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
Parents
Former Member
There's a lot of misinformation here, and it hasn't done anything to clarify the situation. It's frustrating, but there's nothing more frustrating than being told to look for things that aren't there. Repeatedly.
My personal wild goose chase spanned a whole decade of history and included rankings, results, record progressions, and English Channel swimming. Given the scope of the search and the number of questions involved, suggesting that someone was omitted or removed is to suggest an entire generation of elite competitive and international open water history is wrong. That theory doesn’t hold much water.
There's a lot of misinformation here, and it hasn't done anything to clarify the situation. It's frustrating, but there's nothing more frustrating than being told to look for things that aren't there. Repeatedly.
My personal wild goose chase spanned a whole decade of history and included rankings, results, record progressions, and English Channel swimming. Given the scope of the search and the number of questions involved, suggesting that someone was omitted or removed is to suggest an entire generation of elite competitive and international open water history is wrong. That theory doesn’t hold much water.
