List of masters athletes

This is a list of notable people who have participated in masters athletics. Most have achieved their primary notability through athletic endeavors except when noted.

Luciano Acquarone Aimo Aho Gabriela Andersen-Schiess Henry Andrade Birger Asplund Doris Auer Charles Austin Rink Babka Lee Baca Los Angeles County Sheriff Bob Backus Lawrence Baird Thane Baker Willie Bankshttp://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2005.html 2005 Southern California Championships Arthur Barnard James Barrineau Jack Bacheler Dieter Baumann Tim Berrett Nataša Bezjak Laurie Binder Chris Black Peter Blank Meeri Bodelid Viktor Bolshov Charlie Booth inventor of Starting Blocks Lamberto Boranga Christa Bortignon Mary Bowermaster Roald Bradstock Artist Norman Bright Debbie Brill Benny Brown Arto Bryggare Zola Budd Ed Burke Billie Ann Burrill Rich Busa Arild Busterud Tom Byers John Carlos Gary Carlsen Angelo Carosi David Carr Ed Caruthers Dwain Chambers Harold Chapson Yelizaveta Chernyshova Lydia Cheromei Rosemary Chrimes Todd Christensen http://www.trackinfo.org/scaresults2001.html 2001 Southern California Championships American Football Dick Cochran Eamonn Coghlan Leon Coleman Bill Collins Phil Conley Harold Connolly Ted Corbitt Bill Cosby Comedian Alan Cranston U.S. Senator Josh Culbreath Toshiko D'Elia Maria Pia D'Orlando Tamara Danilova Jeanne Daprano Willie Davenport Gerry Davidson Mary Decker-Slaney Colleen De Reuck Maureen de St. Croix Elliott Denman Ken Dennis Ángel Díaz Grace-Ann Dinkins also Trauma Surgeon Rod Dixon Walter Dix Fabrizio Donato Anthony Dorsett American Football Aleksandr Dryhol Charles Dumas Ludmila Engquist Andrés Espinosa Saskia Estupinan Public Health Doctor Laverne Eve Lee Evans (sprinter) Mohamed Ezzher Earl Fee Nuria Fernández Maria Magnólia Figueiredo Frederico Fischer Dick Fosbury Jack Foster Ruth Frith Centenarian, world's oldest female athlete Gabre Gabric Centenarian Tom Gage Willie Gault also American Football Player Fortune Gordien Miki Gorman Ivy Granstrom Dalton Grant Johnny Gray Oct 2000 Ran Masters Mile (Run For Children) as a M40. Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Norm Green Jack Greenwood Jim Grelle Viktor Gruzenkin Albert Hall (athlete) Kozo Haraguchi Eddie Hart Alisa Harvey-Hill Larry Hart (athlete) Dawn Hartigan Rex Harvey also Official and Administrator Ray Hatton Born in Robert Hecker Musician Bud Held also Inventor and Entrepreneur James Chico Hernandez Wrestler Hal Higdon also Sports Writer Ron Hill Jim Hines Russ Hodge Maurice Houvion Bob Humphreys Guy Husson Ayanna Hutchinson Hubert Indra Rıza Maksut İşman Ivan Ivančić April Jace Celebrity murder victim Regina Jacobs Kip Janvrin Erwin Jaskulski Centenarian Billy Johnson American Football player Tebbs Lloyd Johnson Payton Jordan Monica Joyce Regina Joyce Olympian for Al Joyner Gitte Karlshøj Dimitrios Kattis Ryszard Katus Ida Keeling Centenarian Johnny Kelley Patrick C. Kennell Academic John Keston British actor Ray Kimble James King Roger Kingdom Mark Kiptoo Herb Kirk World's oldest runner Wolfgang Knabe Peter Koech Mariya Konovalova Olga Kotelko Galina Kovalenskaya Stanisław Kowalski Centenarian, world's oldest athlete June Krauser "Mother of Masters swimming" Marty Krulee Shaul Ladany Ron Laird Francie Larrieu-Smith Bev LaVeck Evelyn Lawler Mother of Carl Lewis and Carol Lewis Fred Lebow New York Marathon event director Nicole Lévêque Gerry Lindgren James Lofton also Hall of Fame American Football player Jud Logan Mihaela Loghin Mario Longo Arne Lothe Horst Mandl Mike Manley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YysHj9iz2M Millrose Masters Mile 1988 Pat Manson José Marín Marsha Mark-Baird Peter Marsh Academic, sociologist John Martel Lawyer and novelist Marie Mathieu Ralph Maxwell Judge Bill McChesney Phil McConkey American Football player Anne McKenzie James McNamara Leland McPhie Centenarian Delano Meriwether also physician E. Gerald Meyer Centenarian Marie-Louise Michelsohn Mathematician Alain Mimoun Victoria Mitchell Hidekichi Miyazaki Centenarian Felicia Țilea-Moldovan Martín Mondragón David Moorcroft Boo Morcom Carol Moseke (Frost) USA Sylvia Mosqueda Phil Mulkey Kenneth Mungara Fabiana Murer Sandra Myers Iryna Mykhalchenko Larry Myricks Fidelis Ndyabagye Nick Newton Inventor Jamie Nieto Doug Nordquist Gary Null Author/Pundit Nadine O'Connor Irene Obera Al Oerter Vera Olenchenko Brian Oldfield Competed at a June 1978 Masters Meet. Holds two Masters World Records Marcus O'Sullivan Giuseppe Ottaviani (athlete) Italian Evy Palm Ladislav Pataki Dodyu Patarinski Tom Patsalis Donald Pellmann Centenarian Elisabetta Perrone Steve Peters Sports psychiatrist Lyudmila Petrova Florence Picaut Dmitry Pietrman Futbol/Soccer club owner Simon Poelman Valbjörn Þorláksson Bernardine Portenski Patricia Porter Caroline Powell Tatyana Pozdnyakova Alfred Proksch Philip Rabinowitz Centenarian Carmelo Rado Philipa Raschker Lucien Rault Pam Reed Marian Shields Robinson Mother of current U.S. First Lady Bill Rodgers Gaston Roelants Orville Rogers Centenarian Henry Rono Nick Rose Anne Chatrine Rühlow Jim Ryun also U.S. Congressman Joan Benoit Samuelson Ugo Sansonetti Enrico Saraceni Willi Sawall Silke Schmidt Bob Schul Steve Scott Helen Searle Yuriy Sedykh Marco Segatel Iryna Sekachova Vyacheslav Shabunin Nolan Shaheed Jazz trumpeter George A. Sheehan Running writer Frank Shorter Zdeňka Šilhavá Jay Silvester Fauja Singh Chuck Smead Joyce Smith Karl Smith Marjorie Parker Smith Dancer/Figure skater Peter Snell Jim Sorensen Fred Sowerby Mattias Sunneborn Paul Spangler Sasha Springer-Jones Walt Stack Kjell-Erik Ståhl Brian Stanton Rudolf Steiner Gary Stenlund Dwight Stones Ed Stotsenberg Philanthropist Larry Stuart Jüri Tamm Tatyana Ter-Mesrobyan Valbjörn Þorláksson Domingo Tibaduiza Milan Tiff Felicia Țilea-Moldovan Bogdan Tudor Derek Turnbull Gary Tuttle Teresa Vaill Martti Vainio Venelina Veneva-Mateeva Sandro Viana Sean Wade Bill Wambach Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam Sylvia Weiner Priscilla Welch Georg Werthner Anthony Whiteman Ed Whitlock Ron Whitney John Whittemore World's oldest athlete Novlene Williams-Mills Gerhard Windolf Ruth Wysocki Iryna Yatchenko Dimitrion Yordanidis Emmerich Zensch

