List of oldest living olympians

This article contains a list of the oldest living olympians. Of those verified living, the oldest is Rhoda Wurtele.

Oldest living olympians

Rank	Name	Date of birth	Country	Sport	Medal(s)	Olympic(s)	Age (years, days)
1	Rhoda Wurtele	January 21, 1922	Canada	Alpine Skiing	0	Oslo (1952)	104 years, 21 days
2	William de Rham	August 22, 1922	Switzerland	Equestrian	0	Melbourne (1956)	103 years, 173 days
3	Wu Chengzhang	February 8, 1924	China	Basketball	0	London (1948)	102 years, 3 days
4	Birte Christoffersen	March 28, 1924	Denmark	Diving	1 (1 Bronze)	London (1948), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960)	101 years, 320 days
5	Yulen Uralov	November 23, 1924	Soviet Union	Fencing	0	Helsinki (1952)	101 years, 80 days
6	Colette Fanara	February 15, 1925	France	Gymnastics	0	Helsinki (1952)	100 years, 361 days
7	Erna Herbers	May 2, 1925	Germany	Swimming	0	Helsinki (1952)	100 years, 285 days
8	Ricardo Primitivo González	May 12, 1925	Argentina	Basketball	0	London (1948), Helsinki (1952)	100 years, 275 days
9	Günther Haase	June 11, 1925	Germany	Diving	1 (1 Bronze)	Helsinki (1952)	100 years, 245 days
10	Giacomo Mosele	July 30, 1925	Italy	Cross-country Skiing	0	Oslo (1952)	100 years, 196 days
11	André-Jacques Marie	October 14, 1925	France	Athletics	0	London (1948)	100 years, 120 days
12	Egon Schöpf	October 16, 1925	Austria	Alpine Skiing	0	St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952)	100 years, 118 days
13	Maud von Rosen	December 24, 1925	Sweden	Equestrian	1 (1 Bronze)	Munich (1972)	100 years, 49 days
14	Ninel Krutova	January 3, 1926	Soviet Union	Diving	1 (1 Bronze)	Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960)	100 years, 39 days
15	Trude Klecker	February 7, 1926	Austria	Alpine Skiing	0	Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956)	100 years, 4 days
16	Micheline Desmazières	February 23, 1926	France	Alpine Skiing	0	St. Moritz (1948)	99 years, 353 days
17	Giorgio Bongiovanni	March 4, 1926	Italy	Basketball	0	Helsinki (1952)	99 years, 344 days
18	Gordon Ingate	March 29, 1926	Australia	Sailing	0	Munich (1972)	99 years, 319 days
19	Adriana Millard	May 13, 1926	Chile	Athletics	0	London (1948), Helsinki (1952)	99 years, 274 days
20	Carmen Vall	June 17, 1926	Spain	Fencing	0	Rome (1960)	99 years, 239 days
21	Luis Molné	June 26, 1926	Spain	Alpine Skiing	0	Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956)	99 years, 230 days
22	Anthony Purssell	July 5, 1926	Great Britain	Rowing	0	London (1948)	99 years, 221 days
23	Cheng Chi-sen	July 13, 1926	Chinese Taipei	Sport Shooting	0	Mexico City (1968)	99 years, 213 days
24	Hyacinth Walters	July 15, 1926	Jamaica	Athletics	0	Helsinki (1952)	99 years, 211 days
25	Léon Roth	September 10, 1926	Luxembourg	Canoeing	0	Helsinki (1952)	99 years, 154 days
26	Ernesto Sastre	December 17, 1926	Colombia	Fencing	0	Tokyo (1964)	99 years, 56 days
27	Jaime Piqueras	January 8, 1927	Peru	Athletics	0	London (1948)	99 years, 34 days
28	Mario Rosas	January 14, 1927	Colombia	Athletics	0	London (1948)	99 years, 28 days
29	Jean Hamilius	February 5, 1927	Luxembourg	Athletics	0	Helsinki (1952)	99 years, 6 days
30	Carlos Caballero	February 15, 1927	Colombia	Weightlifting	0	Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960)	98 years, 361 days
31	Harold Frederick	February 18, 1927	United States Virgin Islands	Sport Shooting	0	Munich (1972),Montreal (1976)	98 years, 358 days
32	Gábor Benedek	March 23, 1927	Hungary	Modern Pentathlon	2 (1 Gold, 1 Silver)	Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956)	98 years, 325 days
33	Zbigniew Żarnowiecki	April 15, 1927	Poland	Rowing	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 302 days
34	Pedro Cabrera	April 26, 1927	Spain	Fencing	0	Rome (1960)	98 years, 291 days
35	Wang Yih-jiun	May 17, 1927	Chinese Taipei	Basketball	0	Melbourne (1956)	98 years, 270 days
36	Léon Letsch	May 23, 1927	Luxembourg	Football	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 264 days
37	Kjell Tånnander	June 25, 1927	Sweden	Athletics	0	London (1948), Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 231 days
38	Bryan Harper	July 12, 1927	Australia	Canoeing	0	Melbourne (1956)	98 years, 214 days
39	Enrique Beckles	August 5, 1927	Argentina	Athletics	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 190 days
40	Arturo Nourdin	August 16, 1927	Chile	Football	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 179 days
41	Barbara Grocholska	August 24, 1927	Poland	Alpine Skiing	0	Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956)	98 years, 211 days
42	Trude Beiser	September 2, 1927	Austria	Alpine Skiing	3 (2 Gold, 1 Silver)	St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952)	98 years, 162 days
43	Peter Kennedy	September 4, 1927	United States	Figure Skating	1 (1 Silver)	St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952)	98 years, 160 days
44	Florence Vallée	September 5, 1927	France	Gymnastics	0	London (1948)	98 years, 159 days
45	Carmen Phipps	October 9, 1927	Jamaica	Athletics	0	London (1948)	98 years, 125 days
46	Muhammad Ashraf	October 11, 1927	Pakistan	Wrestling	0	Melbourne (1956)	98 years, 123 days
47	Marion Davies	October 12, 1927	Great Britain	Figure Skating	0	St. Moritz (1948)	98 years, 122 days
48	Edvin Vesterby	October 23, 1927	Sweden	Wrestling	1 (1 Silver)	Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960)	98 years, 111 days
49	Bud Held	October 25, 1927	United States	Athletics	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 109 days
