Alexandre Despatie YOUNGEST DIVING CHAMPION

YOUNGEST DIVING CHAMPIONS :
Canadian Alexandre Despatie (seen here left of picture with British diver Tony Ali) won gold in the 1998 Commonwealth Games platform-diving final in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the age of 13 years 104 days, making him the youngest-ever male winner of an international diving event. The youngest female winner was Fu Mingxia.

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