List of oldest living olympians
This article contains a list of the oldest living olympians. Of those living, the oldest living actually is Gebhard Büchel.
Oldest living olympians
| Rank | Name | Date of birth | Country | Sport | Medal(s) | Olympic(s) | Age (years, days) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gebhard Büchel | June 21, 1921 |  Liechtenstein
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 104 years, 229 days |
| 2 | Rolf Stoltenberg | January 8, 1922 |  Germany
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Field Hockey | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 104 years, 28 days |
| 3 | Rhoda Wurtele | January 21, 1922 |  Canada
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952) | 104 years, 15 days |
| 4 | Choomphol Chaiyanitr | March 22, 1922 |  Thailand
|
Sport Shooting | 0 | Tokyo (1964), Mexico City (1968) | 103 years, 320 days |
| 5 | William de Rham | August 22, 1922 |  Switzerland
|
Equestrian | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 103 years, 167 days |
| 6 | Abdallah Sidani | 1923 |  Lebanon
|
Wrestling | 0 | London (1948) | 102 years, 36 days to 103 years, 35 days |
| 7 | Charles Coste | February 8, 1924 |  France
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Cycling | 1 (1 Gold) | London (1948) | 101 years, 362 days |
| Wu Chengzhang |  China
|
Basketball | 0 | London (1948) | |||
| 9 | Birte Christoffersen | March 28, 1924 |  Denmark
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Diving | 1 (1 Bronze) | London (1948), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 101 years, 314 days |
| 10 | Gertrude Gries | October 16, 1924 |  Austria
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Gymnastics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 101 years, 112 days |
| 11 | Yulen Uralov | November 23, 1924 |  Soviet Union
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Fencing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 101 years, 74 days |
| 12 | Anwar Baig | November, 1924 |  Pakistan
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Field Hockey | 0 | London (1948) | 101 years, 67 days to 101 years, 96 days |
| 13 | Tong Suet-fong | December 13, 1924 |  Chinese Taipei
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Basketball | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 101 years, 54 days |
| 14 | Chen An-hu | December 31, 1924 | Chinese Taipei
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Sport Shooting | 0 | Rome (1960) | 101 years, 36 days |
| 15 | Yoshio Iimuro | January 18, 1925 |  Japan
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Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 101 years, 18 days |
| 16 | Julio César León | February 2, 1925 |  Venezuela
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Cycling | 0 | London (1948) | 101 years, 3 days |
| 17 | Colette Fanara | February 15, 1925 | France
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Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 355 days |
| 18 | Erna Herbers | May 2, 1925 | Germany
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Swimming | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 279 days |
| 19 | Ricardo Primitivo González | May 12, 1925 |  Argentina
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Basketball | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 269 days |
| 20 | Catherine Delbarre | June 8, 1925 | France
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Fencing | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 100 years, 242 days |
| 21 | Günther Haase | June 11, 1925 | Germany
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Diving | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 239 days |
| 22 | Rosemary Sparrow | July 6, 1925 | .svg){kind=small} Great Britain
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | St. Moritz (1948) | 100 years, 214 days |
| 23 | Giacomo Mosele | July 30, 1925 |  Italy
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Cross-country Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952) | 100 years, 190 days |
| 24 | Günter Twiesselmann | August 15, 1925 | Germany
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Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 100 years, 174 days |
| 25 | Freddy Ehrström | August 29, 1925 |  Finland
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Sailing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 100 years, 160 days |
| 26 | André-Jacques Marie | October 14, 1925 | France
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 100 years, 114 days |
| 27 | Egon Schöpf | October 16, 1925 | Austria
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 100 years, 112 days |
| 28 | Maud von Rosen | December 24, 1925 |  Sweden
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Equestrian | 1 (1 Bronze) | Munich (1972) | 100 years, 43 days |
| 29 | Ninel Krutova | January 3, 1926 | Soviet Union
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Diving | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 100 years, 33 days |
| 30 | Trude Klecker | February 7, 1926 | Austria
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 99 years, 363 days |
| 31 | Micheline Desmazières | February 23, 1926 | France
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | St. Moritz (1948) | 99 years, 347 days |
| 32 | Giorgio Bongiovanni | March 4, 1926 | Italy
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Basketball | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 338 days |
| 33 | Heikki Hasu | March 21, 1926 | Finland
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Nordic combined, Cross-country Skiing | 3 (2 Gold, 1 Silver) | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 99 years, 321 days |
