Gaurika Singh, the youngest athlete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Gaurika Singh, the youngest athlete at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games




Gaurika Singh from Nepal will go down as the youngest athlete of the 2016 Rio Olympics at 13 years and 255 days, but her place in history could have been vastly different.Earthquake survivor Gaurika Singh, who swim for her country at 13 years and 255 days old. Singh is also a survivor of a devastating earthquake that rocked Nepal in 2015.