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Today on Oldest Olympians we have the same two milestone birthdays to celebrate as last year, so we will once again cover them both in a blog entry! First we are wishing a happy 98th birthday to Sheila Lerwill, the oldest living British Olympic medalist and Olympic medalist in track and field athletics! Lerwill represented … Continue reading Sheila Lerwill and Fritz Nachmann →
Today on Oldest Olympians, we are finalizing our look into new Olympic missing links. These are individuals for whom we have suggestions for a date or year of death, but for whom we cannot confirm the information through reliable sources. Today, we are looking into Olympians who were born in 1936, and we have six … Continue reading 1936 Olympic Mysteries →
Oldest Olympians is saddened to learn that Egyptian rower Wagih El-Attar, born February 22, 1928, died July 29 at the age of 98. El-Attar represented his country in the coxed fours rowing event at the 1952 Helsinki Games, where Egypt was eliminated in the round one repêchage. He had better luck at the 1955 Mediterranean … Continue reading Wagih El-Attar →
Between today and tomorrow, Oldest Olympians has four milestone birthdays that we want to share and celebrate. Rather than decide which to feature, and feature someone well after their birthday, we have decided to mention all four of them in a single blog post! (Tattersall, pictured at Horizon Yacht Charters) First, we want to wish … Continue reading Four Milestone Birthdays →
Due to travel-related issues, we were unable to post Oldest Olympians yesterday, so today we are going to make up for that with two updates! (Jindřich Mikulec) First, Oldest Olympians is saddened to learn that Czech gymnast Jindřich Mikulec, born May 11, 1928, died July 7 at the age of 98. Mikulec represented his country … Continue reading Jindřich Mikulec, Hyacinth Walters, Hans…
Today on Oldest Olympians we have the same two milestone birthdays to celebrate as last year so, as usual, we are covering them both in a blog entry! (Cheng Chi-Sen at Chineseoverseas.org) First we are wishing Taiwanese sport shooter Cheng Chi-Sen a happy 100th birthday! Cheng represented his country in the free pistol, 50 metres … Continue reading Cheng Chi-Sen and Akın Altıok →
Today on Oldest Olympians, we want to cover two milestone birthdays and two deaths among the oldest Olympian titleholders. While normally we would hope to split these topics up, the unfortunate number of deaths means that we want to cover all of them before the news gets too old. First, however, the birthdays, beginning with … Continue reading Milestone Birthdays and Deaths →
Today on Oldest Olympians we have the same two milestone birthdays as previous years, so we are continuing our tradition of providing one blog post to cover both in lieu of choosing between them! (John De Saram, pictured at the Daily News) First, we are wishing Sri Lankan track athlete John De Saram a happy … Continue reading John de Saram and Don Sheff →
Oldest Olympians is saddened to learn that Richard Schoon, born June 23, 1928, died January 11 at the age of 97. Schoon represented Singapore in the field hockey tournament at the 1956 Melbourne Games, where his nation was eliminated in the preliminary round and placed eighth overall. He retired from active competition in 1970 and … Continue reading Richard Schoon →
Oldest Olympians is saddened to learn that Brazilian sport shooter Edmar de Salles, born June 15, 1928, died April 14 at the age of 97. Salles represented his country in the small-bore rifle three positions and prone events at the 1968 Mexico City Games, placing 55th and 34th respectively. He had better luck at the … Continue reading Edmar de Salles →