| 34 | Fernand Bothy | March 23, 1926 |  Belgium
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Boxing | 0 | London (1948) | 99 years, 319 days |
| 35 | Gordon Ingate | March 29, 1926 |  Australia
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Sailing | 0 | Munich (1972) | 99 years, 313 days |
| 36 | Adriana Millard | May 13, 1926 |  Chile
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 268 days |
| 37 | Mogens Snogdahl | June 2, 1926 | Denmark
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Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 248 days |
| 38 | Daniel Dagallier | June 11, 1926 | France
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Fencing | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956) | 99 years, 239 days |
| 39 | Carmen Vall | June 17, 1926 |  Spain
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Fencing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 99 years, 233 days |
| 40 | Luis Molné | June 26, 1926 | Spain
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 99 years, 224 days |
| 41 | Anthony Purssell | July 5, 1926 | Great Britain
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Rowing | 0 | London (1948) | 99 years, 215 days |
| 42 | Cheng Chi-sen | July 13, 1926 | Chinese Taipei
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Sport Shooting | 0 | Mexico City (1968) | 99 years, 207 days |
| 43 | Hyacinth Walters | July 15, 1926 |  Jamaica
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Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 205 days |
| 44 | Pierre Girard | August 2, 1926 | Switzerland
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Sailing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 99 years, 187 days |
| 45 | Léon Roth | September 10, 1926 |  Luxembourg
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Canoeing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 148 days |
| 46 | Nikita Simonyan | October 12, 1926 | Soviet Union
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Football | 1 (1 Gold) | Melbourne (1956) | 99 years, 116 days |
| 47 | Ernesto Sastre | December 17, 1926 |  Colombia
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Fencing | 0 | Tokyo (1964) | 99 years, 50 days |
| 48 | Bryan Harper | 1927 | Australia
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Canoeing | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 36 days to 99 years, 35 days |
| 49 | Jaime Piqueras | January 8, 1927 |  Peru
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 99 years, 28 days |
| 50 | Mario Rosas | January 14, 1927 | Colombia
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 99 years, 22 days |
| 51 | Czesław Zając | January 20, 1927 |  Poland
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Sport Shooting | 0 | Rome (1960) | 99 years, 16 days |
| 52 | Jean Hamilius | February 5, 1927 | Luxembourg
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Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 99 years, 0 days |
| 53 | Carlos Caballero | February 15, 1927 | Colombia
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Weightlifting | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 98 years, 355 days |
| 54 | Harold Frederick | February 18, 1927 |  United States Virgin Islands
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Sport Shooting | 0 | Munich (1972),Montreal (1976) | 98 years, 352 days |
| 55 | Gábor Benedek | March 23, 1927 |  Hungary
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Modern Pentathlon | 2 (1 Gold, 1 Silver) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 319 days |
| 56 | Zbigniew Żarnowiecki | April 15, 1927 | Poland
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Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 296 days |
| 57 | Konstantin Grachev | April 17, 1927 | Soviet Union
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Athletics | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 98 years, 294 days |
| 58 | Pedro Cabrera | April 26, 1927 | Spain
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Fencing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 98 years, 285 days |
| 59 | Wang Yih-jiun | May 17, 1927 | Chinese Taipei
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Basketball | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 264 days |
| 60 | Léon Letsch | May 23, 1927 | Luxembourg
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Football | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 258 days |
| 61 | Anthony Nunn | May 24, 1927 | Great Britain
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Field Hockey | 1 (1 Bronze) | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 257 days |
| 62 | Kjell Tånnander | June 25, 1927 | Sweden
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 225 days |
| 63 | Conny Staudinger | July 15, 1927 | Austria
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Ice Hockey | 0 | Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 98 years, 205 days |
| 64 | Enrique Beckles | August 5, 1927 | Argentina
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Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 184 days |
| 65 | Giuseppe Moioli | August 8, 1927 | Italy
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Rowing | 1 (1 Gold) | London (1948), Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 181 days |
| 66 | Arturo Nourdin | August 16, 1927 | Chile
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Football | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 173 days |
| 67 | Barbara Grocholska | August 24, 1927 | Poland
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952), Cortina d'Ampezzo (1956) | 98 years, 205 days |
