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Revision as of 11:27, 14 February 2025
This article contains a list of the oldest living olympians. Of those living, the oldest living actually is Yvonne Curtet.
Oldest living olympians
| Rank | Name | Date of birth | Country | Sport | Medal(s) | Olympic(s) | Age (years, days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yvonne Curtet | May 28, 1920 |  France
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 104 years, 319 days |
| 2 | Gebhard Büchel | June 21, 1921 |  Liechtenstein
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 103 years, 295 days |
| 3 | Rolf Stoltenberg | January 8, 1922 |  Germany
|
Field Hockey | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 103 years, 94 days |
| 4 | Rhoda Wurtele | January 21, 1922 |  Canada
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952) | 103 years, 81 days |
| 5 | Choomphol Chaiyanitr | March 22, 1922 |  Thailand
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Tokyo (1964), Mexico City (1968) | 103 years, 21 days |
| 6 | William de Rham | August 22, 1922 |  Switzerland
|
Equestrian | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 102 years, 233 days |
| 7 | Abdallah Sidani | 1923 |  Lebanon
|
Wrestling | 0 | London (1948) | 101 years, 102 days to 102 years, 101 days |
| 8 | Charles Coste | February 8, 1924 | France
|
Cycling | 1 (1 Gold) | London (1948) | 101 years, 63 days |
| Wu Chengzhang |  China
|
Basketball | 0 | London (1948) | |||
| 10 | Birte Christoffersen | March 28, 1924 |  Denmark
|
Diving | 1 (1 Bronze) | London (1948), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 101 years, 15 days |
| 11 | Bill Coleman | August 7, 1924 |  United States
|
Lacrosse | 0 | London (1948) | 100 years, 248 days |
| 12 | Gertrude Gries | October 16, 1924 |  Austria
|
Gymnastics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 178 days |
| 13 | Yulen Uralov | November 23, 1924 |  Soviet Union
|
Fencing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 140 days |
| 14 | Anwar Baig | November, 1924 |  Pakistan
|
Field Hockey | 0 | London (1948) | 100 years, 133 days to 100 years, 162 days |
| 15 | Tong Suet-fong | December 13, 1924 |  Chinese Taipei
|
Basketball | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 100 years, 120 days |
| 16 | Chen An-hu | December 31, 1924 | Chinese Taipei
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Rome (1960) | 100 years, 102 days |
| 17 | Yoshio Iimuro | January 18, 1925 |  Japan
|
Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 84 days |
| 18 | Julio César León | February 2, 1925 |  Venezuela
|
Cycling | 0 | London (1948) | 100 years, 69 days |
| 19 | Colette Fanara | February 15, 1925 | France
|
Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 56 days |
| 20 | Erna Herbers | May 2, 1925 | Germany
|
Swimming | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 345 days |
| 21 | Ricardo Primitivo González | May 12, 1925 |  Argentina
|
Basketball | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 335 days |
| 22 | Catherine Delbarre | June 8, 1925 | France
|
Fencing | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 99 years, 308 days |
| 23 | Günther Haase | June 11, 1925 | Germany
|
Diving | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 305 days |
| 24 | Rosemary Sparrow | July 6, 1925 | .svg){kind=small} Great Britain
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | St. Moritz (1948) | 99 years, 280 days |
| 25 | Giacomo Mosele | July 30, 1925 |  Italy
|
Cross-country Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952) | 99 years, 256 days |
| 26 | Günter Twiesselmann | August 15, 1925 | Germany
|
Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 240 days |
| 27 | Freddy Ehrström | August 29, 1925 |  Finland
|
Sailing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 99 years, 226 days |
| 28 | André-Jacques Marie | October 14, 1925 | France
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 99 years, 180 days |
| 29 | Egon Schöpf | October 16, 1925 | Austria
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 99 years, 178 days |
| 30 | Maud von Rosen | December 24, 1925 |  Sweden
|
Equestrian | 1 (1 Bronze) | Munich (1972) | 99 years, 109 days |
| 31 | Ninel Krutova | January 3, 1926 | Soviet Union
|
Diving | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 99 years, 99 days |
| 32 | Eugeniusz Lewacki | January 24, 1926 |  Poland
