Oldest Winter Olympic individual gold medallist (female)

The oldest individual Winter Olympic gold medallist (female) is Elana Meyers Taylor (USA, b. 10 October 1984), who was aged 41 years 129 days when she won the bobsleigh women’s monobob in Cortina, Italy, on 16 February 2026.

Elana Meyers Taylor claimed her first Olympic bobsleigh gold medal at her fifth Winter Games, 2026 Milano Cortina. She finished 0.04 seconds ahead of Germany’s Laura Nolte after four runs to become the Winter Olympics’ oldest gold medallist – female or male – in an individual event. It was Meyers Taylor’s sixth career Olympic medal, having previously won three silvers and two bronze.