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59 years, 350 days. 1966. Basketball (Men's) Pierluigi Marzorati [4] 54 years. 2006. Basketball (Women's) Nancy Lieberman [5] 50 years.
Manohar Aich. 1912–2016. 104. Indian bodybuilder and former Mr. Universe [2][3] Émile Allais. 1912–2012. 100. French alpine skier [4] Leonidas Andrianopoulos.
100 m running deer, double shots. Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 – 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. [1] Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal. [2][3]
Each gold, silver and bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics features an 18-gram hexagonal chunk of iron taken from the Eiffel Tower. The medals contain iron pieces taken from girders and other ...
The longest standing modern Olympic athletics record is Bob Beamon 's achievement in the men's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [6] The jump, at 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in), also broke the existing world record by 55 cm (22 in), and stood as the world record for 23 years until Beamon's compatriot, Mike Powell, jumped farther in the 1991 World ...
Robert Eugene Richards (February 20, 1926 – February 26, 2023) was an American athlete, minister, and politician. He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. [1] He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the first male two-time ...
2. Ágnes Keleti (née Klein; born 9 January 1921) is a Hungarian retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach. She is the oldest living Olympic champion and medallist, reaching her 100th birthday on 9 January 2021. [ 2 ][ 3 ] While representing Hungary at the Summer Olympics, she won 10 Olympic medals including five gold ...
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.