|
Ice Hockey | 0 | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 99 years, 78 days |
| 33 | Trude Klecker | February 7, 1926 | Austria
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 99 years, 64 days |
| 34 | Micheline Desmazières | February 23, 1926 | France
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | St. Moritz (1948) | 99 years, 48 days |
| 35 | Giorgio Bongiovanni | March 4, 1926 | Italy
|
Basketball | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 39 days |
| 36 | Heikki Hasu | March 21, 1926 | Finland
|
Nordic combined, Cross-country Skiing | 3 (2 Gold, 1 Silver) | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 99 years, 22 days |
| 37 | Fernand Bothy | March 23, 1926 |  Belgium
|
Boxing | 0 | London (1948) | 99 years, 20 days |
| 38 | Gordon Ingate | March 29, 1926 |  Australia
|
Sailing | 0 | Munich (1972) | 99 years, 14 days |
| 39 | Adriana Millard | May 13, 1926 |  Chile
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 334 days |
| 40 | Mogens Snogdahl | June 2, 1926 | Denmark
|
Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 314 days |
| 41 | Walter Bucher | June 8, 1926 | Switzerland
|
Cycling | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 308 days |
| 42 | Daniel Dagallier | June 11, 1926 | France
|
Fencing | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 305 days |
| 43 | Carmen Vall | June 17, 1926 |  Spain
|
Fencing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 98 years, 299 days |
| 44 | Luis Molné | June 26, 1926 | Spain
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 98 years, 290 days |
| 45 | Anthony Purssell | July 5, 1926 | Great Britain
|
Rowing | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 281 days |
| 46 | Cheng Chi-sen | July 13, 1926 | Chinese Taipei
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Mexico City (1968) | 98 years, 273 days |
| 47 | Hyacinth Walters | July 15, 1926 |  Jamaica
|
Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 271 days |
| 48 | Pierre Girard | August 2, 1926 | Switzerland
|
Sailing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 98 years, 253 days |
| 49 | Léon Roth | September 10, 1926 |  Luxembourg
|
Canoeing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 214 days |
| 50 | Nikita Simonyan | October 12, 1926 | Soviet Union
|
Football | 1 (1 Gold) | Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 182 days |
| 51 | Ernesto Sastre | December 17, 1926 |  Colombia
|
Fencing | 0 | Tokyo (1964) | 98 years, 116 days |
| 52 | Bryan Harper | 1927 | Australia
|
Canoeing | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 102 days to 98 years, 101 days |
| 53 | Jaime Piqueras | January 8, 1927 |  Peru
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 94 days |
| 54 | Mario Rosas | January 14, 1927 | Colombia
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 88 days |
| 55 | Czesław Zając | January 20, 1927 | Poland
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Rome (1960) | 98 years, 82 days |
| 56 | Jean Hamilius | February 5, 1927 | Luxembourg
|
Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 66 days |
| 57 | Carlos Caballero | February 15, 1927 | Colombia
|
Weightlifting | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 98 years, 56 days |
| 58 | Harold Frederick | February 18, 1927 |  United States Virgin Islands
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Munich (1972),Montreal (1976) | 98 years, 53 days |
| 59 | Gábor Benedek | March 23, 1927 |  Hungary
|
Modern Pentathlon | 2 (1 Gold, 1 Silver) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 20 days |
| 60 | Zbigniew Żarnowiecki | April 15, 1927 | Poland
|
Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 362 days |
| 61 | Konstantin Grachev | April 17, 1927 | Soviet Union
|
Athletics | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 97 years, 360 days |
| 62 | Pedro Cabrera | April 26, 1927 | Spain
|
Fencing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 97 years, 351 days |
| 63 | Wang Yih-jiun | May 17, 1927 | Chinese Taipei
|
Basketball | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 330 days |
| 64 | Léon Letsch | May 23, 1927 | Luxembourg
|
Football | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 324 days |
| 65 | Anthony Nunn | May 24, 1927 | Great Britain
|
Field Hockey | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 323 days |
| 66 | Kjell Tånnander | June 25, 1927 | Sweden
