List of masters athletes
This is a list of notable people who have participated in Masters Athletics. Most have achieved their primary notoriety through athletic endeavors except when noted.
- Gabriela Andersen-Schiess
Switzerland
- Henry Andrade
United States
Cape Verde
- Lee Baca
United States Los Angeles County Sheriff
- Willie Banks[1]
United States
- James Barrineau
United States
- Dieter Baumann
Germany
- Laurie Binder
United States
- Chris Black
United Kingdom
- Peter Blank
Germany
- Charlie Booth
Australia inventor of Starting Blocks
- Mary Bowermaster
United States
- Roald Bradstock
United States
United Kingdom
- Norman Bright
United States
- Debbie Brill
Canada
- Benny Brown
United States
- Arto Bryggare
Finland
- Zola Budd
South Africa
- Ed Burke
United States
- Rich Busa
United States
- Tom Byers
United States
- Todd Christensen
United States[2] American Football
- Eamonn Coghlan
Ireland
- Harold Connolly
United States
- Ted Corbitt
United States
- Bill Cosby
United States Comedian
- Alan Cranston
United States U.S. Senator
- Josh Culbreath
United States
- Gerry Davidson
United States
- Mary Decker-Slaney
United States
- Colleen De Reuck
United States
South Africa
- Grace-Ann Dinkins
Liberia
United States also Trauma Surgeon
- Rod Dixon
New Zealand
- Anthony Dorsett
United States American Football
- Charles Dumas
United States[3]
- Andrés Espinosa
Mexico
- Saskia Estupinan
Ecuador Public Health Doctor
- Earl Fee
Canada
- Dick Fosbury
United States
- Jack Foster
New Zealand
- Gabre Gabric
Italy
- Tom Gage
United States
- Willie Gault
United States[4] also American Football Player
- Miki Gorman
United States
- Dalton Grant
United Kingdom
- Jim Grelle
United States
- Kozo Haraguchi
Japan
- Eddie Hart[4]
United States
- Alisa Harvey-Hill
United States
- Rex Harvey
United States also Official and Administrator
- Ray Hatton
United States Born in
United Kingdom
- Robert Hecker
United States Musician
- Bud Held
United States also Inventor and Entrepreneur
- James Chico Hernandez
United States Wrestler
- Hal Higdon
United States also Sports Writer
- Ron Hill
United Kingdom
- Bob Humphreys
United States
- Rıza Maksut İşman
Turkey
- Regina Jacobs
United States
- Kip Janvrin
United States
- Erwin Jaskulski
Austria Centenarian
- Billy Johnson
United States American Football Player
- Tebbs Lloyd Johnson
United Kingdom
- Payton Jordan[4]
United States
- Regina Joyce
United States Olympian for
Ireland
- Al Joyner
United States
- Gitte Karlshøj
Denmark
- Ryszard Katus
Poland
- Johnny Kelley
United States
- Patrick C. Kennell
United States Academic
- John Keston
United States British Actor
- James King
United States
- Roger Kingdom
United States
- Herb Kirk
United States World's oldest runner
- Wolfgang Knabe
Germany
- Peter Koech
Kenya
- June Krauser
United States "Mother of Masters swimming"
- Marty Krulee[4]
United States
- Shaul Ladany
Israel
- Ron Laird
United States
- Francie Larrieu-Smith
United States
- Evelyn Lawler
United States Mother of Carl Lewis and Carol Lewis
- Fred Lebow
United States New York Marathon event director
- Gerry Lindgren
United States
- James Lofton
United States also Hall of Fame American Football Player
- Jud Logan
United States
- Mike Manley
United States[5]
- Pat Manson
United States
- José Marín
Spain
- Peter Marsh
United Kingdom Academic, Sociologist
- John Martel
United States Lawyer and Novelist
- Bill McChesney
United States
- Phil McConkey
United States American Football Player
- Delano Meriwether
United States[4] also Physician
- Alain Mimoun
France
- Martín Mondragón
Mexico
- David Moorcroft
United Kingdom
- Boo Morcom
United States
- Carol Moseke (Frost) USA
- Sylvia Mosqueda
United States
- Phil Mulkey
United States
- Sandra Myers
Spain
- Larry Myricks
United States
- Nick Newton
United States[4] Inventor
- Gary Null
United States Author/Pundit
- Nadine O'Connor
United States
- Al Oerter
United States
- Marcus O'Sullivan
Ireland
- Evy Palm
Sweden
- Ladislav Pataki
United States
- Lyudmila Petrova
Russia
- Dmitry Pietrman
United States
Ukraine Futbol/Soccer club owner
- Simon Poelman
New Zealand
- Valbjörn Þorláksson
Iceland
- Tatyana Pozdnyakova
Soviet Union
Ukraine
- Alfred Proksch
Austria
- Philip Rabinowitz
South Africa Centenarian
- Philipa Raschker
United States
- Pam Reed
United States
- Marian Shields Robinson
United States Mother of current U.S. First Lady
- Bill Rodgers
United States
- Gaston Roelants
Belgium
- Henry Rono
Kenya
- Nick Rose
United Kingdom
- Jim Ryun
United States[5] also U.S. Congressman
- Joan Benoit Samuelson
United States
- Willi Sawall
Australia
- Silke Schmidt
Germany
- Bob Schul
United States
- Steve Scott
United States
- Yuriy Sedykh
Russia
- Nolan Shaheed
United States Jazz trumpeter
- George A. Sheehan
United States Running Writer
- Frank Shorter
United States[5]
- Zdeňka Šilhavá
Czech Republic
- Jay Silvester
United States
- Chuck Smead
United States
- Joyce Smith
United Kingdom
- Marjorie Parker Smith
United States Dancer/Figure Skater
- Peter Snell
New Zealand[5]
- Mattias Sunneborn
Sweden
- Paul Spangler
United States
- Walt Stack
United States
- Kjell-Erik Ståhl
Sweden
- Dwight Stones
United States
- Ed Stotsenberg
United States Philanthropist
- Jüri Tamm
Estonia
- Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan
Russia
- Valbjörn Þorláksson
Iceland
- Domingo Tibaduiza
Colombia