50	James Lauf	November 1, 1927	United States	Cycling	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 102 days
51	Madeleine Jouffroy	November 20, 1927	France	Gymnastics	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 83 days
52	Villy Moll Nielsen	November 22, 1927	Denmark	Field Hockey	0	Rome (1960)	98 years, 81 days
53	Richard Walpole	December 10, 1927	Australia	Cross-country Skiing	0	Squaw Valley (1960)	98 years, 63 days
54	Kevin Wilson	December 15, 1927	Australia	Sailing	0	Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 58 days
55	Max Baldwin	January 4, 1928	Australia	Canoeing	0	Melbourne (1956)	98 years, 38 days
56	Herb Barten	January 13, 1928	United States	Athletics	0	London (1948)	98 years, 29 days
57	Betty Kretschmer	January 24, 1928	Chile	Athletics	0	London (1948)	98 years, 18 days
58	Norman Rule	January 28, 1928	Australia	Sport Shooting	0	Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964)	98 years, 14 days
59	Ibrahim El-Attar	February 22, 1928	Egypt	Rowing	0	Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 354 days
60	Paulette Veste	February 24, 1928	France	Athletics	0	London (1948), Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 352 days
61	Isidoro Pérez	March 5, 1928	Spain	Swimming	0	London (1948)	97 years, 343 days
62	Stoyanka Angelova	March 28, 1928	Bulgaria	Gymnastics	0	Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 320 days
63	Keith Woolnough	April 11, 1928	Australia	Australian Rules Football	0	Melbourne (1956)	97 years, 306 days
64	Rainer Pelkonen	April 19, 1928	Finland	Athletics	0	Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 298 days
65	Cees Gravesteijn	April 21, 1928	Netherlands	Canoeing	0	London (1948)	97 years, 296 days
66	Paul Laporte	May 9, 1928	Canada	Sport Shooting	0	Montreal (1976)	97 years, 278 days
67	Jindřich Mikulec	May 11, 1928	Czechoslovakia	Gymnastics	0	Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 276 days
68	Joaquim Granger	May 31, 1928	Portugal	Gymnastics	0	Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 256 days
69	Alan Rice	June 2, 1928	United States	Wrestling	0	Melbourne (1956)	97 years, 254 days
70	Edmar de Salles	June 15, 1928	Brazil	Sport Shooting	0	Mexico City (1968)	97 years, 241 days
71	Richard Schoon	June 23, 1928	Singapore	Field Hockey	0	Melbourne (1956)	97 years, 233 days
72	Walter Konrad	July 4, 1928	Germany	Athletics	0	Melbourne (1956)	97 years, 222 days
73	Héctor Tomasi	July 5, 1928	Argentina	Bobsleigh	0	St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952), Innsbruck (1964)	97 years, 221 days
74	Paul Wyss	July 7, 1928	Switzerland	Ice Hockey	0	Oslo (1952)	97 years, 219 days
75	Hans Andersson-Tvilling	July 15, 1928	Sweden	Ice Hockey	1 (1 Bronze)	Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956)	97 years, 211 days
76	Richard Krust	August 4, 1928	Germany	Archery	0	Munich (1972)	97 years, 191 days
77	Ennio Mattarelli	August 5, 1928	Italy	Sport Shooting	0	Oslo (1952)	97 years, 190 days
78	Phyllis Lightbourn-Jones	August 8, 1928	Bermuda	Athletics	0	London (1948), Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 187 days
79	Sheila Lerwill	August 16, 1928	Great Britain	Athletics	1 (1 Silver)	Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 179 days
80	Liliana Tagliaferri	August 20, 1928	Italy	Athletics	0	London (1948), Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 175 days
81	Rudolf Plyukfelder	September 6, 1928	Soviet Union	Weightlifting	1 (1 Gold)	Tokyo (1964)	97 years, 158 days
82	Ronald Coder	September 14, 1928	United States	Football	0	Melbourne (1956)	97 years, 150 days
83	Egon Rusch	September 18, 1928	Austria	Boxing	0	Rome (1960)	97 years, 146 days
84	Harry Adler	September 21, 1928	Brazil	Sailing	0	Tokyo (1964)	97 years, 143 days
	Vic Middleton		Australia	Rowing	0	Helsinki (1952)
86	Janez Pavčič	October 18, 1928	Yugoslavia	Cross-country Skiing	0	Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956)	97 years, 116 days
87	Francisc Horvath	October 19, 1928	Romania	Wrestling	1 (1 Bronze)	Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956)	97 years, 115 days
88	George Stanich	November 4, 1928	United States	Athletics	1 (1 Bronze)	London (1948)	97 years, 99 days
89	Rino Lavelli	November 12, 1928	Italy	Athletics	0	Melbourne (1956)	97 years, 91 days
90	Rupert de Larrinaga	November 19, 1928	Great Britain	Alpine Skiing	0	Oslo (1952)	97 years, 84 days
91	Thomas Gayford	November 21, 1928	Canada	Equestrian	1 (1 Gold)	Helsinki (1952), Rome (1960), Mexico City (1968)	97 years, 82 days
	Otto Vonlaufen		Switzerland	Rowing	0	London (1948)
	Taisto Lehto		Finland	Pesäpallo	0	Helsinki (1952)
94	Thad McArthur	November 23, 1928	United States	Modern Pentathlon	0	Helsinki (1952)	97 years, 80 days
95	John H. Caldwell	November 28, 1928	United States	Cross-country Skiing	0	Oslo (1952)	97 years, 75 days
96	John Nightingale	December 2, 1928	United States	Figure Skating	0	Oslo (1952)	97 years, 71 days
97	Lino Zecchini	December 8, 1928	Italy	Alpine Skiing	0	Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956)	97 years, 65 days
98	Yvonne Van Bets	December 14, 1928	Belgium	Gymnastics	0	London (1948)	97 years, 59 days
99	Michael Howard	December 24, 1928	Great Britain	Fencing	1 (1 Silver)	Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964)	97 years, 49 days
100	Eileen Seigh	December 27, 1928	United States	Figure Skating	0	St. Moritz (1948)	97 years, 46 days

