Deresse Mekonnen	3:38.23	2008
20 years 178 days	Hicham El Guerrouj	3:44.54	1995

1500 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
33 years 146 days	Driss Maazouzi	3:42.59	2003
31 years 81 days	Marcus O'Sullivan	3:45.00	1993
27 years 72 days	Marcus O'Sullivan	3:36.64	1989

3000 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
18 years 232 days	Yomif Kejelcha	7:57.21	2016
20 years 215 days	Yomif Kejelcha	8:14.41	2018
21 years 48 days	Tariku Bekele	7:48.23	2008

3000 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
37 years 90 days	Bernard Lagat	7:41.44	2012
35 years 92 days	Bernard Lagat	7:37.97	2010
30 years 236 days	Frank O'Mara	7:41.14	1991

60 m H - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
21 years 0 days	Anier García	7.48	1997
21 years 330 days	Omar McLeod	7.41	2016
22 years 106 days	Terrence Trammell	7.51	2001

60 m H - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
33 years 5 days	Allen Johnson	7.36	2004
32 years 217 days	Greg Foster	7.45	1991
32 years 15 days	Colin Jackson	7.38	1999

High jump - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
20 years 286 days	Danil Lysenko	2.36	2018
21 years 142 days	Javier Sotomayor	2.43	1989
22 years 258 days	Mutaz Essa Barshim	2.38	2014

High jump - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 288 days	Stefan Holm	2.36	2008
31 years 145 days	Javier Sotomayor	2.36	1999
29 years 80 days	Charles Austin	2.35	1997

Pole vault - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
23 years 46 days	Yevgeniy Lukyanenko	5.90	2008
23 years 94 days	Sergey Bubka	5.85	1987
23 years 101 days	Rodion Gataullin	5.85	1989

Pole vault - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 167 days	Renaud Lavillenie	5.90	2018
31 years 97 days	Sergey Bubka	5.90	1995
30 years 193 days	Tim Lobinger	5.80	2003

Long jump - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
19 years 203 days	Juan Miguel Echevarría	8.46	2018
20 years 86 days	Iván Pedroso	8.23	1993
22 years 84 days	Iván Pedroso	8.51	1995

Long jump - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
32 years 360 days	Larry Myricks	8.37	1989
30 years 361 days	Larry Myricks	8.23	1987
28 years 84 days	Iván Pedroso	8.43	2001

Triple jump - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
20 years 272 days	Teddy Tamgho	17.90	2010
20 years 272 days	Will Claye	17.70	2012
22 years 11 days	Ernesto Revé	17.33	2014

Triple jump - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
29 years 70 days	Phillips Idowu	17.75	2008
27 years 214 days	Igor Lapshin	17.31	1991
27 years 191 days	Charles Michael Friedek	17.18	1999

Shot put - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
22 years 363 days	Yuriy Bilonoh	21.02	1997
23 years 159 days	Christian Cantwell	21.49	2004
23 years 241 days	Mike Stulce	21.27	1993

Shot put - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
32 years 104 days	Aleksandr Bagach	21.41	1999
29 years 280 days	Werner Günthör	21.17	1991
29 years 164 days	Christian Cantwell	21.83	2010

Heptathlon - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
24 years 49 days	Ashton Eaton	6645	2012
24 years 194 days	André Niklaus	6192	2006
26 years 21 days	Kevin Mayer	6348	2018

Heptathlon - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 135 days	Christian Plaziat	6246	1995
30 years 69 days	Bryan Clay	6204	2010
29 years 102 days	Roman Šebrle	6438	2004

Women

60 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
22 years 106 days	Irina Privalova	7.02	1991
22 years 273 days	Nelli Fiere	7.08	1987
23 years 43 days	Angela Williams	7.16	2003

60 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
37 years 107 days	Gail Devers	7.08	2004
34 years 304 days	Merlene Ottey	6.97	1995
30 years 191 days	Murielle Ahouré	6.97	2018

200 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
22 years 81 days	Heike Drechsler	22.27	1987
23 years 25 days	Ionela Tîrlea	22.39	1999
23 years 161 days	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	22.64	1995

200 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 8 days	Natallia Safronnikava	23.13	2004
30 years 358 days	Juliet Campbell	22.64	2001
30 years 304 days	Merlene Ottey	22.24	1991

400 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
23 years 63 days	Kemi Adekoya	51.45	2016
23 years 294 days	Natalya Nazarova	50.83	2003
23 years 353 days	Courtney Okolo	50.55	2018

400 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
32 years 125 days	Sandie Richards	51.04	2001
31 years 352 days	Debbie Dunn	51.04	2010
30 years 186 days	Jearl Miles-Clark	50.96	1997

800 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
20 years 138 days	Maria Mutola	1:57.55	1993
22 years 60 days	Christine Wachtel	2:01.32	1987
22 years 97 days	Pamela Jelimo	1:58.83	2012

800 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
33 years 136 days	Maria Mutola	1:58.90	2006
31 years 132 days	Maria Mutola	1:58.50	2004
30 years 140 days	Maria Mutola	1:58.94	2003

1500 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
18 years 310 days	Kalkidan Gezahegne	4:08.14	2010
21 years 31 days	Genzebe Dibaba	4:05.78	2012
22 years 46 days	Gelete Burka	3:59.75	2008