| 68 | Trude Beiser | September 2, 1927 | Austria
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Alpine Skiing | 3 (2 Gold, 1 Silver) | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 98 years, 156 days |
| 69 | Peter Kennedy | September 4, 1927 |  United States
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Figure Skating | 1 (1 Silver) | St. Moritz (1948), Oslo (1952) | 98 years, 154 days |
| 70 | Florence Vallée | September 5, 1927 | France
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Gymnastics | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 153 days |
| 71 | Carmen Phipps | October 9, 1927 | Jamaica
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 119 days |
| 72 | Muhammad Ashraf | October 11, 1927 | Pakistan
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Wrestling | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 117 days |
| 73 | Marion Davies | October 12, 1927 | Great Britain
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Figure Skating | 0 | St. Moritz (1948) | 98 years, 116 days |
| 74 | Edvin Vesterby | October 23, 1927 | Sweden
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Wrestling | 1 (1 Silver) | Helsinki (1952), Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) | 98 years, 105 days |
| 75 | John Healey | October 25, 1927 | Great Britain
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Rowing | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 103 days |
| Bud Held | United States
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Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | |||
| 77 | James Lauf | November 1, 1927 | United States
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Cycling | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 96 days |
| 78 | Madeleine Jouffroy | November 20, 1927 | France
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Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 77 days |
| 79 | Villy Moll Nielsen | November 22, 1927 | Denmark
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Field Hockey | 0 | Rome (1960) | 98 years, 75 days |
| 80 | Richard Walpole | December 10, 1927 | Australia
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Cross-country Skiing | 0 | Squaw Valley (1960) | 98 years, 57 days |
| 81 | Kevin Wilson | December 15, 1927 | Australia
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Sailing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 98 years, 52 days |
| 82 | Max Baldwin | January 4, 1928 | Australia
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Canoeing | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 98 years, 32 days |
| 83 | Herb Barten | January 13, 1928 | United States
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 23 days |
| 84 | Pepi Erben | January 18, 1928 | Germany
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Alpine Skiing | 0 | Oslo (1952) | 98 years, 18 days |
| Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins | Great Britain
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Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | |||
| 86 | Betty Kretschmer | January 24, 1928 | Chile
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948) | 98 years, 12 days |
| 87 | Norman Rule | January 28, 1928 | Australia
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Sport Shooting | 0 | Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960), Tokyo (1964) | 98 years, 8 days |
| 88 | Eddi Gutenkauf | February 6, 1928 | Luxembourg
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Fencing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 97 years, 364 days |
| 89 | Ibrahim El-Attar | February 22, 1928 |  Egypt
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Rowing | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 348 days |
| 90 | Paulette Veste | February 24, 1928 | France
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Athletics | 0 | London (1948), Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 346 days |
| 91 | Isidoro Pérez | March 5, 1928 | Spain
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Swimming | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 337 days |
| 92 | Stoyanka Angelova | March 28, 1928 |  Bulgaria
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Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 314 days |
| 93 | Keith Woolnough | April 11, 1928 | Australia
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Australian Rules Football | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 300 days |
| 94 | Rainer Pelkonen | April 19, 1928 | Finland
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Athletics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 292 days |
| 95 | Cees Gravesteijn | April 21, 1928 |  Netherlands
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Canoeing | 0 | London (1948) | 97 years, 290 days |
| 96 | Paul Laporte | May 9, 1928 | Canada
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Sport Shooting | 0 | Montreal (1976) | 97 years, 272 days |
| 97 | Jindřich Mikulec | May 11, 1928 |  Czechoslovakia
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Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 270 days |
| 98 | Richard Knight | May 18, 1928 | Great Britain
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Rowing | 0 | Rome (1960) | 97 years, 263 days |
| 99 | Joaquim Granger | May 31, 1928 |  Portugal
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Gymnastics | 0 | Helsinki (1952) | 97 years, 250 days |
| 100 | Alan Rice | June 2, 1928 | United States
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Wrestling | 0 | Melbourne (1956) | 97 years, 248 days |