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
I don't see my brother Tom's name on the list and he swam the Channel twice in Races accross the Channel. I know he did it and he got prize money.George,
The results of the Butlin channel races are included in Wind, Waves, and Sunburn: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming by Conrad A. Wennerberg. I saw that Tom swam in ‘55 and ’56 (I think those were the years), and he got 2nd in ’55 and a DNF (along with the entire field, after 11 hours in some pretty nasty seas) in ’56. Since these aren’t in the CSA book, I assume politics or some other forces came into play.
I don't see my brother Tom's name on the list and he swam the Channel twice in Races accross the Channel. I know he did it and he got prize money.George,
The results of the Butlin channel races are included in Wind, Waves, and Sunburn: A Brief History of Marathon Swimming by Conrad A. Wennerberg. I saw that Tom swam in ‘55 and ’56 (I think those were the years), and he got 2nd in ’55 and a DNF (along with the entire field, after 11 hours in some pretty nasty seas) in ’56. Since these aren’t in the CSA book, I assume politics or some other forces came into play.
