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
Anna Lea and Kirk:
This was that Top 16 project that USA Swimming was working on. The pdf files from the 1960's are a little hard to read but they have every year in the 1960's complete with all the age groups for SCY and LCM. They even have the events that are not offered anymore like 110 distance and 220 distance and 20 yard course times.
www.usaswimming.org/.../DesktopDefault.aspx
Fortress:
Is there anything else that you have that you can contribute so we can end this. The picture and the time from the Texas State Championships has been very helpful. I assume that its Donna that is standing on the Number 1 platform. I don't really care about the English Channel stuff just the Olympic Trial/Olympics stuff that can prove the swimmer is an Olympian.
Anna Lea and Kirk:
This was that Top 16 project that USA Swimming was working on. The pdf files from the 1960's are a little hard to read but they have every year in the 1960's complete with all the age groups for SCY and LCM. They even have the events that are not offered anymore like 110 distance and 220 distance and 20 yard course times.
www.usaswimming.org/.../DesktopDefault.aspx
Fortress:
Is there anything else that you have that you can contribute so we can end this. The picture and the time from the Texas State Championships has been very helpful. I assume that its Donna that is standing on the Number 1 platform. I don't really care about the English Channel stuff just the Olympic Trial/Olympics stuff that can prove the swimmer is an Olympian.