- Milan Tiff
United States
- Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan
Romania
- Bogdan Tudor
Romania
- Martti Vainio
Finland
- Bill Wambach
United States
- Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam
United States
- Priscilla Welch
United Kingdom
- Georg Werthner
Austria
- Ed Whitlock
Canada
- Ron Whitney
United States
- John Whittemore
United States World's Oldest Athlete
- Ruth Wysocki
United States
- Iryna Yatchenko
Belarus
- Dimitrion Yordanidis
Greece
Open Athletes
These are athletes who have not competed as a Masters athlete, but by age qualify for and hold Masters records set in elite open level competition.
- Yamilé Aldama
Cuba
Sudan
United Kingdom Holds Masters W35 and W40 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Igor Astapkovich
Belarus has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
- Inha Babakova
Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Abdellah Béhar
France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Mike Boit
Kenya Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Sabine Braun
Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Chris Brown
Bahamas Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Linford Christie
United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Kim Collins
Saint Kitts and Nevis Holds pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Maurizio Damilano
Italy Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
- Troy Douglas
Netherlands has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
- Joanne Dow
United States Holds Masters W40 and W45 Records achieved as an Open competitor[9]
- Stacy Dragila
United States Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Heike Drechsler
Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Jonathan Edwards
United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Ludmila Engquist
Sweden Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Haile Gebrselassie
Ethiopia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Johnny Gray
United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Lyubov Gurina
Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Alvin Harrison
United States
Dominican Republic Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Jeff Hartwig
United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Colin Jackson
United Kingdom Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Robert Korzeniowski
Poland Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[8]
- Inessa Kravets
Ukraine Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Olga Kuzenkova
Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Bernard Lagat
United States Holds multiple Masters M35 Records achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Carl Lewis
United States Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Lev Lobodin
Russia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Carlos Lopes
Portugal Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Edith Masai
Kenya Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Danny McFarlane
Jamaica Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Faina Melnyk
Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Steffi Nerius
Germany Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Brian Oldfield
United States has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
- Merlene Ottey
Slovenia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
- Larisa Peleshenko
Russia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Aurelia Pentón
Cuba Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Elisabetta Perrone
Italy Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
- Yekaterina Podkopayeva
Russia has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
- Maricica Puică
Romania has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records[6]
- Kerry Saxby-Junna
Australia Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[10]
- Marina Stepanova
Soviet Union Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[6]
- Dragutin Topic
Serbia Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Simon Vroemen
Netherlands Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Ibrahima Wade
France Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- John Walker
New Zealand Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor[7]
- Jan Železný
Czech Republic has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2005.html 2005 Southern California Championships
- ↑ http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2001.html 2001 Southern California Championships
- ↑ http://www.mastershistory.org/Veteris/1976-08-Veteris.pdf
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "All Time World Rankings – 100 metres Dash". Mastersathletics.net. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
- 1 2 3 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YysHj9iz2M Millrose Masters Mile 1988
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-women WMA World Records
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-men WMA World Records
- 1 2 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/racewalk-men WMA World Records
- ↑ http://www.mastersathletics.net/fileadmin/html/Rankings/All_Time/5000walkwomen.htm
- 1 2 http://world-masters-athletics.org/records/racewalk-women WMA World Records
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