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.
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Anna Lea
The 18 swimmers who refused to enter the water were all arrested.
They had about twenty or thirty cops at the starting line. The guy threatened everyone if they refused enter the race they would be arrested. Pedro Galmez, Patty Thompson and several of us ran for the woods and hid out but we were all caught when we tried to get our belongings back. Patty's boy friend who was a lawyer got everyone who refused to swim out of jail.
I lost a lot of respect for the guys who raced. All of the races in Quebec were very strange and run very poorly. You had to get to the bank early after some of the races to make sure you got your prize money. They never had enough to pay all the prize money and it was first come first served. Before the races in Quebec I would always visit the banks and open an account. Then I would get the bank manager to cash my check the night of the race. The others were not too smart and would have to wait until the race organizers raised funds to pay them, some never got paid.
Anna Lea
The 18 swimmers who refused to enter the water were all arrested.
They had about twenty or thirty cops at the starting line. The guy threatened everyone if they refused enter the race they would be arrested. Pedro Galmez, Patty Thompson and several of us ran for the woods and hid out but we were all caught when we tried to get our belongings back. Patty's boy friend who was a lawyer got everyone who refused to swim out of jail.
I lost a lot of respect for the guys who raced. All of the races in Quebec were very strange and run very poorly. You had to get to the bank early after some of the races to make sure you got your prize money. They never had enough to pay all the prize money and it was first come first served. Before the races in Quebec I would always visit the banks and open an account. Then I would get the bank manager to cash my check the night of the race. The others were not too smart and would have to wait until the race organizers raised funds to pay them, some never got paid.