1500 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
44 years 271 days	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	4:05.19	1997
40 years 276 days	Yekaterina Podkopayeva	4:09.29	1993
39 years 200 days	Regina Jacobs	4:01.67	2003

3000 m - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
19 years 117 days	Gabriela Szabo	8:54.50	1995
20 years 109 days	Meseret Defar	9:11.22	2004
21 years 114 days	Gabriela Szabo	8:45.75	1997

3000 m - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
29 years 268 days	Elly van Hulst	8:33.82	1989
29 years 237 days	Berhane Adere	8:40.25	2003
28 years 347 days	Olga Yegorova	8:37.48	2001

60 m H - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
23 years 191 days	Perdita Felicien	7.75	2004
24 years 287 days	Derval O'Rourke	7.84	2006
25 years 129 days	Cornelia Oschkenat	7.82	1987

60 m H - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
36 years 117 days	Gail Devers	7.81	2003
31 years 38 days	Yelizaveta Chernysova	7.82	1989
30 years 72 days	Olga Shishigina	7.86	1999

High jump - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
18 years 62 days	Vashti Cunningham	1.96	2016
21 years 53 days	Mariya Kuchina	2.00	2014
21 years 280 days	Khristina Kalcheva	1.99	1999

High jump - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 348 days	Stefka Kostadinova	2.02	1997
28 years 58 days	Chaunté Lowe	1.98	2012
27 years 353 days	Stefka Kostadinova	2.02	1993

Pole vault - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
21 years 167 days	Anastasija Reiberger	4.50	1999
21 years 277 days	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.86	2004
22 years 243 days	Svetlana Feofanova	4.80	2003

Pole vault - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
34 years 41 days	Jenn Suhr	4.90	2016
29 years 282 days	Yelena Isinbayeva	4.80	2012
28 years 363 days	Fabiana Murer	4.80	2010

Long jump - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
20 years 194 days	Tianna Madison	6.80	2006
22 years 81 days	Heike Drechsler	7.10	1987
22 years 85 days	Tatyana Kotova	6.86	1999

Long jump - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
30 years 147 days	Marieta Ilcu	6.84	1993
30 years 9 days	Larisa Berezhnaya	6.84	1991
29 years 191 days	Brittney Reese	7.22	2016

Triple jump - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
20 years 150 days	Yulimar Rojas	14.41	2016
22 years 133 days	Yulimar Rojas	14.63	2018
23 years 116 days	Yargelis Savigne	15.05	2008

Triple jump - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
39 years 209 days	Yamilé Aldama	14.82	2012
33 years 228 days	Iolanda Chen	15.03	1995
31 years 100 days	Ashia Hansen	15.01	2003

Shot put - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
23 years 155 days	Valerie Adams	20.19	2008
23 years 274 days	Svetlana Krivelyova	19.57	1993
23 years 291 days	Natallia Mikhnevich	19.84	2006

Shot put - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
37 years 10 days	Larisa Peleshenko	19.84	2001
34 years 266 days	Svetlana Krivelyova	19.90	2004
30 years 159 days	Michelle Carter	20.21	2016

Pentathlon - youngest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
20 years 40 days	Carolina Klüft	4933	2003
23 years 312 days	Nadine Broersen	4830	2014
24 years 44 days	Jessica Ennis	4937	2010

Pentathlon - oldest winners

Age	Athlete	Result	Year
31 years 261 days	Sabine Braun	4780	1997
30 years 319 days	DeDee Nathan	4753	1999
30 years 223 days	Liliana Nastase	4686	1993

Stats: Tilastopaja

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Youngest & Oldest Winners in World Athletics Indoor Championships

List of Youngest and Oldest Athletes to Win World Indoor Championships

Men

60 m - youngest winners

60 m - oldest winners

200 m - youngest winners

200 m - oldest winners

400 m - youngest winners

400 m - oldest winners

800 m - youngest winners

800 m - oldest winners

1500 m - youngest winners

1500 m - oldest winners

3000 m - youngest winners

3000 m - oldest winners

60 m H - youngest winners

60 m H - oldest winners

High jump - youngest winners

High jump - oldest winners

Pole vault - youngest winners

Pole vault - oldest winners

Long jump - youngest winners

Long jump - oldest winners

Triple jump - youngest winners

Triple jump - oldest winners

Shot put - youngest winners

Shot put - oldest winners

Heptathlon - youngest winners

Heptathlon - oldest winners

Women

60 m - youngest winners

60 m - oldest winners

200 m - youngest winners

200 m - oldest winners

400 m - youngest winners

400 m - oldest winners

800 m - youngest winners

800 m - oldest winners

1500 m - youngest winners

1500 m - oldest winners

3000 m - youngest winners

3000 m - oldest winners

60 m H - youngest winners

60 m H - oldest winners

High jump - youngest winners

High jump - oldest winners

Pole vault - youngest winners

Pole vault - oldest winners

Long jump - youngest winners

Long jump - oldest winners

Triple jump - youngest winners

Triple jump - oldest winners

Shot put - youngest winners

Shot put - oldest winners

Pentathlon - youngest winners

Pentathlon - oldest winners

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