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 291 days |
| 67 | Conny Staudinger | July 15, 1927 | Austria
|
Ice Hockey | 0 | Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 97 years, 271 days |
| 68 | Enrique Beckles | August 5, 1927 | Argentina
|
Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 250 days |
| 69 | Giuseppe Moioli | August 8, 1927 | Italy
|
Rowing | 1 (1 Gold) | London (1948), Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 247 days |
| 70 | Arturo Nourdin | August 16, 1927 | Chile
|
Football | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 239 days |
| 71 | Barbara Grocholska | August 24, 1927 | Poland
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 97 years, 271 days |
| 72 | Trude Beiser | September 2, 1927 | Austria
|
Alpine Skiing | 3 (2 Gold, 1 Silver) | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 97 years, 222 days |
| 73 | Peter Kennedy | September 4, 1927 | United States
|
Figure Skating | 1 (1 Silver) | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 97 years, 220 days |
| 74 | Florence Vallée | September 5, 1927 | France
|
Gymnastics | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 219 days |
| 75 | Carmen Phipps | October 9, 1927 | Jamaica
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 185 days |
| 76 | Muhammad Ashraf | October 11, 1927 | Pakistan
|
Wrestling | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 183 days |
| 77 | Marion Davies | October 12, 1927 | Great Britain
|
Figure Skating | 0 | St. Moritz (1948) | 97 years, 182 days |
| 78 | Edvin Vesterby | October 23, 1927 | Sweden
|
Wrestling | 1 (1 Silver) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 97 years, 171 days |
| 79 | John Healey | October 25, 1927 | Great Britain
|
Rowing | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 169 days |
| Bud Held | United States
|
Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | |||
| 81 | James Lauf | November 1, 1927 | United States
|
Cycling | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 162 days |
| 82 | Madeleine Jouffroy | November 20, 1927 | France
|
Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 143 days |
| 83 | Villy Moll Nielsen | November 22, 1927 | Denmark
|
Field Hockey | 0 | Rome (1960) | 97 years, 141 days |
| 84 | Richard Walpole | December 10, 1927 | Australia
|
Cross-country Skiing | 0 | Squaw Valley (1960) | 97 years, 123 days |
| 85 | Kevin Wilson | December 15, 1927 | Australia
|
Sailing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 118 days |
| 86 | Max Baldwin | January 4, 1928 | Australia
|
Canoeing | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 98 days |
| 87 | Herb Barten | January 13, 1928 | United States
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 89 days |
| 88 | Pepi Erben | January 18, 1928 | Germany
|
Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952) | 97 years, 84 days |
| Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins | Great Britain
|
Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | |||
| 90 | Betty Kretschmer | January 24, 1928 | Chile
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 78 days |
| 91 | Norman Rule | January 28, 1928 | Australia
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964) | 97 years, 74 days |
| 92 | Eddi Gutenkauf | February 6, 1928 | Luxembourg
|
Fencing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 97 years, 65 days |
| 93 | Ibrahim El-Attar | February 22, 1928 |  Egypt
|
Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 49 days |
| 94 | Paulette Veste | February 24, 1928 | France
|
Athletics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 47 days |
| 95 | Isidoro Pérez | March 5, 1928 | Spain
|
Swimming | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 38 days |
| 96 | Stoyanka Angelova | March 28, 1928 |  Bulgaria
|
Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 15 days |
| 97 | Keith Woolnough | April 11, 1928 | Australia
|
Australian Rules Football | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 1 day |
| 98 | Rainer Pelkonen | April 19, 1928 | Finland
|
Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 96 years, 358 days |
| 99 | Cees Gravesteijn | April 21, 1928 |  Netherlands
|
Canoeing | 0 | London (1948) | 96 years, 356 days |
| 100 | Paul Laporte | May 9, 1928 | Canada
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Montreal (1976) | 96 years, 338 days |