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 Holds Masters W35 and W40 Record achieved as an Open competitor WMA World Records Virgilijus Alekna Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor WMA World Records Igor Astapkovich has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records Inha Babakova Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Abdellah Béhar Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Mike Boit Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Sabine Braun Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Chris Brown Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Amber Campbell Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Linford Christie Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Jearl Miles Clark Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Kim Collins Holds pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Maurizio Damilano Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor WMA World Records Yohann Diniz Has multiple pending Masters records Troy Douglas has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records Joanne Dow Holds Masters W40 and W45 Records achieved as an Open competitor Stacy Dragila Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Heike Drechsler Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Jonathan Edwards Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Ludmila Engquist Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Haile Gebrselassie Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Lyubov Gurina Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Alvin Harrison Holds a pending Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Jeff Hartwig Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Colin Jackson Held Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Allen Johnson Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor, set while winning IAAF World Cup Meb Keflezighi American M40 Marathon record holder, ran in 2016 Olympics at age 41 Mary Jepkosgei Keitany Pending marathon record set as open competitor Robert Korzeniowski Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Inessa Kravets Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Olga Kuzenkova Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor A. G. Kruger Holds Masters M35 Record in Throws Pentathlon as Open competitor Bernard Lagat Holds multiple Masters M35 Records achieved as an Open competitor Carl Lewis Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Lev Lobodin Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Carlos Lopes Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Edith Masai Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Josef Matoušek Set M35 Javelin record en route to 1960 Olympics Danny McFarlane Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Faina Melnik Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Irina Mikitenko Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Kathryn Mitchell Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Steffi Nerius Held Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Merlene Ottey has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records Björn Otto Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Joanne Pavey Holds multiple Masters Records achieved as an Open competitor Larisa Peleshenko Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Aurelia Pentón Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Elisabetta Perrone Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor WMA World Records Yekaterina Podkopayeva has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records Maricica Puică has not competed in a Masters event but holds several Masters World Records Félix Sánchez ran a superior time to M35 World record in the World Championships Kerry Saxby-Junna Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Marina Stepanova Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Jenn Suhr Holds Masters W35 Record achieved as an Open competitor William Tanui Ran a 1500m superior to the M35 record in Open competition Dragutin Topić Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Kevin Toth Threw shot put further than M35 World Record just before being banned for doping Simon Vroemen Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Ibrahima Wade Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor John Walker Holds Masters M35 Record achieved as an Open competitor Jan Železný has not competed in a Masters event but holds two Masters World Records

See also World Masters Athletics Championships Masters Athletics USATF Masters Outdoor Championships USATF Masters Indoor Championships

References

External links USA Olympians that have competed as Masters Track and Field Athletes NFL athletes that later competed in Masters Track and Field Sullivan Award winners that later competed in Masters Track and Field