I am looking for a list of Olympian Masters and what Olympics and events they particpated in. If you have such a list or know where one is, please let me know. Individual anecdotes are OK too.
Background:
I want to write to "Splash" magazine and ask them to feature some of the people on such a list when they write about great swimmers. I'm tired of reading (and having my kids read) about so-and-so great swimmer, who got to the Olympics, did great, and now swimming is behind them (i.e. they don't swim anymore). On the "mission statement" of Splash, they give lip service to a lifelong involvement with swimming, but they never seem to come up with an example of such a person.
wiredknight
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Plus, the world record progressions are easily found here:
www.olympic.org/.../level2_uk.asp
There's no reason to doubt the validity of the recordings.
But human error can and does happen.
Just an example...Our fellow forumite geochuck (from north of the border) relates all of his victories in great detail.
There's no reason to doubt his stories about friendships or experiences with some of the greatest names in swimming.
And oddly enough, his swimming accomplishments don't appear to have been recorded in documents anywhere on the web.
If it's not on paper, or transposed into computer format by FINA, does it mean that it never happened?
Apparently the answer seems to be yes.
Plus, the world record progressions are easily found here:
www.olympic.org/.../level2_uk.asp
There's no reason to doubt the validity of the recordings.
But human error can and does happen.
Just an example...Our fellow forumite geochuck (from north of the border) relates all of his victories in great detail.
There's no reason to doubt his stories about friendships or experiences with some of the greatest names in swimming.
And oddly enough, his swimming accomplishments don't appear to have been recorded in documents anywhere on the web.
If it's not on paper, or transposed into computer format by FINA, does it mean that it never happened?
Apparently the answer seems to be yes.
