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QRQ 30
08-15-2004, 22:30
Watching Martina Navatrilova playing makes me wonder who is the oldest competing olympic athlete. Martina is 47. I think some weight lifters have been around for some time.:lifter

DanUCSB
08-15-2004, 22:35
I believe (not positive) that it's a speed-walker from Poland, something like that.

Hey, more power to them. Makes my heart glad after seeing all the 14 year-old gymnasts and divers. :(

Sdiver
08-15-2004, 23:26
Doing a Google search, I've found a few in their upper 50's from different countrys.

The oldest from the U.S. is....

Get ready for this....

It's a Woman....

She's 52 Years old.....

Competing in Pistol Shooting....

Her name is.......



SSG Elizabeth Callahan from the U.S. Army Reserves.


Go ARMY !!!!!

Martin
08-16-2004, 02:11
Hah! The oldest Swede to compete was 72 years old and won the silver medal in shooting! He also holds the record for age.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/shooting/history/default.stm

From the BBC page:
In 1908, Swede Oscar Swahn won two golds and one bronze medal at the age of 60, competing in the running deer single-shot and double-shot events.

He won gold and bronze in Stockholm four years later, and returned after the First World War to take silver at 72.
[...]
Oscar Swahn is the oldest Olympic competitor having participated in the 1920 team contest at the age of 72 days and 280 days.

Solid
08-16-2004, 05:17
Go Sweden!