Oldest individual medallist at a Winter Olympic Games
- Who
- Albert Demchenko
- What
- 42/74 year(s):day(s)
- Where
- Russian Federation (Sochi,)
- When
- 09 February 2014
The oldest medallist in an individual event at a Winter Olympic Games is Albert Demchenko (Russia, b. 27 November 1971), who was 42 years 74 days old when he won a silver medal in Luge in Sochi, Russia, on 9 February 2014.
Just a few days later, Demchenko – appearing in a record seventh Winter Olympics – won another silver medal in the team event.
The Russian luger announced his retirement at the 2014 games.