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
You're right, although having your name on a piece of paper - in this case a massive paper trail leading nowhere – does help establish credibility.
Well said, Quicksilver. That was my impression as well.
Paperwork would indeed help. But it's a knotty legal question. Frank is right that, without verification, the name can't go on the list. That's a sensible. logical position. Yet, I think perhaps you need something more than existing paperwork, something completely definitive before using a word like imposter or fraud in public. But I'm sure Donna can work it out and decide how to proceed with whatever proof she does or doesn't have.
Kind of agree with Matt. I'm more interested in the here and now than in which masters were olympians many years ago. Although I do love watching big meets or the Olympics. I enjoy masters meets as well.
You're right, although having your name on a piece of paper - in this case a massive paper trail leading nowhere – does help establish credibility.
Well said, Quicksilver. That was my impression as well.
Paperwork would indeed help. But it's a knotty legal question. Frank is right that, without verification, the name can't go on the list. That's a sensible. logical position. Yet, I think perhaps you need something more than existing paperwork, something completely definitive before using a word like imposter or fraud in public. But I'm sure Donna can work it out and decide how to proceed with whatever proof she does or doesn't have.
Kind of agree with Matt. I'm more interested in the here and now than in which masters were olympians many years ago. Although I do love watching big meets or the Olympics. I enjoy masters meets as well.
