| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Lavinia Agache |
 ROU |
GAR |
Olympics |
1984 |
Year of birth is also seen as 1966 or 1967. Romanian authorities misrepresented her age in order for her to be eligible for the 1981 World Championships. |
| Deng Linlin |
 CHN |
GAR |
Olympics |
2008—2012 |
One of four Chinese gymnasts whose ages were questioned at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
| Dong Fangxiao |
CHN |
GAR |
Olympics |
2000 |
Her year of birth was originally recorded as 1983 but an FIG investigation decided that she was born in 1986. |
| Gina Gogean |
ROU |
GAR |
Olympics |
1992—1996 |
Her year of birth was originally recorded as 1977, but this was proved to be a date falsified to enable her to compete earlier. |
| Birke Haylom |
 ETH |
ATH |
Olympics |
2024 |
In March 2026, World Athletics and its Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced a crack down on a major age-manipulation scandal with Haylom's correct DOB still to be determined. |
| He Kexin |
CHN |
GAR |
Olympics |
2008—2012 |
Several news reports quoted her with a different age (birth date 1 January 1994). |
| Hong Su-Jong |
 PRK |
GAR |
Olympics |
2004 |
During the course of her career she had been registered with three different years of birth. An investigation by the FIG in 2010 concluded that her age had been falsified in order for her to compete at the 2003 World Championships and 2004 Olympic Games. They decided she was born in 1989. |
| Jiang Yuyuan |
CHN |
GAR |
Olympics |
2008 |
One of four Chinese gymnasts whose ages were questioned at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
| Kim Gwang-Suk |
PRK |
GAR |
Olympics |
1992 |
Many think that PRK has been cheating with her age to maker her eligible for international championships, and that her real YOB is 1978. |
| Medina Eisa Kumanda |
ETH |
ATH |
Olympics |
2024 |
Kumanda's DOB was previously recorded as 3 January 2005, but was actually born on 17 October 2002. |
| Alexandra Marinescu |
ROU |
GAR |
Olympics |
1996 |
Her year of birth was originally recorded as 1980 but this was proved to be a date falsified to enable her to compete at the 1995 World Championship. |
| Daniela Silivaș |
ROU |
GAR |
Olympics |
1988 |
Year of birth is usually seen as 1970. Romanian authorities misrepresented her birthdate in order for her to eligible for the 1985 World Championships. |
| Yang Yilin |
CHN |
GAR |
Olympics |
2008 |
One of four Chinese gymnasts whose ages were questioned at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. |
| Miruts Yifter |
ETH |
ATH |
Olympics / Opening Flagbearer / Closing Flagbearer |
1972—2008 |
Date of birth also seen as 1 January 1938. His real date of birth is unknown; the date shown here is from his passport. |
