91-year-old swimmer stars in Speedo ad
Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
6:19 p.m. EST January 11, 2015
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What a true inspiration to us all and proof that swimming can be a life long sport.
91-year-old swimmer stars in Speedo ad
Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
6:19 p.m. EST January 11, 2015
www.usatoday.com/.../
You go, Jurgen! :cheerleader: Kudos to Speedo for featuring such an inspirational senior in their ad! :applaud:
Wow, how many runners or triathletes, or even cyclists to you see at this age? What an amazing tribute to our sport that you can still be competitive into your 9th decade?
Jurgen is a cool dude. I sat next to him a couple years ago at the SPMS long course championships at Mission Viejo. I'm pretty sure he swam more than I did! Great commercial!
How cool is that ? It's about time the companies saw the "older than 20 - 30 " age groups as people that are still into sports & purchase things other than walkers & canes.
Well how many swimmers of that age do you see? I mean actually swimming for fitness and not just splashing around. I never see swimmers of that age. Even the seniors participating in the aquarobics class in the shallow end aren't that old.
Dan
90+ year olds? Two. 80+ year olds, a lot more. I've witnessed a club Women's 360 years 4x 50m freestyle relay. m.theage.com.au/.../life-turns-360-for-our-oldest-world-champions-20120818-24fvr.html
For runners--published May 2014--and he's still running--he was in the Philly Marathon and also the Club Cross-Country Nationals at Lehigh University:
www.phillymag.com/.../
Swimming: I'm 64, and swimmers significantly older than I am beat me soundly. It means I might be able to catch them when I grow up. ;)
Jurgen is an amazing man. I have met him, and speak with him, at many swim meets in So. Calif. when I see him. Perhaps Speedo is acknowledging the $ilver Dollar age category!? In any case its nice to see someone like Jurgen in a commercial directed towards the common man.
Wow, how many runners or triathletes, or even cyclists to you see at this age?
I (virtually) know quite a few who cyclists are in their eighties, probably some in their nineties. (When they get to that age, you generally don't ask. :)) Then there is Robert Marchand:
102-year old Robert Marchand beats own hour record