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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Hey Quick did I ever say I won at the Olympics or the BE Games or Pan American Games if I did it is a surprise to me. I have competed in all and many other races.
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Those happened to be the years I was sick 1952 to 1962 and unable to train but was still fast enough to qualify and swim in the Olympics, BE & C games and Pan Am games. If I came first it would have been miricale but I did not. I did come second to Clarke Scholes in th Pan Am Games in 1955 and beat him the following summer. I came 4th at the 1954 Empire Games behind the three fastest 100m men in the world at that time. The only year I felt I had a chance to win the 100 at the Olmpics was 1956 but I ran head on into the wall at the 50m turn.
I even beat George Breen in a 440 in 1954. I was also called the most out of shape athlete in the BE Games. I have won lots of races but I have also lost lots of races.
There's no reason to doubt the validity of the recordings.
But human error can and does happen.
Here are the reults pages of the Commonwealth games www.thecgf.com/.../intro.asp too bad there is no such thing for the Olympic Games
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.
Hey Quick did I ever say I won at the Olympics or the BE Games or Pan American Games if I did it is a surprise to me. I have competed in all and many other races.
www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx
www.newspaperarchive.com/LandingPage.aspx
Those happened to be the years I was sick 1952 to 1962 and unable to train but was still fast enough to qualify and swim in the Olympics, BE & C games and Pan Am games. If I came first it would have been miricale but I did not. I did come second to Clarke Scholes in th Pan Am Games in 1955 and beat him the following summer. I came 4th at the 1954 Empire Games behind the three fastest 100m men in the world at that time. The only year I felt I had a chance to win the 100 at the Olmpics was 1956 but I ran head on into the wall at the 50m turn.
I even beat George Breen in a 440 in 1954. I was also called the most out of shape athlete in the BE Games. I have won lots of races but I have also lost lots of races.
There's no reason to doubt the validity of the recordings.
But human error can and does happen.
Here are the reults pages of the Commonwealth games www.thecgf.com/.../intro.asp too bad there is no such thing for the Olympic Games
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.