Possibly oldest living olympians

Name	Date of birth	Country	Sport	Medal(s)	Olympic(s)	Age (years, days)
Rolf Stoltenberg	January 8, 1922	Germany	Field Hockey	0	Helsinki (1952)	104 years, 34 days
Choomphol Chaiyanitr	March 22, 1922	Thailand	Sport Shooting	0	Tokyo (1964), Mexico City (1968)	103 years, 326 days
Abdallah Sidani	1923	Lebanon	Wrestling	0	London (1948)	102 years, 42 days to 103 years, 41 days
Anwar Baig	November, 1924	Pakistan	Field Hockey	0	London (1948)	101 years, 73 days to 101 years, 102 days
Chen An-hu	December 31, 1924	Chinese Taipei	Sport Shooting	0	Rome (1960)	101 years, 42 days
Suhas Chatterjee	1925	India	Water Polo	0	London (1948)	100 years, 42 days to 101 years, 41 days
Czesław Zając	January 20, 1927	Poland	Sport Shooting	0	Rome (1960)	99 years, 22 days
Marija Radosavljević	July 18, 1927	Yugoslavia	Athletics	0	London (1948), Helsinki (1952)	98 years, 208 days
Otto Michtits	June 20, 1928	Austria	Boxing	0	London (1948)	97 years, 236 days