Who was Britain's youngest Olympian at the 2008 games?
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics crashing out of the women's final. Reade had been unbeaten all year and was the favourite to win the women's title. On the road Nicole Cooke's win in the women's road race provided the first Olympic gold for an athlete from Wales since Richard Meade in 1972. A total of ten divers were part of Team GB in the individual and synchronised diving events, including 14-year-old Tom Daley, the 2008 European 10 m champion and one of the youngest athletes to ever compete for Great Britain at an Olympics. A total of twelve entrants competed for Team GB in the
Great Britain at the 2015 European Games and Commonwealth Games super-heavyweight champion Joe Joyce, and a first senior medal for Sandy Ryan. Top seed Anthony Fowler lost in his first round bout, as did former world champion and Olympian Savannah Marshall. Great Britain finished fourth in the boxing medal table, arrowly behind Ireland, but well behind superpowers Russia and hosts Azerbaijan. Great Britain secured places in the following events based on performances at the 2014 Canoe Sprint European Championships. At the canoeing lake, Great Britain were competitive, reaching a number of finals. Their only medal in an Olympic event, however, came from London 2012 champion Ed McKeever,