The oldest man ever to win a World Swimming Championship - Mark Warneke! What an amazing polymath - he's not only the world's best 50 meter breaststroker at age 35, but he's also a professional race car driver and a physician!
Imagine if Jeff Gordon or Michael Schumacher also happened to have PhDs and were high-level athletes in an Olympic sport - this would be front-page news anywhere. Instead, it's relegated to a one-sentence afterthought in the few news services that picked up on this fantastic achievement.
Is that British still swimming. He was in his early 30s when he won his world title. It just goes to show you that sometimes people can peak later in life.
Is that British still swimming. He was in his early 30s when he won his world title. It just goes to show you that sometimes people can peak later in life.
